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Fools Rush in

by Kristan Higgins (Goodreads Author)

3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 · rating details · 3,726 ratings · 294 reviews

Rewarding job as a local doctor on Cape Cod? Check. Cute cottage of her very own? Check. Adorable puppy suitable for walks past attractive locals? Check All she needs is for golden boy and former crush Joe Carpenter to notice her, and Millie will be set. But perfection isn't as easy as it looks--especially when Sam Nickerson, a local policeman, is so distracting. Sure, he...more

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Published November 1st 2006 by HQN Books

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Sep 21, 2009 Tammy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009-reads, contemporary-romance

Reading this book was like chewing on a lemon, hoping it would taste sweet. Chewing harder didn't change the taste. Adding sugar only covered the sour taste temporarily. Pretending the lemon was a juicy, sweet plum didn't help either.

Millie Barnes has had a crush on Joe Carpentar since middle school. She knows everything about Joe and I mean everything. Millie is a world class stalker. Unfortunately, Joe is one of the cool kids and he never really notices plain ole', overweight Millie.

Millie le...more

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Sep 16, 2012 Tracy Ewens rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: treadmill-books

Hmmm...I liked her other books and they are perfect for the treadmill, but I found the main character in this one, Millie, to be a little annoying. I know it's romance and I don't need her to be a rocket scientist, but why is a woman who has taken the time to be a doctor seem like a bit of a dip? Her obsession with Joe is a little over the top. I agree it was predictable, but most romance is. I like it that way that's why they're great for the treadmill...happy, predictable endings. Overall, thi...more

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Jan 27, 2011 willaful rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: heroine-is-chubby-zaftig-or-amazon, heroine-is-the-good-sister, made-me-laugh, rated-g-or-pg, sexy-beta, bye, ick-factor

3.5 stars. Like other Higgins books, this one is at the very chicklitish arm of the romance genre... or perhaps the romantic arm of the chicklit genre would be even more apt. It bothered me some at first, since in the grand tradition of chicklit, the first-person narrator of this book is quite a doof. Millie has been hopelessly in love with/stalking a guy she barely knows for most of her life and her grand purpose in life is to do anything she needs to do to get him. It’s the modern equivalent o...more

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Apr 30, 2012 Jennifer rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library, you-did-this-to-yourself

There is something wrong with me. Maybe I am actually a Kristan Higgans heroine, smart but compulsively unable to avoid what I KNOW is bad for me! I mean, I give her credit, she writes very breezy, readable books. But lordy, her heroines are dingbats. Dress them up as doctors or what have you, they are all pretty much romantically stunted - all the way back to high school. My big question is how Millie's supposed straight-talking, no-nonsense, bitch-on-wheels bff actually stayed friends with her...more

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Apr 15, 2013 Wanda rated it 5 of 5 stars

Millie Barnes always lived in her sister's shadow. Trish was beautiful while Millie was frumpy, dumpy and just plain in her own eyes. Millie has LOVED Joe Carpenter since high school but Joe barely gave her notice. After med school Millie returns home to the Cape to try to win her man. Losing weight and changing her image works but is having Joe in her life what she truly wants?
Sam Nickerson was Millie's brother-in-law for 18 years until Trish left him for another man. Sam always treated Millie...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Heather Tisdale rated it 2 of 5 stars

"I'm a stalker. The good kind."
WHAT!?!!? After reading the first sentence I had a feeling this story would be awkward at best. Higgin's books are generally cute, although not mind blowing, so I stuck with it despite the crazy. Millie is a crazy woman who can't get over her high school crush. She has a lot of good qualities, but somehow I got stuck on the crazy stalker bit. She's so obsessed with this guy that she does her best to learn his schedule and follows him in order to accidentally bump...more

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Sep 14, 2012 Maeling rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Apr 02, 2012 Evelyn Biden rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh, how to explain... Okay, I guess I'll start with the fact that I really love every single one of Kristan Higgin's books that I've read so far.

