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Nov 30, 2008
Loreta
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This was a quick read, very amusing characters and rhetoric. There were some sexy incidents but not overly so. I found myself laughing out loud (which is usual when I read Janet Evanovich). This was a good pairing with Leanne Banks and, if they write another together, sign me up!
The main character is a student working as a bartender evenings to pay for her classes/living expenses. She rents a room from a female impersonator who disappears but sends her a big slobbery dog for protection More...
The main character is a student working as a bartender evenings to pay for her classes/living expenses. She rents a room from a female impersonator who disappears but sends her a big slobbery dog for protection More...
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May 18, 2011
Iris
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"Hmmm" comes to mind, but I think I will settle with I liked it. It kind of has the first Plum ideas in it even though I shouldn't compare the books or story lines.
I liked Cate and her family which with an Irish background is easy to do. Being the youngest in the family, not only the parents still worry about the mid-twenties Cate, but her brothers as well.
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I liked Cate and her family which with an Irish background is easy to do. Being the youngest in the family, not only the parents still worry about the mid-twenties Cate, but her brothers as well.
Cate sublets a room from Marty, who seems to be in trouble. Add Kellen McBride who is supposed to investi More...
Jan 20, 2011
Misti
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This was very nearly a DNF for me. I really struggled with forming an attachment to any of the characters. I found the main character, Cate, to have too little common-sense and too much trust in complete strangers. I also thought she was waaaay too naive and kind of dumb. I know this was supposed to be a light-hearted, fluffy read, but I just couldn't get behind ANY of Cate's actions. Also, there was absolutely NO emotional payoff in this book. There is a death in this book, and not one of the c
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Dec 18, 2007
Heather
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I didn't get much read in April with all the travel and visiting I was doing. I was so tired on the flight over that I stuck to sudoku and movie-watching. A fellow passenger gave me a Janet Evanovich book on our way into Portland called Hot Stuff. It was very light reading, even more so than her Stephanie Plum mysteries, but it was cute and funny and suited my mood.
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Apr 19, 2007
Amy
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This is a typical Evanovich smut book. You'll laugh out loud many times. Don't know if this is the start to a new series or just a one off. It ended so if there aren't any more, that's fine. No cliffhangers or anything. Quick fun read.
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Nov 28, 2008
Martha
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This book was lots of fun to read. It's a screwball romantic comedy, with an assortment of quirky characters, plenty of witty dialogue, some ridiculously funny situations, a bit of a mystery, and a Bullmastiff named Beast.
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Feb 11, 2009
Sue
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Title: Hot Stuff
Author: Janet Evanovich & Leanne Banks
Genre: Chick-lit/Romance
Challenges: 2009 Support Your Local Library, 20 Books in 2009, Chick Lit Challenge 2, Pages Read Challenge 2009, Books Around the States Challenge, 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge
Rating: 5/5
No. of Pages: 352
Published: 2007
From the back:
Cate Madigan isn’t asking for trouble. Her wacky Irish family is constantly palying matchmaker for her with men who leave m More...
Author: Janet Evanovich & Leanne Banks
Genre: Chick-lit/Romance
Challenges: 2009 Support Your Local Library, 20 Books in 2009, Chick Lit Challenge 2, Pages Read Challenge 2009, Books Around the States Challenge, 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge
Rating: 5/5
No. of Pages: 352
Published: 2007
From the back:
Cate Madigan isn’t asking for trouble. Her wacky Irish family is constantly palying matchmaker for her with men who leave m More...
Mar 01, 2008
Tanya
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What an adorable book! If I didn't know better, I would think Cate Madigan and Stephanie Plum are twins! They are SO alike it's scary!! =)
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Jul 18, 2011
Kara
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I needed a funny and not intense something to listen to. Hot Stuff fit the bill. The reader (who is the same for her One for the Money series) is fabulous. It is a cute romance with a great big dog, a thieving drag queen, a down home quirky commentator neighbor, a nosy neighbor, a stalker who refers to himself in 3rd person who tries to be a hero, and of course the main gal-the bartender struggling through school who bakes and the mystery man who shows up on a black horse (her dream-he drives
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Sep 25, 2010
Amanda
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I read Hot Stuff after reading the Stephanie Plum series and I was sorely disappointed. It was not funny....at all! The book is about a guy and girl who meet at a bar and fall in love within 3 days, oh and the girl also falls in love wiht a dog, whom she also met 3 days earlier. That's it. That's the story.
It is a mystery and there actually IS more to the story, but after reading it, that's all I got to tell ya. It was pretty boring. The story was a knock-off, the romance was mediocre, More...
It is a mystery and there actually IS more to the story, but after reading it, that's all I got to tell ya. It was pretty boring. The story was a knock-off, the romance was mediocre, More...
