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5.0 out of 5 stars
Cabot Takes the Mystery World By Storm, January 5, 2006
This review is from: Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery (Paperback)
Twenty-eight-year-old Heather Wells rocked out when she was a teen, as a pop star that toured local malls with the boy band Easy Street. But once she stopped being a teenager, started packing on the pounds, and decided she wanted to write her own songs, Heather lost it all. Her recording contract was promptly taken away, her mother took off with her manager and all of her money to Argentina, and her boyfriend, Easy Street member, Jordan Cartwright, dumped her for the newest hot pop star, Tania Trace. But Heather is finally getting her life back on track. She's the Assistant Residence Hall Director at New York College, and she's even shacking up with one of the hottest guys on earth - okay, just as friends - Cooper Cartwright, Jordan's estranged, private eye brother. But when the body of a female co-ed from Heather's residence hall is discovered at the bottom of an elevator shaft, and everyone claims it's just an accident, Heather knows better, because she knows girls, and girls don't elevator surf. Then another body appears, and Heather knows that two accidents in two weeks is utterly impossible. So she begins investigating. The only problem, by the time she finds out who the killer is, it may be too late...for her.
Meg Cabot is one of the most colorful writers on the market right now. She can take any genre, and turn it into something marvelous. SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT is no exception. Meg takes three very unlikely subjects: pop stars, dorm directors, and detectives, and mixes them into one very intriguing book that is utterly impossible to put down. Heather Wells, like Meg's previous characters, is charming, with a witty sense of humor, and various complaints about her imperfections, that make her an easy character to relate to. A highly enjoyable, laugh-out-loud funny look into the life of an ex-pop star, that must be read while eating a Dove Bar. With just one book, Cabot has taken the mystery world by storm, and proves that there's a lot more Heather Wells where this came from. And I can't wait to get my hands on it.
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the greatest books I've ever read., September 12, 2006
This review is from: Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery (Paperback)
Right now I'm wondering why this book only has four stars. I personally found it one of Ms. Cabot's best works. It has everything that a good book needs: A little mystery, a main character who is likable and who has some faults, and romance.
Okay, and there's two really hot guys in here too. But give me a break. Guys are one of my few weaknesses. Along with chocolate.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this story. I usually read Christian based novels, but this one didn't have anything too bad in it.
Basically, if you want a quick summary of this book, its about a woman in her late twenties that used to be a singer but gained some weight and now works in a college dorm. She lives with her ex-fiances brother, Cooper, rent free, and has a doggie, whose name I have forgotten.
Some mysterious things start to happen around the dorm and two young girls die "elevator surfing." Our heroine does not for a second believe this and investigates things with the help of Cooper, who does that kind of thing for a living.
That's really about it. I don't want to give away what happens, so I won't. But I will say that in order to find out how everything ends, we will all have to read the sequel, which comes out sometime late this year.
I can hardly wait. I hope you enjoy this story. If anything, you will enjoy Cooper. You can't not enjoy Cooper. He's just too hot for words.
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Light, Fun Mystery!, January 4, 2006
This review is from: Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery (Paperback)
Heather Wells is a former pop star who must now face an uncertain future after losing her fortune, her recording contract, and her fiance in a short period of time. Heather finds herself employed at a "residence hall" where 2 deaths in two weeks make her suspicious and that leads her to all sorts of adventures in her quest to determine whether or not murder has occurred. Written in first-person, Heather takes us through her sleuthing as well as her lusting for the brother of her ex-fiancee.
Heather is a bright, affable character who is readily relatable. The fact that she is not perfect is a joy; she's real and she means for you to understand that. I enjoyed the chatty style and the way each chapter began with the words to one of Heather's "songs" she sang as a pop star. I could easily envision her quirkiness and really enjoyed the humor as well.
This is definitely a chick-lit mystery and it doesn't pretend to be anything else, which is fine. The main place I had any problem was toward the end; the climax of the action just didn't have a realistic feel to it and it seemed a tad on the silly side. But overall I really enjoyed this one and look forward to more in the series.
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