Except for this one.

Why? Well, Millie bothered me. From the very start, I really didn't like her that much. Maybe it's because she reminded me a bit too much of myself, going after the guy who you know, you know is only going to hurt you in the end; or maybe it's just because she was so flat. All of the characters were flat for me. It was like Kristan...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Emily rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

Millie is a doctor returning to her childhood home on Cape Cod, nearly thirty years old, thirty pounds overweight by her sister's count, and still in lust with childhood crush Joe Carpenter. She's determined to make this year one of personal advancement: begin running, get a dog, and basically do whatever it takes to get Joe. Despite her desperation when it comes to Joe, she's a fairly likable, believable, and capable character. (Those who enjoy Bridget Jones will likely also find a kindred soul...more

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Sep 20, 2011 CJ - Secret Charm rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: autumn-read, familyconflict, family, fiction-for-women, romance, new-england-fiction

The first half of this book had me severely contemplating smacking the heroine upside the head. She's a doctor, she's smart, amiable and a good person but her actions were sooo stupid.

Millie wasn't a fully developed person until about 3/4 of the way through the book and thank god for that because while she sometimes irritated me, I felt she deserved better and by the end of the book, she got what she deserved.

This was a book where the leads were absolutely right for each other but they didn't d...more

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Aug 26, 2011 Sheyla rated it 4 of 5 stars

Millie Branes is back in Cape Cod. She recently finished her residency in medicine and will start a new job at a walk in clinic. Now, Millie has a plan on how to get her love life going. Ever since she was a teenager she has dreamed of dating Joe Carpenter. He was nice to her once during an embarrassing situation in a school bus. She is determined to get him.

She comes from a close family. Her grandmother has left Millie her home. She gets along with her ex brother in law Sam Nicherson and her ne...more

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Aug 13, 2011 Tracy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Once again I've been charmed by this author's writing style. I love her use of humor, and her ability to create a heroine who is lovable and sweet with the kind of insecurities and quirks that I can relate to.

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Jul 16, 2011 Brie C. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Originally posted at Romance Around the Corner

This is the third book I’ve read by this author and I think I’ve finally found the key to really enjoy them: it’s all about the heroine. If you can relate to her, then you are probably going to like the book because this author doesn’t write romance, she writes woman’s fiction. This means that even though you do get a hero -or a romantic interest I should say- he is basically a secondary character and could never be called a protagonist.

Our heroine i...more Originally posted at Romance Around the Corner

This is the third book I’ve read by this author and I think I’ve finally found the key to really enjoy them: it’s all about the heroine. If you can relate to her, then you are probably going to like the book because this author doesn’t write romance, she writes woman’s fiction. This means that even though you do get a hero -or a romantic interest I should say- he is basically a secondary character and could never be called a protagonist.

Our heroine is Millie Barnes. She is back in her hometown and is determined to get her dream’s life. To do that she needs to find a job as a family doctor, she needs to lose weight and get a makeover, and she needs to get a man. But not any man will do, she wants Joe Carpenter (who also happens to be a carpenter) a man she has wanted ever since high school (when she was nerdy, pudgy and puking on other people’s shoes). And so she finds a job -albeit not the one she wanted-, she begins to exercise and she starts to stalk Joe in order to “accidentally” run into him. But sometimes what we want isn’t what we need or what will makes us happy, and it takes Millie a lot of time to realize that.

Millie’s best friend is Sam Nickerson. Sam was married to Millie’s sister for a long time until she cheated on him and left. Sam is brokenhearted and Millie is going out of her way to cheer him up and to find him a new love interest. It’s quite obvious were this is going (especially after meeting Joe) but as I said this isn’t a straight romance so their relationship builds really slowly.