Jan 26, 2008
Robin
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I'm a big Evanovich fan, and while this isn't her Stephanie Plum character, it was still pretty good.
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May 16, 2008
Angela Joy
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I laughed out loud a lot! Don't remember vulgarity in this one (as opposed to the Plum series).
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Mar 30, 2010
Merredith
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This book was a super quick read. The printing is VERY large, so it seems longer by page count, but it would probably be at the very least, half the size at least in pages, if the printing were normal and the pages werent small. The book itself was fluff, but not really interesting fluff. I often like fluff. It just never seemed developed. I liked that it was set in boston, because I used to live in boston. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t anything in the slightest way special. Still, I got throug
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Oct 04, 2010
RoseMari
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Sure, there were a lot of similarities between this book and the Plum series, but who cares? Janet Evanovich and Leanna Banks are both great, creative authors, and Hot Stuff is funny, cute, and an easy read. Irish bartender Cate Madigan gets tangled in her cross-dressing roommates problems. In the meantime, she meets the mysterious, sexy, and possibly good guy, Kellen McBride. Falling in love in a few days isn't the most believable, but it's still a good little book. Anyone looking for a quick,
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Jul 15, 2011
Sheri
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This one was cute and funny with a new set of characters that are Irish/American
and Cate is the main character. It is funny with odd characters and cute. Not
as funny a family as in her Stephanie Plum series but this one is fun and a
quick read. Co-authored by Leanne Banks. Plot is interesting with Cate living
in Boston with a drag queen while she attends college and has family dinners at
home. Then things get interesting when her roommate goes missing and she
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and Cate is the main character. It is funny with odd characters and cute. Not
as funny a family as in her Stephanie Plum series but this one is fun and a
quick read. Co-authored by Leanne Banks. Plot is interesting with Cate living
in Boston with a drag queen while she attends college and has family dinners at
home. Then things get interesting when her roommate goes missing and she
rece More...
Mar 31, 2011
Toni
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Cate Madigan, age 26, the only unmarried one in a large family. She bartends by night, attends college by day, and likes to make cakes. She saves money by sharing an apartment with Marty Longfellow, a South End drag queen, who performs at the bar. At the end of the bar, looking mysterious, is Kellen McBride -- a mysterious, dark-haired guy at the end of the bar! No wonder her friends in the building call him Mr. Tall, Dark, and Yummy -- or Mr. Yummy, for short. He's an investigator, specializing
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May 29, 2011
Bronwyn
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This was a fun romp, it was a quick read and fun from start to finish.
Cate Madigan rents a room from a cross dresser Marty Longfellow, she goes to college during the day and works at a bar in the evenings. She has two good friends Julie and Sharon who live in the same complex as hers. Her family are always trying to find a mate for her and this time it is Patrick Pugg who when he talks about himself says Pugg did this and Pugg likes this instead of using the work I. Cate decides he More...
Cate Madigan rents a room from a cross dresser Marty Longfellow, she goes to college during the day and works at a bar in the evenings. She has two good friends Julie and Sharon who live in the same complex as hers. Her family are always trying to find a mate for her and this time it is Patrick Pugg who when he talks about himself says Pugg did this and Pugg likes this instead of using the work I. Cate decides he More...
Jun 10, 2010
Jill
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Cate Madigan is used to constantly having her loving Irish Catholic family setting her up with random men for dates. She is the youngest in her family and the only unmarried one. She might be used to it, but she hates it. The dates have never lived up to her expectations. She is twenty-six and a student trying to get her teaching degree. She figures if she can handle four brothers, then a classroom of 8 year olds should be a piece of cake. When Cate is not in school she is tending bar at
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May 21, 2010
Tigger
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Jul 11, 2008
Cherise
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Hot Stuff Left Me Cold, April 9, 2007
I am a huge Janet Evanovich fan; this is not one of her better stories. The book jacket summary sounded very interesting to me, it had real potential to be a lighthearted, intriguing romance. The book started out decent enough, I immediately liked the main character, Cate, and fell for her and her crazy Irish family. At the same time I was falling for the Madigan's I was introduced to a not so loveable character, Patrick Pug More...
I am a huge Janet Evanovich fan; this is not one of her better stories. The book jacket summary sounded very interesting to me, it had real potential to be a lighthearted, intriguing romance. The book started out decent enough, I immediately liked the main character, Cate, and fell for her and her crazy Irish family. At the same time I was falling for the Madigan's I was introduced to a not so loveable character, Patrick Pug More...
