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Big Girl Panties
By Stephanie EvanovichPublisher: William MorrowRelease Date: July 9, 2013Genre: Romantic ComedyLength: 429 PagesISBN: 978-0-062224-85-9ASIN: B009NG0MCSAdd to GoodreadsAbout the book:In BIG GIRL PANTIES, Evanovich introduces readers to Holly Brennan—a 32-year old grieving widow in need of a change. Having spent too much time mired in sadness and grief-eating, Holly heads out of town to settle her husband’s estate and try to move on. Enter Logan Montgomery—a personal trainer to the country’s most famous professional athletes who also happens to be sitting next to her on the flight home.Holly’s mortified by the way she’s squeezed into the airplane seat, but as they chat, Logan quickly realizes she has a sharp wit and keen insight—a welcome change from the sexy but superficial women he usually dates. When he impulsively offers to train her at his private gym, Holly surprises even herself and agrees.Holly discovers she’s a natural athlete, and as her fitness level increases, so does a new found confidence. When Logan finally introduces Holly to his best friends, baseball superstar Chase Walker and his wife Amanda (a feisty curvy woman herself), they instantly see what Logan doesn’t; Holly is knockout. As their smoldering attraction starts to spark in earnest, Holly and Logan will have to decide if their love is for real…or just about looks.BIG GIRL PANTIES is a fun, sexy, smart, and exceptionally saucy romp—a must-have book for the summer and a debut not to be missed.BUY LINKS: AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE
Stephanie Evanovich is a full-fledged Jersey girl from
Asbury Park who began writing fiction while waiting for her cues during
countless community theater projects. She attended New York Conservatory for
the Dramatic Arts and acted in several improvisational troupes and a few
small-budget movies, all in preparation for the greatest job she ever had,
raising her two sons. Now a full-time writer, she’s an avid sports fan who
holds a black belt in tae kwon do.
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A woman who turns to food
for emotional support, a “hottie” physical trainer who needs to see the person
behind the weight and a touch of comedy make Big Girl
Panties by Stephanie Evanovich
an interesting read. Tackling difficult
subjects, obesity, its root causes and our society’s obsession with the young
and overly fit, Ms. Evanovich
reminds us that first impressions, based on the visual, are not indicative of a
person or their worth to society.
When her husband was
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Holly Brennan made taking care of him the
center of her life. After his death,
Holly turns to food to deal with her depression and grief. As Holly gains weight, and continues to binge
on unhealthy foods, she finds herself stuck on an airplane, in coach, sitting
next to a man who could easily be named “Adonis”. Surprised when he offers to become her “personal
trainer”, Holly decides to take him on up on his challenge – after all the
worst that could happen is that she doesn’t lose any weight. She never planned on falling in love with her
trainer.
A physical trainer to
professional athletes and rich and famous, Logan Montgomery is butt and in
great shape, attractive and everything a woman could possibly want on a
physical level. When he’s forced to sit
in “coach” on a flight home after helping an athlete prepare for the start of
the season, he’s appalled at having to sit next to the “fat” girl. Then he begins to get to know the “real”
Holly and realizes there’s more than meets the eye to his airplane
companion. Taking a risk, and offering
doing it at a reduced fee, Logan offers to become Holly’s personal
trainer.
The scenes between Holly
and Logan are both fun and at times aggravating. Ms.
Evanovich does a wonderful job developing Holly’s character; she’s smart, determined,
and has a great sense of humor. While
she’s got some issues to overcome; low self esteem, emotional rejection from her
family and some remaining grief, Holly is a very real person and in a way is
representative of a decent sized portion of society.
While I could say that Ms. Evanovich failed in making Logan as
wonderful a character as Holly; at first he comes off as shallow, selfish and a
bit of a user, the truth is that all of the negative aspects of Logan’s
personality are actually representative of our society and it’s view towards people
who have weight issues. While it’s not pretty,
it’s a good reminder that we are all guilty of judging people based on their
looks. Fortunately his character does
grow throughout the book.
When Holly is successful
losing weight, will she realize she deserves to be loved for who she is rather
than what she looks like? Will Logan
realize that Holly, with and without bodily imperfections is the woman he’s
been looking for all along? You’ll have
to read Big Girl Panties to find
out.
My
Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
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