Of the three books I’ve read, this ranks second (this is my number 1). It wasn’t my favorite mostly because the romance really takes a back seat. But there were a lot of things that I loved and they mostly came from Millie. She was a wonderful character. I really could relate to her struggle to become a better person and to be happy with herself. It was nice to see a girl who went for it and didn’t expect others to help her achieve her dreams. Some of you might be bothered by the fact that she wanted to get in shape to get a guy’s attention, but I really think that she wanted to feel good about herself, and getting the man of her dreams was only a part of that. Besides, I believe that when you decide to lose weight or alter your appearance in any way there’s always a part of you that does it for someone else, it might be a guy, or one of those passive-aggressive mothers who used to buy you clothes a couple of sizes too small, or maybe a mean girl in high school, but there is always a part of you that wants to have a little revenge (I do think that’s unhealthy to change yourself only for those reasons though, so don’t yell at me in the comments).

Sam was and interesting character. Kristan doesn’t write alpha-males, so don’t expect a macho and possessive hero. Don’t really expect a hero either, because he really plays the role of the friend, and things between them don’t change until almost the end of the book. I do think that it was slightly creepy that he was her brother-in-law but the way they deal with the situation was mature and realistic, maybe even too realistic; I was expecting a more dramatic turn of events and more of a romance-novel-like ending I guess. Their relationship was sweet and who doesn’t love a friends-to-lovers story? But I was expecting a little bit more mostly because I had to wait a lot for them to be together.

There are a couple of secondary characters worth mentioning, Joe and the sister. I found them to be cartoonish and one-dimensional. I couldn’t understand what took Millie so long to figure out that Joe was far from ideal and the sister was just your stereotypical “antagonist” who only shows up to cause trouble and the big misunderstanding that in this case wasn’t really that big.

I liked the book mainly because of the protagonist, she was hilarious and real. She was flawed and goodhearted but made mistakes just like any normal person would do. Her optimism was a bit annoying though, but if you can ignore that, then you will have a blast. The rest of the book did feel a bit bland and the secondary characters weren’t as remarkable as in some of her other books.

If you are a fan of romantic comedy and don’t mind the lack of a conventional love story, then this one is for you. A light and fun read perfect for the summer.(less)

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Jun 07, 2012 constance rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a very good light hearted romantic comedy with some real emotion thrown in. Millie Barnes has moved back to her hometown. She has her dream job of being a family doctor, her dream home that was left to her by grandmother, and for the most part, a loving, supportive family, particularly her ex-brother-in-law Sam and her nephew Danny . Now all she needs is to get Joe Carpenter, the guy that she has been crushing on for practically ever to notice her and fall madly, deeply in love. So she...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Beth rated it 3 of 5 stars

Kristan Higgins is one of my favorite authors. While this is not my least favorite of her books (that prestige goes to Until There Was You) it's probably my 2nd to least favorite. But really, that's like saying dark chocolate is my least favorite chocolate...

I had some LOL moments while reading this. When Millie first started jogging? Oh, my goodness, hilarious.

All in all, though, Millie disappointed me. I wanted her to get a clue about Joe so badly! Just because you've loved the idea of someon...more

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Apr 04, 2013 Dawn (Kat N Hat) rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: nbrc-170-bronze, read-in-2013

I hate to give a book 1 star but I really couldn't justify anything more.

I only read this book for a team challenge, otherwise I would have given up.

The main problem with this book is Millie, the main character. I really just wanted to smack the stupid out of her. She was a doctor so there had to be some smarts in there somewhere, but she had this whole plan to catch the guy she's had a crush on for 15 years. This in itself is enough to want to slap her. the first part of the book is where she...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Christiane rated it 1 of 5 stars

Let me just tell you what happens so you don't have to waste your time and read it. Millie Barnes is endearing for 3.7 seconds and then turns into the most annoying, immature, unlikeable person ever. Oh, and she's a doctor. I don't know how, because she's so stupid, but whatever. Ever since high school she's been pining over the most perfect, gorgeous man, Joe Carpenter the Carpenter (I'm serious) who is, you guessed it, a carpenter. She loses weight and pretties herself and stalks him (somethin...more

