Faking It
by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads author!)
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April 14th 2003
(first published 2004)
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Paperback, 432 pages
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0312983824
(isbn13: 9780312983826)
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Setting: Columbus, Ohio
Sensuality: 7
Mural artist Tilda Goodnight is struggling to pay off the mortgage on the family business and keep the Go...more
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Read in July, 2005
Romance. The Goodnight family's been bent for four centuries, but Tilda Goodnight's going straight, as soon as she steals a forged painting and makes out with the con man she meets while hiding in the closet. This was the second time I read this, and I liked it even more this time around. Crusie's plots are a little formulaic -- there is a stray dog in every book and usually a murder -- but her writing's vivid and funny, her characters are imperfect and likable, and the sex is generally hot and ...more
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Read in December, 2006
recommends it for:
anyone with a good sense of humor
What if someone wrote a Harlequin Romance while dropping acid? I'm pretty sure this book would be the result. Jennifer Crusie, whose known for her quirky romance novels, outdoes herself with this tale. Who else would create a heroine who has to fake an orgasm with the hero the first time they have sex because it's so bad? Who else would describe their first kiss as "tasting of vodka and disaster"? This book is just so much fun.
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Read in January, 2008
My first Jennifer Crusie but not my last. This was a really fun, light, little read.
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It took me a while to get into this book, but in the end, I can say that I enjoyed it. Part of the problem was that it was written in the 3rd person. After coming off of a Stephanie Plum and Alex Barnaby bender, which were all written in the 1st person, I had a hard time adjusting. Once I got into the book, I realized that the 3rd person was good for this book. There were a lot of characters none of which were the "main" character and the author was able to describe each person's thoug...more
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Read in November, 2006
I've read this book several times. While not a sequel to Welcome to Temptation, some of the characters are the same. The first time I read this book, I wasn't in the right space to read it. The second time, I fell in love.
The characters are creative and fun. The setting fits the characters. Jennifer Crusie makes me want to move to Ohio when I read her books. She makes me want to find a way to be a part of the communities she creates. While reading this book, I want a family fil...more
The characters are creative and fun. The setting fits the characters. Jennifer Crusie makes me want to move to Ohio when I read her books. She makes me want to find a way to be a part of the communities she creates. While reading this book, I want a family fil...more
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Read in January, 2008
When I first read "Welcome to Temptation" (one of my all-time favorite books), I fell in love with Sophie's brother, bad-boy Davy Dempsey. I was thrilled when I discovered that Davy was finally given his own story.
This book was not as funny, clever, sexy or charming as Crusie's prior novels. Matilda Goodnight is disappointing and not at all what I had in mind for Davy. Her sister with split personalities, cross-dressing ex-brother-in-law, a couple of smart ass teenagers and a h...more
This book was not as funny, clever, sexy or charming as Crusie's prior novels. Matilda Goodnight is disappointing and not at all what I had in mind for Davy. Her sister with split personalities, cross-dressing ex-brother-in-law, a couple of smart ass teenagers and a h...more
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Read in July, 2008
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Read in November, 2008
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I thought that this book was a great book to read if you wanted a fun, light book. I enjoyed the characters and the story. This is my first novel that i've read by the author, i will be finding more of her books in the future.
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Read in January, 2006
Faking It was the first book I ever read by Jennifer Crusie and is the reason I went to read every other book she has ever written. This one, however, remains my favorite. The story is one part romance novel, one part action adventure and is liberally sprinkled with humor, musical references, art and movie quotes. The heroine is asthmatic which is a first for me in fiction -- asth...more
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I really wanted to love this book but I found myself skimming through so much of it. I just could not get into it at all until the very end. I usually can't put down any of Crusie's books and read them straight through - this one I put down several times. I finally pushed myself to get through it. I loved Tilda and Davey together, but there didn't seem to be enough of them together. There were so many other characters in this book. I didn't get confused and I kept up with who everyone w...more
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Read in January, 2003
This book is perfect. If you've ever wondered about your life, if you've ever wanted true love, if you've ever done something and had to hide it - this book is great for you. Jennifer Crusie weaves a very romantic yet realistic tale about two families that are just trying to live their lives. One is a family of art forgers, the other a family of confidence men. There's sex, romance, love, family relationships and the Dempsey women from Welcome to Temptation.
