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5.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely a Duets!, September 30, 2001
This review is from: Blind Date Disasters / Eat Your Heart Out) (Harlequin Duets, 57) (Paperback)
When I pick up a Duets, I'm looking for funny situations and well-developed characters, and this particular volume definitely gives me the light-heartedness I'm looking for in a Duets volume! In "Blind Date Disasters," identical twin Cami Anderson hires a master carpenter to help redesign her home into a showpiece for her new career as an interior designer. She expects someone older ... more experienced. When Tanner McCall shows up ... well, he's definitely -experienced-! Cami's blind date disasters are amusing, and the relationship between Cami and Tanner is developed well. Cami, specifically, struggles with real issues, which brings additional depth to the story. What really makes a Duet, I think, is a certain light-heartedness, but not so much that the humor interferes with the very real relationship in the story. In "Eat Your Heart Out," Cami's twin sister Dimi is a TV chef with her own TV show. Except ratings are falling, and new producer Mitchell Knight brings himself into the show to inject a little pizzazz. The only problem is that Dimi and Mitch can't seem to let the sexual heat go after filming is over! "Eat" isn't quite as complex as "Blind Date." Dimi and Mitch are both very charming characters, and their relationship definitely has sexual tension. Their repartee on the show is really funny! But the issues in the way of a long-term relationship between them don't seem as well-developed as in the previous story, and so the relationship between them lacked some of the depth I was looking for. Despite some weaknesses in "Eat Your Heart Out," this is a Duets treat. The humor and the heat are wonderful, and it's a whole lot of fun to read! Enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and light romantic reads by Jill Shalvis, June 12, 2009
This review is from: Blind Date Disasters / Eat Your Heart Out) (Harlequin Duets, 57) (Paperback)
Blind Date Disasters and Eat Your Heart Out are two stories by Jill Shalvis in this Harlequin Duets book. I especially liked the first one. It is the better story of the two. Both stories feature an Anderson identical twin, Cami's story is first and then Dimi's story is second.
In the first story, Cami has hired Tanner James to do repair work on her townhouse. She is instantly taken with how good looking he is. Cami has insecurities about relationships, her looks, and more. She also is one of those people who can't say no. She also feels like men would pick her sister over her if given the choice. As they get to know each other, Tanner tries to help Cami become more self assured and be able to say no more often. And he makes her see how desireable she is to him. This is a really sweet and cute light romantic read. 5 stars!
In the second story, Dimi meets her match in Mitch Knight, her new producer for the cooking show that she stars in. Mitch was to add humor and sexiness to the cooking show and serious Dimi wants no part of it. So Mitch becomes her assistant on the cooking show to rile things up between them on the air and off as well. Mitch and Tanner both are cuties, but I felt that Tanner's relationship with Cami was somewhat more believable and more developed.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Double the trouble and your fun, February 13, 2002
This review is from: Blind Date Disasters / Eat Your Heart Out) (Harlequin Duets, 57) (Paperback)
Jill Shalvis' "Blind Date Disasters" and "Eat Your Heart Out" deal with twins Cami and Dimi Anderson and each twin appears in her sister's story, so you get two separate but intertwined stories in one volume. Double the fun. Both are in the Duets light, bright, and humorous style. Cami is launching a career as an interior decorator by re-designing her own townhouse. The contractor, Tanner McCall, heading up the job is fascinated by Cami but appalled by her disastrous blind dates. Of course they are destined to end up together, but first Cami has to face some realizations about herself. Dimi is already an on-air chef, but her show's ratings need a kick and new producer Mitchell Knight is just the one to deliver it, in a way that Dimi doesn't initially appreciate. She's not really crazy about being a sex kitten that can cook, but her desire for Mitch is greater than her desire for propriety. Both stories share appealing, likable main characters and memorably quirky supporting casts. The Cami/Tanner story is reasonably well developed. Dimi and Mitch's story, while having, I think, a more promising setup, is mostly standard romance cliches. That's probably why I didn't give the book a higher rating. I enjoyed reading these, but there were a fair number of empty calories. Which brings us to the cover, which another reviewer derided. I'm personally fond of cartoon-type covers, but it's true that the waistlines on these two are ridiculously narrow, especially when both Cami and Dimi eat a lot of junk food and bemoan the fact that they can't always fit into their jeans. (In other words, they're probably normal-size or slightly over on occasion but certainly not wasp-waisted.) I wouldn't NOT buy Duets because of the covers, but it certainly is perplexing.
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