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Jan 21, 2012 Patti rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 3.75 stars. First thing's first: Millie took about half the book before I thought she was great. Her obsession with Joe was borderline psychotic, just really pathetic. Maybe I'm incapable of understanding how a person who has actually SEEN the world a little could be so ridiculously focused on a single person. Had she been sheltered or never had a date, etc, I can see how that might have happened. But in her case, it was just plain crazy. I think the only way I could understand it, and this is r...more 3.75 stars. First thing's first: Millie took about half the book before I thought she was great. Her obsession with Joe was borderline psychotic, just really pathetic. Maybe I'm incapable of understanding how a person who has actually SEEN the world a little could be so ridiculously focused on a single person. Had she been sheltered or never had a date, etc, I can see how that might have happened. But in her case, it was just plain crazy. I think the only way I could understand it, and this is really in hindsight, is that Joe was her 'security blanket' from adolescence.

Where things turned a corner for me was when Millie started acting like the confident person she should be - I guess it was when she delivered the baby and for once, her focus wasn't on Joe, despite the fact that it could easily have shifted to that. Once she realized she was worthy of Joe, she was able to see that maybe Joe wasn't really worthy of her. The more Millie stood up for herself in spite of Joe, the more I liked her.

I predicted she'd get Sam, that he was in love with her, too. I predicted Danny would be ok with it. I even predicted that Katie would probably end up with Joe. What I didn't predict (and sort of think was a little lame in the epilogue, because I wanted to hate her, still) was that Trish would grow up. Somehow, I pictured her as the chick who never really got past their 'awesomeness' in HS, who never really grows up enough to realize that there is more to life than who you were as a kid. Maybe that's because I've known HS classmates who were like that (at least as of the 10yr reunion; we'll see how they are at the next one!)

Normally, my issues with the main character and the slightly predictable plot might have given this one only 2.5-3 stars. However...what really sold me on giving it 4 stars was the setting. Now, I haven't been to the Cape that many times - two to be precise - but on both occasions, a bulk of our time was spent in Eastham. And the reason for that was my FIL's parents used to live there, right near Nauset Beach, right in the area where much of this story takes place. Consequently, it's the part of the Cape where my inlaws spend their time when they are visiting and so it's the part I know best.

Our last vacation before we had kids was spent on the Cape, around the time when this book was published, in fact. Which means that her depiction of the area is as I remember it. And this book took me right back there, reliving many of our very fond memories of that occasion. On that same trip, we went to P-town, so her descriptions of that were as I recalled them, too. Frankly, it makes me want to go back to the Cape again soon; we haven't been since we had kids.

So, if you've read any of my other reviews, you know that I'm partial to stories that make me feel like I'm actually in the place, especially if I've been to said place and thus, know what I should be seeing in my mind. I'm also less impressed with stories that I feel don't really well-represent someplace I've been or make me feel like the author has never been there (even if they have). Higgins really captured the Cape and New Englanders in general (loved the scene with stupid Marine Biologist guy...actually, that's probably when I started to really LIKE Millie). That alone gets extra stars from me.

Bottom line: 2.5 stars for (most) characters, 3 stars for plot, 4.5 stars for setting. Choose to read this or not depending on what is most important to you in a story, but overall, I'd say it's a decent effort from this author. If it had been the first of her books I had read (it wasn't), I would be willing to read more.(less)

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Jul 22, 2011 Megan rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2-stars, contemporary-romance, fiction

Millie, a local-girl-done-good, returns to her Cape Cod hometown to start her career as a doctor--and, if being perfectly honest, to also secure some true love and romance with her childhood crush, Joe. Plus, she hopes to set up her freshly divorced former-brother-in-law Sam with her happily-divorced BFF Katie. Of course, what goes on in Millie's head has no bearing on what happens in reality, and while the book ends with a wedding, it's NOT one of the specified couples.

