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Impossibly Tongue-Tied

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What can I say. Josie Brown is the diva of wordsmithing pop-glam-lit. Um and she writes a damn good story too. As I read ITT I felt like I was standing on Sunset Blvd. She paints the Hollywood scene so vividly I could see it in Technicolor. The story is probably more true to life than not. If you want a peek into the scandal of all that is Hollywood and cheer for a heroine who deserves it, run to the nearest book store for your copy, or better yet just order it here at Amazon.com

Like the other reviewers, I'm not going to delve too much into plot. That is because, for this book, less really is more. I wasn't prepared; I grabbed this off the shelf of my local library expecting it to be a light, silly read (come on, its about phone sex operators and Hollywood). I ended up crying twice!

I loved the main character, Nina. The sex scenes were tasteful - not trashy as I was expecting. The character writing was so good I even felt SOME (not much) pity for the cheating bastard here. The ending was wonderfully bittersweet. I only regret three things after reading this book:
1) The evil villainess definitely didn't get taken down enough for my taste. I hated her so much that only jail or being bumped to the C-list could have appeased me.
2) About a half hour after finishing this book (10 min ago), I came to the realization that this wonderful book took another layer of shine off of movies and Hollywood. People will do some pretty nasty things for fame and the public will still give it to them. Now, it will be hard not to look at acclaimed actresses and wonder if their sweet personalities aren't also an act. Or if my favorite Hollywood heart-throb is cheating on his girlfriend/wife. I would have given this book 6 stars if the author had just provided one or two actors/actresses with sweet and loyal this in the book. Because, like many of my generation, I may not be ready to face what Hollywood has become.
3) The ending was really romantic but I still wish that the author had given us more of a peek into what Nina's future life holds professionally speaking.

I'm sorry for the rant but if you're still reading, this book was worth the disillusionment about Hollywood. It was amazing. For another satirical TV/Movie romance novel, look at Seven Exes Are Eight Too Many by Heather Wardell

Ms. Brown again brings Hollywood to life in Impossibly Tongue Tied. Her characters are straight on and 'almost' recognizable. Nina is naive, but not stupid as she does all she can to help her husband, Nathan Harte realize his dream of stardom. All along Nina sees the danger signs but wants to believe in her husband and her life with him, until she is forced to see the writing on the wall. At no time does Nina seem a victim as she gives as good as she gets all along the torrid way through a nasty Hollywood divorce. Ms. Brown delivers with witty dialogue, unexpected twists, and a great heroine to cheer for the whole book through.

Again Josie Brown turned out a witty and smart book on the goings on in Hollywood. I loved the concept of 'O' a phone sex deva and how she did what she did out of love for a man, who clearly didn't deserve it. The inner thoughts of four year old Jake, her son, was sweetly funny, along with a snappy hip dialogue of the adults surrounding him. His dislike for 'fat lips' was hilarious from a childs point of view. Ms. Brown knows Hollywood, along with all the out of this world idiosyncrasies of so many characters who live in that very strange place called 'Planet Hollywood.' She brought each character into a colorful rainbow of living breathing life like dolls of botox, silicon and just plan craziness. 'O' was an orginal idea, taking the world of phone sex to a more personal level. Making me wonder who are these woman who do this? Are they mother's and wives, just trying to make a living? Ms. Brown personalized 'O', never letting us forget throughout the book why she did what she did and the man who blew his one big break all for sex with a star. I found sympathy for the heroine and strength in her convictions to just give her son a better life, and help her cheating husband see his dreams come true. While she made the all important sacrifice of putting her own dreams to bed to be awaken another day. And even a greater sacrifice when her marriage fell apart because she helped her husband get ahead by handing off a CD of his work to a agent, unbeknownst to her, who was in love with her. This book made me laugh out loud as it reminded me of the more important things in life, which wasn't always money and fame.