Customer Reviews

The Marriage Game

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(27)

 

 

Thankfully, I checked this book out from the library instead of buying it. The plot is contrived, the characters are one-dimensional, and the dialogue is hackneyed. I thought it was a joke at first and that the "real" plot would emerge from the dreck, but no such luck. Just a few "plot" elements: a U.S. Senator marryies women and divorces them after the honeymooon, eleven times, without being recognized; five bimbos (the Senator's exes) take special ops training after two (one of whom is a model) were dumped from FBI training; one of the bimbos falls for the special ops trainer who can't leave the mountain training ground ... dreadful! Maybe as a James Bond movie ...

Completely ludicrous tale about a gaggle of women who are all ex-wives of a total louse who is addicted to honeymoons and marriage---but is completely NOT the marrying kind. When Samantha Rainford gathers all of the ex-wives together, they make a pact to get even with their ex-husband. Soon, the women find themselves in the mountains of North Carolina, undergoing special-ops training. What Sam does not bargain for in her quest for revenge is to fall for the staggeringly handsome Greek god running the program....and could it be that he has fallen for her also?
With a ridiculous "plot" (if one could call it that) and editing that falls woefully short (why are questions throughout this tale treated as statements??), this is a novel that I had difficulty getting through. Very slow starting, it was at least palatable by page 100. However...this author's writing style is just not for me. My first and probably last novel by Fern Michaels. 2.5 stars simply because there were some genuinely likeable characters in the story.


DYB

Samantha thought she found the man of her dreams but after returning from her honeymoon and being married less then two months she was handed divorce papers.............something is wrong here. Not only is Samantha devasted as to what happened but why?

With the help of her best friend Slick a model they decide to investigate Douglas and find three others who were married to him and experienced the same short quick romance and divorce.

Revenge is sweet and these women are going to do what it takes to find him, bring him down and make him pay for breaking there hearts.

It is an easy read, has lots of interesting twists and turns and once again Ms. Michaels makes sure to have fun and bing romance into her story and make sure that the women get what they are due.

This story was a little bit different because the main character was training for the FBI, and then goes on to train for a top secret force of some kind. Because of the uniqueness of this story I liked it. I also liked how a little mystery and suspense came into play with out overpowering the whole book. Nice romance.

Do not waste your time. One of the stupidest books I've every read. Only finished it because I was halfway thru and thought there had to be something good about this book. There's not.

Miss Michaels used to actually write good books. Check out her Texas series. The last few years she had been putting out complete rubish. This one the worst so far, makes no sense,the story is completely horrible. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Give it to charity instead....

This book was on a list of birthday gifts for a young lady who loves romance novels.

She was pleased and found it fascinating, in fact she even read the book during dinner. Children these days !

I am in the process of reading this book and as always I am not dissapointed. Fern Michaels is a wonderful writer and I truly enjoy her work.

I agree with the other negative reviews of this book. I don't mind a little light reading, but this is ridiculous. There are mistakes on the first page of the book. In the opening paragraph it say's that Sam will turn 30 in a few hours and be served with divorce papers in 48 hours. Two paragaphs later Sam has the divorce papers and is going to meet with her ex-husbands lawyer in the morning. No time has passed between these paragraphs. I found the editing disjointed.

I agree with the other reviewers that the characters are two dimensional and ditzy. Why would a super secret special ops unit take on two women who flunk out of the FBI Academy. Even more unrealistic is the fact that the special ops unit would take on three additional women with no operative skills. Add to that the fact that the four of the five women just met each other hours ago and they all decide to leave their lives behind to become agents and you have what passes for a plot in the book. I haven't been able to force myself to finish the book.

If after these reviews you stil feel like reading the book, get it from the library.

This book was a waste of time. The plot was silly and extremely unrealistic. Pappy was underdeveloped as a character and I couldn't even like him. When the end came and they still hadn't spent any quality time together, I was at least expecting him to fess up about his reasons for ousting her. Instead his father had to do all the explaining, resulting in her asking Pappy if he loved her....to which the answer came "Yeah." Whatever. A very unromantic romance novel if you ask me.