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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Molly's Cook'in!, December 1, 2003
I believe that I've stumbled upon my new FAVORITE AUTHOR. Molly O'Keefe's writing is wonderfully witty and entertaining. She has an astonishing ability to draw her readers in so that we feel as though we could enjoy a hearty welcome at the Cook household. I'm a huge fan and will someday be able to say, "I always knew Molly would be on the NY Times bestseller list."
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Immature heros, July 3, 2007
From the back cover:
COOKING UP TROUBLE by Molly O'Keefe
He's stirring the pot!
Mark Cook shouldn't mind that a Hollywood heartthrob is intruding on his family's ranch to learn how to be a cowboy. Or that Mr. Moviestar is getting a bit too close to his best friend, Alyssa Halloway. But, damn it all, he's jealous to the point of distraction whenever he seems them together! and to compete with a gorgeous actor for Alyssa's heart, things are gonna get dirty down on the farm...
KISS THE COOK by Molly O'Keefe
They're a spicy combination!
No one has ever been able to hook heartbreaker Billy Cook like wild Kate Jenkins. Her passionate kisses made him fall in love thirteen years ago, only for her to turn around and break his teenage heart by leaving town. In face, she's the reason he vowed to be a confirmed bachelor! Now pregnant, Kate is back in Montana to deliver her baby, claiming her wanderlust days are over. And Billy can't help wonder if his vow was a bit too hasty...
And my review:
This was my first try of Molly O'Keefe. These two stories are apparently part of her Cook family series, but they do work as stand-alones. You don't need to read her other books to understand these stories.
First of all, I did like the author's writing style. It was flowing and easy to read, and actually funny. Many books labeled as romantic comedy are not very funny, but these stories were.
My complaint lay with the heros of these two stories. In COOKING UP TROUBLE, the author takes the classic plot of a man and a woman as best friends, with one secretly in love with the other (in this case the heroine is the one in love). The hero, oblivious to the heroine's feelings, is jolted into action when a new man comes along and sweeps the heroine off her feet. The hero suddenly realizes that he's in love, and he has to fight for that love.
I have no problem with commonly used storylines. A good author can breathe new life into an old plot. My complaint was that the hero's jealousy was a little too childish. It didn't seem like he realized how great the heroine was. It was more of a dog-in-the-manger kind of thing. He didn't really want her, but he didn't want anyone else to have her either. Ugh. I tried to push past this and move on, but when he filled the barn stalls with manure just so he could make the heroine's love interest shovel it, and broke a fence just so he could make the love interest fix it, I got sick of his immature attitude and quit reading. Two stars.
I didn't get very far into KISS THE COOK. The hero came across as a real sleaze. He doesn't appreciate women as people, merely as convenient sex objects. When one woman gets too close, he chucks her aside and goes looking for the next willing body. I don't care how badly a man has been hurt in the past, women should be respected, not used. That's not a guy I can cheer for! One star.
I would recommend this collection only to those that are already fans of this author and don't mind immature men in the hero's role.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cooking up Fun and Love, March 26, 2003
This book has everything a reader could ask - good loving, good characters, good times all round. A double dose of the Cook brothers is just what the doctor ordered. I can't wait to see what Molly O'Keefe cooks up next.
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