I needed to read somethin...more Millie, a local-girl-done-good, returns to her Cape Cod hometown to start her career as a doctor--and, if being perfectly honest, to also secure some true love and romance with her childhood crush, Joe. Plus, she hopes to set up her freshly divorced former-brother-in-law Sam with her happily-divorced BFF Katie. Of course, what goes on in Millie's head has no bearing on what happens in reality, and while the book ends with a wedding, it's NOT one of the specified couples.

I needed to read something light and fluffy, and I had hoped that Fools Rush In would be just what I was looking for. I liked the summery atmosphere, the baseball games and tourists and dinner & drinks at the local dives. Unfortunately, the story and the main characters didn't work for me, and it wasn't as funny as other Kristan Higgins books I've read.

I really liked the friendship between Millie and her best friend Katie, because it was something I rarely encounter presented in an angst-free way in books: a friendship between a single, childless woman and a divorced woman who's single-parenting two small children. There's no drama in terms of the life differences between Millie and Katie, and no angst over whether a mom and a non-mom can be good friends: just demonstrations of the two of them making their friendship part of their ongoing lives. The friendship wasn't all sparkles and butterflies, however, and I was quite impressed by Katie's maturity and willingness to confront (and forgive) Millie in regard to Millie's unwelcome and offbase meddling. I liked that, eventually, Millie's childish matchmaking was not tolerated by the characters as something cute, but as seriously annoying, and an example of Millie's inability to actually see and know even her best friends well.

Unfortunately, while I liked that real-world and interesting and consequential spin on delusional/meddling matchmaking (a common enough chick lit trope), Millie's characterization in that dynamic is pretty much her personality in a nutshell, and the major source of my frustrations with the book. She's childish and annoying, and she's unable to actually see and know even her best friend well. This from a woman who's just completed her med school residency and turns 30 during the course of the book. Millie's terrifying stalker-crush on the town's golden boy was ridiculous, and even though it was played for humor, I didn't find anything enjoyable or even patronizingly charming about it. Mostly, I was dismayed to think that such a delusional and childish woman was out in the world practicing medicine.

Even though the narrative, and Millie herself, eventually, seems to understand just how immature Millie is being, it's too little too late. It's not until nearly the end of the book that Millie actually sees her behavior as delusional:

I was like some poor adolescent girl who was in love with a movie star or singer, assigning all kinds of qualities to a pretty face. "And then, someday, our eyes will meet at a concert, and we'll just know that we're right for each other..."

That's the realization that comes three-fourths of the way through the book. THREE-FOURTHS. Even with her very minimal background in romance and relationships, it's kind of frustrating that it takes three-fourths of a book for a thirty-year-old woman to recognize she has an adolescent crush.

I could deal with a frustrating and immature character, but the romance aspect of this book only compounded my frustration. I didn't buy the whole in-love-with-the-ex-brother-in-law aspect. There are a couple issues at work here. First, I had a problem knowing that Higgins does this relationship (falling in love with a sibling's ex, or falling in love with sibling of former husband, etc.) in a few of her books, and just feeling personally squicked by that repeated relationship type. I know, there's no actual incest involved, but it still makes me uncomfortable. Decades of a brotherly-sisterly relationship turning into a romantic/sexual relationship didn't sit well with me, and though I appreciated that Millie struggled with it, I was still boggled by how fast it was reconciled. Second, with so little time devoted to the fallout of Millie and Sam actually acting on their feelings for each other, there's no actual show-not-tell of how they managed to get over the uncomfortableness of the situation. It's mainly told in exposition. Millie's infatuation with the false golden boy Joe was so, so less interesting than Millie and Sam's situation but dominated the page count of the book, yet there was so little "screen time" devoted to showing Millie and Sam dealing with the hard and complicated (and, well, squicky to me) aspects of their relationship. (Plus, Sam was too perfect and too put-upon. I know, it's a first-person chick lit sort of book, it's not unusual for the male lead to be less than well-rounded. But still. Being told over and over how perfect Sam was and how everybody loved him, it didn't give me a good idea of what he was like.)