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Jul 24, 2010
Elizabeth
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This wasn't one of Evanovich's better books. It didn't have as many LOL moments as her other books. One thing I didn't like about it was that she was trying to make it a mystery, but still trying to use the formula she uses in all her stand alone romance books. It just didn't work for me. The supporting characters were not very good either. With all that said, it was fluff and I knew it would be fluff, so my expectations weren't high, but it could have been better. She is still a great author,
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Sep 23, 2009
alexie
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In "Hot Stuff" Cste Madigan didn't plan to fall in love with Kellen Koster. All she wanted to do was get herself through college by working at the Boston pub. But when her room mate Marty Fongfellow goes missing leaving behind a sloppy bullmastiff puppy she finds her world is about to change. When Marty turns out to be a jewel theif and Kellen a salvage that wants to bust Marty. Finding dead people in Cate's apartment is only the begining of her probkems.
Jul 31, 2011
Amy
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This was the first book I've read this summer. So refreshing from the more proper literature we are forced to read during the school year. Not that any thing is wrong with that... But you have to admit, the idea of being forced to read something for a grade takes the fun out of reading.
This book wasn't well edited but was a lot of fun. Took me about 3 hours to read it. Great way to spend a few hours on a warm summer night.
This book wasn't well edited but was a lot of fun. Took me about 3 hours to read it. Great way to spend a few hours on a warm summer night.
Jul 01, 2011
Amy
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This was a really quick read. The obvious romantic pairing is set up at the very beginning. There are stolen jewels, a drag queen, a big, goofy dog, and a guy who refers to himself as Pugg all wrapped up in theft, kidnapping, and murder. This really felt like a precursor to the future Stephanie Plum novels because there were several similarities. If you enjoy Janet Evanovich, you will probably enjoy this book as well.
Sep 02, 2011
Michelle♥
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It was cute fast and fun. Very similar to the Stephanie Plum series in the sense that laugh out funny stuff happens, some kooky characters, a little love scenes, and a very predictable but good ending.
I read this in a matter of two hours. I borrowed it from a lady at work that loves Janet Evanovich and smut romance.
It was good and fun. Definitely will be picking up more of Evanovich's books in the future.
I read this in a matter of two hours. I borrowed it from a lady at work that loves Janet Evanovich and smut romance.
It was good and fun. Definitely will be picking up more of Evanovich's books in the future.
Sep 04, 2011
Julschaen
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Meine Meinung:
Also dieses Buch konnte sich anscheinend nicht so richtig entscheiden, was es eigentlich sein wollte: Eher ein Liebesroman, oder doch eher ein Krimi? Ich finde es nicht so gelungen, wenn beides gemischt wird. Irgendwann nervt einen diese Geschichte nur noch, warum dieses Buch in den USA auf der Bestsellerliste war, kann ich mir nicht erklären.
Nicht weiter zu empfehlen!
Also dieses Buch konnte sich anscheinend nicht so richtig entscheiden, was es eigentlich sein wollte: Eher ein Liebesroman, oder doch eher ein Krimi? Ich finde es nicht so gelungen, wenn beides gemischt wird. Irgendwann nervt einen diese Geschichte nur noch, warum dieses Buch in den USA auf der Bestsellerliste war, kann ich mir nicht erklären.
Nicht weiter zu empfehlen!
Jun 06, 2011
Juliane
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Eine oberflächliche, aber sehr unterhaltsame Geschichte. Die Hauptperson bleibt einem nicht wirklich in der Erinnerung, sie ist sympathisch - mehr nicht. Auch die restlichen Figuren stechen nicht hervor.
Die Geschichte ist eine Mischung aus Liebe und Krimi, gut gelungen, wenn auch kein großes Drama darin vorkommt.
Als leichte Sommerlektüre sehr empfehlenswert. Sonst eher nicht.
Die Geschichte ist eine Mischung aus Liebe und Krimi, gut gelungen, wenn auch kein großes Drama darin vorkommt.
Als leichte Sommerlektüre sehr empfehlenswert. Sonst eher nicht.
Oct 29, 2011
Yachiyo
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Haven't read anything by Leanne Banks so I can't really pick out her writing in all of this, but overall a fun book. Had quite a bit more silliness than some of Evanovich's pre-Plum romances, but also took a page out of Plum in adding more of the mystery element to the story, something her pre-Plum romances pretty much had none of.
Also, I always appreciate her wackier characters, and Pugg is a nice and hilarious addition to them.
Also, I always appreciate her wackier characters, and Pugg is a nice and hilarious addition to them.
Jan 10, 2010
Jess
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A nice lighthearted romantic comedy with a little mystery on the side. It was a cute story, I enjoyed it, but it's hard to ignore all the similarities between Evanovich's romance books and her Plum series. Some of the same phrases, characters, situations all reminded me of things that have happened in her Stephanie Plum books. I guess that's just her writing style though.
Mar 23, 2009
Lynne-marie
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Cate Madigan is a character you can empathize with. Her big Irish family is alway match-making with the typical disastrous results. Stir in her cross-dressing room-mate, Marty Longfellow, and you get a heady brew that is guaranteed to make you laugh. Thoroughly Evanovich!!
