He Loves Lucy
by Susan Donovan
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Author: Susan DonovanEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-05
ISBN: 0312992335
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Book Review: "I've been skinny; it's #!!** boring"...(Kate Winslet)
Summary: 3 Stars
Marketing exec Lucy Cunningham's scheme to boost business for a Miami fitness club backfires when her boss insists that she be the lucky woman who gets to shed 100 pounds (in front of a live audience!) over the next year. Will a $100,000.00 `payday' give Lucy the incentive she needs to succeed?
Theo Redmond is handsome, uber-fit and is the Palm Club's most popular trainer. The big bucks he'll receive if he helps Lucy reach her goal will help him get his life back on track, but what happens when he finds himself falling for his high profile client?
I liked the author's clever send up of the reality TV craze and the instant celebrities that it spawns. The problem for me was that I just didn't feel the chemistry between Lucy and Theo. Lucy came across as a little vague. Sure, Theo is great looking but when did these two actually fall in love? It seems like much of the action happens "off page" and this kept me from being drawn in to the story. I also felt that the storyline got bogged down with characters that didn't add much (the supermodel best friend, the sister with marital problems). I would rather have seen more interaction between Theo and Lucy. There wasn't much conflict in the story; there's a sort of flimsy `obstacle' to the happily-ever-after that could have easily been resolved with one honest conversation.
So maybe I didn't love Lucy, but I do appreciate the author's effort to `color outside the lines' with a non-conventional heroine. Would I recommend this book? Absolutely. It's a light, fun read and chemistry is very subjective - another reader might see fireworks where I couldn't detect the tiniest spark!
Setting is present day Miami; contains minimal swearing and several fairly descriptive sex scenes.
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