Comments on: REVIEW: Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas

By: Moth

Moth — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:19:58 +0000

Hey, I’m rereading Sugar Daddy for the first time. (Kleypas’ contemporaries are like crack to me) and I just noticed an interesting plot inconsistency I wanted to share:

p. 33 “Having no children or grandchildren of her own, Miss Marva had decided to take me under her wing.”

p. 97 “for once [Miss Marva's] laugh was not a happy sound. I knew without asking that she was thinking of her own daughter, a woman named Marisol who lived in Dallas and never came to visit.”

Ooops.

How do they not catch something like that?

Still love the book, just thought this was funny.

By: Farrah Rochon

Farrah Rochon — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:17:27 +0000

I had the same reservations, Ann. I’m always hesitant when one of my favorite historical authors (Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, Suzanne Enoch) try their hands at writing contemporaries. I’ve had SUGAR DADDY on my shelf for months. I guess it’s time I pull it down, eh.

Great review.

By: sarac

sarac — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:41:33 +0000

Just a word (or two) of caution:I read this book a couple months ago and hated it (and I love Lisa Kleypas’ historicals.) The heroine annoyed me to no end, and I found my self rolling my eyes at an alarming rate and laughing at parts that were clearly not meant to be laughed at. Also, the ending was, I thought, way too abrupt.

By: Ann Christopher

Ann Christopher — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:49:55 +0000

MaryK, if your memory is anything like mine, you’ll have already forgotten the spoiler by now. ;)

By: MaryK

MaryK — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:34:56 +0000

AAAAHHHH! Is that a spoiler in #5?!?

I’ll hope to forget that by the time the paperback comes out.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:28:35 +0000

Danggit. Now I gotta get this book. No excuses.

Thanks for the review, gals!

By: Ann Christopher

Ann Christopher — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:17:52 +0000

Hi, all! Thanks for the comments! Darlene, I am all for authors trying new things, as long as it doesn’t inconvenience ME. It’s all about ME. ;)

MaryKate, I’ve read that excerpt, and I can’t wait to read the book. And I wondered, while reading SD, if the missing Travis sister was going to play a starring role, but I thought she was too young. Shows what I know, huh?

By: MaryKate

MaryKate — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:52:53 +0000

I love this book. I believe it’s out in PB very soon.

Also, Lisa has an excerpt up for Blue Eyed Devil, which is her next contemporary coming in March. It’s about Hardy. If you haven’t read the excerpt, do, it’s fantastic.

By: Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:41:25 +0000

Okay, just browsed Jane’s review. Liberty is 13 when the book starts. I guess it didn’t stick with me as much as it did Ann Christopher.

By: Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:39:07 +0000

Lisabea–I had reservations about this book because of [1] the first person format and [2] the story starts when the heroine is 14 (?) and I really hate having to go through ten years of back story before getting to THE STORY. However, Kleypas’s writing made the story fly by and I quite enjoyed SD because she didn’t leave behind her romance roots.

By: Darlene Marshall

Darlene Marshall — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:56:57 +0000

I admire any established author who risks doing something different. Kudos to Kleypas for taking a chance. This isn’t a standard romance, but it does have wonderful romantic elements and is, as Ann said, a great beach read.

Thanks for sharing the thoughtful review.

By: lisabea

lisabea — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:23:44 +0000

I didn’t buy this for the same reasons you listed. But now, thanks a lot, I’m tempted. $19.95!!! I need to check the library…