Between Millie's dippiness and over-the-top stalking and delusional nature, the unengaging romance, the stereotypical gay friends, and the lack of hilarity I associated with other reads from Higgins, I just didn't enjoy my time with this one.(less)

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Jul 03, 2010 Amanda rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: not-so-bad

Fools Rush In was not as good as I expected it to be. I was not as connected or engaged to the story as the other books by Kristan that I have read.

While I applaud Millie for being a strong, determined and smart woman, I could not understand some of her actions. I also love the idea of a gay best friend but it's kind of becoming a cliche in Kristan's books. I can tell that a dog/cat is one of her trademarks in her stories but the gay best friend, mother who doesn't pay attention, mean sister sto...more

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May 23, 2012 Jill rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, romantic-comedy

I wasn't sure if I was going to like this one or not because it starts off with Millie telling us that she's been in love with the same guy (who barely knows her) since she was 15. Now, almost 30 she's finished med school,et al, and has come home to become a full-fledged doctor...and Joe's wife. Here's where I want to stick my finger down my throat. Her plan (to lose weight, get a makeover, and turn herself into wife "material"--double ugh) works. She and Joe start dating. the book gets interest...more

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Jul 06, 2010 KimKirt rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-contemporary

What a funny, adorable little romance! I totally am/was Millie, right down to the stalking of a guy I thought would have been wonderful for me. Okay, I did NOT take it to the extremes she did lest my friends here think I'm some sort of loon, but I did do the "oh wow I just happen to be here as the same time as you what a coincidence!" stuff. Coincidence my ultra planning little butt. Heh heh. Wait, where was I? Oh yes, book review.

Anyway, darling read, totally loved Millie, thought Joe was an im...more

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Mar 20, 2013 Annalynn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

OK, this one at least was enjoyable. I may be rating it a tad high because all the other books I've read lately have let me down so much. Still, Kristan Higgins writes enjoyable romance novels that aren't too heavy on the romance and with real adults who talk and usually act like read adults, without artificial problems thrown in. She writes about professional women, who clearly take pride in what they do. I can count on her books for enjoyment, and I got that here.

My only disclaimer would be t...more

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Apr 07, 2012 Elena rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Nach ihrer Ausbildung zur Ärztin kehrt Millie Barnes zurück nach Cape Cod und macht sich daran, ihren Traummann zu erobern: Joe Carpenter. Seit ihrer Highschoolzeit ist sie in den unglaublich gut aussehenden Zimmermann verliebt, der reihenweise Frauenherzen bricht. Doch dank jahrelangen Stalkings ist sie perfekt über ihr Zielobjekt informiert und weiß genau, worauf es ankommt. Jetzt heißt es nur noch abnehmen, ein neues Styling und dann kann die Eroberung starten! Aber ist Millie wirklich am Zie...more Nach ihrer Ausbildung zur Ärztin kehrt Millie Barnes zurück nach Cape Cod und macht sich daran, ihren Traummann zu erobern: Joe Carpenter. Seit ihrer Highschoolzeit ist sie in den unglaublich gut aussehenden Zimmermann verliebt, der reihenweise Frauenherzen bricht. Doch dank jahrelangen Stalkings ist sie perfekt über ihr Zielobjekt informiert und weiß genau, worauf es ankommt. Jetzt heißt es nur noch abnehmen, ein neues Styling und dann kann die Eroberung starten! Aber ist Millie wirklich am Ziel ihrer Wünsche, wenn ihre Mission gelingt?

