Faking It by Jennifer Crusie

ISBN: 978-0312932787

This is one of my favourite Jenny Crusie books. Which means it is one of my favourite ooks of all time. I have only have it two months and the cover is already completely ragged from rereadings in the bath. I love it - she makes me laugh and actually care about ALL the characters all the time.


Plot:
Fakery - (of paintings, fortunes, secondary personalities and careers)
Bakery - (Are men muffins [keepers] or donuts [moment on your lips lifetime on your hips [[in the BAD way]])
Make (out) ery - NOT to channel Paris Hilton or anything but this book is hot

Characters: Really good characterisation - no surprise from Crusie as she is a writer who delivers believable people acting true to themselves whilst going through one hell of a plot arc. (It always seems strangely feasible whilst you are reading in this case you believe in con men, split personalities, precociously brilliant teens, delinquent parents (Heroes dad is hilarious) and a completely incompetent femme fatale who (accidentally) kills her men for very little profit.

What to love: All the secondary characters. All the main characters. The intricacy of the plot. The humour. The sex. The happy ever after. The comparison of people to baked goods - I do that myself quite ofen. (In case you were wondering you are a perfect slice of apple cake just from reading this blog. Practically the top of the cake hierarchy...)

What to loathe: Hmmm.... Sometimes Louise/Eve felt she had been changed to fit into the plot - but then she is not exactly a stable character - so maybe she really is written how she is supposed to be written - I love her anyway - so I take all that back - it is all great!!!


Buy, Borrow or Bin: Buy - Multiple copies. Lend them to sad friends

If this book was a drink it would be: The perfect ginger beer of the book world. If you are wondering... in my lexicon that means it is spicy, cool and strangely sophisticated whilst totally wholesome - combined with a great sense of fun.

Here is a link to the author page about the book including the first chapter so you can make your own mind up: Faking It

And this is the book on Amazon so you can see what the book buying world thinks: Amazon