I expected a sequel to Welcome to...more
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Read in September, 2008
I wasn't expecting this to be high literature, but it actually exceeded my expectations. For "fluff" it had a cast of great characters, a fun, compelling plot, and even some witty repartee.
My biggest quibble would be the dropping of pop-culture references like high society drops names. When I 'got it' it was nice, but when I didn't it was annoying.
And to drop my own pop culture reference, the plot, in general, reminded me of some great 30s screwball comedy (appropriate wi...more
My biggest quibble would be the dropping of pop-culture references like high society drops names. When I 'got it' it was nice, but when I didn't it was annoying.
And to drop my own pop culture reference, the plot, in general, reminded me of some great 30s screwball comedy (appropriate wi...more
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Read in November, 2008
A really well done, light-hearted romance with all the zaniness you'd expect from a Crusie novel. The plot does begin to wobble apart towards the end, because there was one rather large element which I found not at all convincing, but Crusie throws so much at you—hit men and art forgeries and split personalities and families of con artists—that you just have to go with it. I also loved that the main couple, Tilda and Davy, started out having utterly mediocre sex, and only started set...more
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Read in May, 2008
I found this a little slow at the beginning, but at some point I realized I was totally wrapped up in these quirky characters, and couldn't wait to get back to it. A number of Crusie's characters seem to do a bit of tap-dancing with the law, and this is yet another where it's not clear who the good guys are, who the bad guys are, and which of those are upholding or breaking the law - and the heroes are sometimes the bad guys - sort of. Anyway, a fun read. It's also nice that so many of Crusie's ...more
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Read in March, 2008
recommends it for:
People who like The Italian Job
This book has a great plot. It centers on a bunch of con artists getting together to achieve their own ends and, in the end, getting together or going to jail. In addition, it's filled with a dysfunctional family that makes even my family look normal. This book reminded me of a cross between The Italian Job and The Burbs. Although the plot was great, some of the language was pretty offensive and not charming. There's nothing like an f-bomb to ruin a good scene.
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I just adore Jenny Crusie's books. I realize how cliched I sound when I say this, but they're funny and sexy, and I re-read them all the time. She has such a unique voice, such an outrageous sense of humor, and I love her knack for dialogue.
If you read Welcome to Temptation and are expecting a sequel, this is not it, but Davy Dempsey and the Goodnight women are just as irresistible as the Dempsey sisters and Phin Tucker.
If you read Welcome to Temptation and are expecting a sequel, this is not it, but Davy Dempsey and the Goodnight women are just as irresistible as the Dempsey sisters and Phin Tucker.
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Read in June, 2008
This book was fun to read. It's a crazy, screwball comedy of errors, with art fraud, multiple identities, family secrets, thieves, and a con man, plus, of course, a love story.
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Read in May, 2003
I read this book while travelling through Europe in the summer of 2003. I ended up leaving it in a hotel room in Finland and haveing to travel through France and Italy before finally getting to London where I could purchase a new copy (at Harrod's).
Jennifer Crusie is one of my favorite chick-lit authors. She always has a great woman lead with a strong personality and a knack for putting them in entertaining situations.
Jennifer Crusie is one of my favorite chick-lit authors. She always has a great woman lead with a strong personality and a knack for putting them in entertaining situations.
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Ok, it´s total chick lit, but with the bonus of interesting characters (like the heroine's no-nonsense 17 year old niece, daughter of the heroine´s sister and her gay ex-husband, who now manages his ex-wife's nightclub singing career), a few fun cons and super awkward sex scenes, one of which had my eyes so glued to the page that I missed my bus stop and had to take the taxi to work.
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Read in May, 2006
Have read several of Crusie's books. This one is in the middle. Not great but not bad at all. Read this one before Welcome to Temptation so I didn't know the characters from it. It was interesting. Main characters are an artist dealing in forgeries and a con man thief. Characters had a lot of chemistry and the book was funny. Would recommend to romance readers or Crusie's fans.
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""If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning."
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