Unterdessen ist auch ihr Familienleben recht turbulent. Denn ihre egomanische Schwester ist frisch von ihrem Mann Sam geschieden. Das geht Millie ziemlich an die Nieren, denn der gutaussehende Cop ist herzensgut und ein echter Kumpel für sie. Damit Sam endlich auf andere Gedanken kommt, will Millie ihn mit ihrer besten Freundin Katie verkuppeln. Doch diese ist für Sams Qualitäten bisher völlig unempfänglich. Da helfen wohl nur paar Treffen zu Dritt und geschickt eingestreute Bemerkungen…

Meinung

Millie Barnes ist die wahrscheinlich sympathischste Stalkerin aller Zeiten! Obwohl ich anfangs wegen ihrer Stalkerei etwas Bedenken hatte, hat Kristan Higgins diese mühelos entkräftet. Millie ist zwar wirklich total in Joe verknallt, aber bewegt sich bei ihrer Spionage im öffentlichen Raum und beschränkt sich weitestgehen auf “zufällige” Treffen. Gut gefallen hat mir auch die weitere Entwicklung ihrer Beziehung zu Joe. Diese war für Millie oftmals von Tiefschlägen geprägt, ich hingegen bekam so oftmals dank der Situationskomik etwas zu Lachen. Dennoch habe ich mit ihr mitgefühlt und darauf gewartet, dass sie erkennt, wer der richtige Mann für sie ist.

Die beiden männlichen Hauptrollen in diesem Buch sind toll besetzt und haben mir von ihrer Charakterzeichnung her gut gefallen, auch wenn nur einer von ihnen ein echter Traummann ist. Ebenso sind die Nebenfiguren wie ihr Neffe Danny, die beste Freundin Katie, ihre Eltern und das schwule Freundespärchen warmherzig charakterisiert und machen die Geschichte richtig rund. Komplettiert wird das Ganze mit lustigen Anekdoten aus Millies Alltag als Ärztin.

Der Plot selbst ist weitestgehend vorhersehbar, doch beim Chick Lit ist schließlich der Weg das Ziel – und der ist sehr schön beschrieben. Dadurch, dass ein realistisches Tempo an den Tag gelegt wurde, ist die Geschichte stellenweise schon fast etwas zu langsam, aber ich habe mich zu keiner Zeit gelangweilt. Nur am Schluss wurde dann schon fast etwas zu viel Drama eingebaut und es wurde regelrecht hektisch. Aber am Ende kommt natürlich zusammen, was zusammengehört. Mir hat das Buch dennoch sehr gut gefallen, weil ich mich in vielen Details wiedergefunden habe und sehr viel über die Geschichte nachgedacht habe.

Fazit

Ein unterhaltsamer Chick Lit mit liebenswerter Heldin, der weibliche Macken gekonnt auf die Schippe nimmt. Es mangelt nur ein wenig an Tempo und Überraschungen.

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Jun 14, 2010 Lori Whitwam rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

I have a new favorite romance author. I'll have all her books by tonight.

There are only so many acceptable outcomes in a romance novel. (Ask me... I wrote one, and had to massage the ending a bit to satisfy readers, even if it's not exactly how I'd have written it if it were my own real life.) But Kristan Higgins takes all the required romance components and makes them fresh and fun. Even the ending you are sure has to be coming has an interesting twist.

My only complaints... she writes over the...more

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May 08, 2013 Daniela rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned-paperback

Another Higgins classic! If you want a light sweet ride here it is. It has the classic Higgins ingredients to make a perfect romance. A woman who is slightly quirky with great sense of humor. Check. Same woman learning to be accepting of herself. Check. The man she is hung up on forever. At first you think he is perfect but there is something about him that is not quite right for her. Check. The perfect man! She finally opens her eyes to see he is the love of her life . Check. A quirky, funny, l...more

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Nov 14, 2012 Kate rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 80-books-2012, e-books, i-own, chick-lit

Urgh this was just... not my taste.
I really had to stay strong, because all in me was screaming for cancelling this reading-adventure. The protagonist was... silly (how could she even get a degree or become a doctor??? Doesn't becoming a doctor imply that you have some intelligence and live in the real world?), her problems even sillier.
So why did I rate this book with 2 stars?
Well, it was a desaster till halfway through, after that, it became slightly better, and the ending was okay. At least y...more

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Jul 27, 2012 Beth Peninger rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Millie, the main character, is obsessed (and that's putting it lightly) with Joe Carpenter and has a plan, now that they are adults, to win his heart. As the reader you know from the very beginning how this is going to end up so basically it's like reading a train wreck. As the reader I was highly annoyed by Millie's obsession and her best friend's enablement of the obsession. Some friend to let the train wreck proceed. Millie's obsession leads her to make all sorts of decisions - some good and...more

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Apr 22, 2011 Aurora rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fluff, hot-n-heavy, realistic

Not really sure what possessed me to read this books in the midst of all the others ones I'm in the middle of....maybe because I can zip through Kristan Higgins' novels and not feel incredibly emotionally involved. At least, not after a day or two =)

The summary gave away some of the novel. I've noticed that some things just come easy for Higgins' main characters. They might have a funny mishap here or there but for the most part...they get everything they want! It's a tad unrealistic. For exampl...more

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Apr 01, 2011 Sheila Judson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Sheila by: Mary H

A cute and funny book in the typical Kristan Higgins fashion. Millie has been in love with Joe Carpenter for half her life and she is finally goint to get him to notice her. After stalking the man for the last 15 years she finally succeeds and Joes turns out to be more than what she ever imagined. Always in the shadow of her beautiful sister, she finally gets the man whom everyone from 6 to 96 turns to drool over. But it doesnt pan out quite like she imagined. Under all the good looks, Joe is, t...more

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About Kristan Higgins

Hello! I’m flattered that you clicked the button. If you clicked by mistake, well, hello anyway.

I live in a small Connecticut town with a beautiful library, a great agricultural fair, nice people and not much else. I have two lovely, entertaining children and a brave firefighter for a husband, who is, perhaps more importantly, a fantastic cook. Digger from Fools Rush In is inspired my very own Dig...more Hello! I’m flattered that you clicked the button. If you clicked by mistake, well, hello anyway.

I live in a small Connecticut town with a beautiful library, a great agricultural fair, nice people and not much else. I have two lovely, entertaining children and a brave firefighter for a husband, who is, perhaps more importantly, a fantastic cook. Digger from Fools Rush In is inspired my very own Digger, our cheerful Lab mutt. We also have two cats and grieve for an occasional, short-lived beta fish.

I worked as a copywriter until I had kids and started writing fiction when my children graced my life with simultaneous afternoon naps. Writing, I surmised, was infinitely more satisfying than folding laundry, and so I started my first novel. Before long, I had finished Stalking Joe, whose title was later changed to Fools Rush In. Catch of the Day followed, winning the 2008 Romance Writers of America's RITA© award, which just thrilled me to my toes. Then came Just One of the Guys (August 08), Too Good To Be True (Feb 09), The Next Best Thing (Feb 10), and All I Ever Wanted, summer 2010. More books are in the pipeline.

I love to write books about relationships, since the search for love and security is one of the driving forces of life. And I try to focus on an aspect that’s common, if not universal, hence the “stalking” in Fools Rush In and the crush on the unattainable man in Catch of the Day. People ask if I’ve ever stalked a guy. Of course not! Jeez! Come on! It’s fiction! They also ask if I’ve ever had a crush on a priest. Of course not! Jeez! Come on! It’s fiction! As far as being crazy about one of my brother's friends, which is the plot of Just One of the Guys, well, yes to that one. But I'm not naming names. Dating a fictional man, like Grace does in Too Good To Be True? Um...can I take the fifth on that one? Whether it's my own experience or not, I try to find something we can all relate to.

When I’m not writing, I like to be with my kids, goof around with my husband, read, watch baseball, ride my bike and bake. I suffer from chronic bedhead and an unhealthy (and completely understandable) obsession with Derek Jeter, shortstop for the New York Yankees. Like Millie Barnes, I run, which provides the neighbors with some real entertainment.

We spend as much time as possible at our family home on Cape Cod, swimming in the Atlantic, shivering on the beach, swatting horseflies and watching fish evade my lure at Higgins Pond. It’s as close to heaven as it gets.(less)

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