Game Over (Sisterhood)

Another very well done book in this series. I couldn't put it down. Very entertaining and interesting. Very well written with lots of turns and twists that kept me on the edge of my seat so they would succeed.

I have read all of the "Sisterhood" series and this one is by far one of the best. I can't wait until Oct. for #18. The use of all of the characters in this book was by far the best and there were no slow or boring parts. Thanks again for a great read Fern.

Huge Fern Michaels fan. Received book in great condition, have not had time to read it yet. Game Over (The Sisterhood) have read some of the other sisterhood books and trying to finish my collection.

I loved the plot however every chapter had at least 1 or 2 pages that were blank and it was hard to follow the storyline, I was very disappointed in the quality of the download and it has happened on other books as well. Any solutions?

I enjoyed this one. Plenty of great characters (our main crew) and the introduction of a few more interesting and needed people too. The story kept me involved and made me wonder how all of this was going to work out. It kept me on the edge of my seat many times as some secrets and "red herrings" are thrown out and cause problems as the story goes along. It was good to see what Madame President has been up against. She had her hands full just trying to get things done in office let alone getting pardons for the vigilantes. And she needs to do something because the natives are getting restless, a promise is a promise. We saw some things look hopeful for many of the relationships but I just have to ask. What about Maggie?

Seventeenth in the Sisterhood vengeance-suspense series revolving around a group of seven women eager to find justice for those the legal system abandons.

My Take
Michaels takes on the value of keeping one's promises. President Martine Connor has been very slack in this respect and plans a betrayal against her best friend.

You'd think that a couple who has been sleeping together and, according to earlier installments, having a good time, would have already figured out how the other likes to sleep and if they enjoy sex together. But, then, writing it this way is more true to Michaels' form. Inconsistency thy name is Fern Michaels. Jesus, she's a crappy writer.

Michaels does pay a nice tribute to pole dancers as to their physical fitness.

Why would the president of the United States call the husband of a possible appointee--at 5:30 in the morning--to tell him she has a short list in case a vacancy crops up on the Supreme Court? And how convenient that she calls just after the supposedly retiring Justice calls Cosmo.

Another part of my problem with Michaels' writing is it doesn't sound real. It's one of the things I really enjoyed about J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood is the camaraderie between the brothers and the reality of their verbal exchanges setting the slang aspect of it aside. Michaels will start real such as when Harry is laughing at Jack's duckie jammies but then she continues the conversation with:

" `You have a problem with yellow ducks, Harry? My aunt gave me these pajamas. They're high-grade flannel and very comfortable, not to mention warm. What kind of nephew would I be if I didn't wear them?' "

Please, what guy do you know who would actually talk like this?? Then there's all the "goody's" and "oh, my's" from the ladies. Gimme a break. Where does Michaels pick this up?? They sound like really little kids trying to be grownups. Although, to be fair, this is consistent with the immaturity displayed by most of the characters.

Michaels raises a nice bit of tension with which side Jellicoe will come down on--nicely stretched. Nor does she resolve the tension between Jellicoe and Connor. I'm guessing she's saving it for the next book. `Cause, god forbid, she should actually end this series.

Connor has a lot of nerve questioning why Lizzie didn't tell her she knew Jellicoe. Considering how she's intending to betray her.

So explain to me just why it is that half way through this series, Michaels decided to split it into Rules of the Game for five books? Wouldn't a better point have been when the sisters got their pardons have been a more practical place to split it? Stupid me...I keep forgetting that Michaels is the master of inconsistency.

The Story
It's about time that Myra Rutledge and Charles Martin got married. It's too bad that they're so bored in bed with each other that they come home from the honeymoon five days early.

The action really takes off when Cosmo Cricket calls on the boys for advice. His excuse is what to do with this mansion of a house he's purchased in D.C. as a surprise for Lizzie but he really wants to know if the not-yet-released invitation for Lizzie Fox to become the next appointee to the Supreme Court is a trap or not.

There's a great deal of back and forth over whether they should tell Lizzie or not. Tell the mountain or not. Is it a trap or not. Again, tell Lizzie or not. Charles and Maggie both sent their spiders out to investigate Justice Leonard and his wife's health--his excuse for quitting the Court. One of Charles' sources is Hank Jellicoe. The security guru with an open door invitation at the White House who is able to confirm the pardons are ready to go. Unbeknownst to Jellicoe, another White House source confirms it and the ladies are a go to infiltrate the White House.

Another major change is about to happen. Those team members who have been still in the public eye could well have problems once the ladies do get their pardons. They may need to disappear...

The Characters
The Sisterhood is composed of women who mete out justice to those who believe themselves outside the law and the team they've picked up along the way: Myra and Charles Martin--they got married in Deadly Deals (The Sisterhood) and Charles is a former MI6 operative; Annie de Silva is a widowed billionaire Spanish countess; Yoko Akio, the florist, is engaged to Harry Wong the martial arts expert; Alexis Thorne, a broker, hooked up with Joe Espinosa, a Post reporter; Isabelle Flanders is an architect and interested in Stu Franklin; Kathryn Lucas is a long-haul trucker who hooked up with Bert Navarro, the current Director of the FBI; and Nikki is engaged to Jack Emery the Assistant District Attorney in D.C. Lizzie Fox, the "Silver Fox", is a formidable lawyer who wins cases simply by walking into the courtroom who married Cosmo Cricket, the Nevada Gaming Commission's lawyer. Maggie Spritzer became the Editor in Chief of the Washington Post when Annie bought the paper and Ted Robinson is one of her reporters; both came over to the Sisterhood's side. They also get engaged in this installment.

Abner Tookus is a computer whiz and a very good friend of Maggie's who can always find the goods. Henry "Hank" Jellicoe is the former head of security for Myra's candy company; now he runs an international security firm that is the best of the best and worth billions. Seems he's also carrying on an affair with the president.

Justice Douglas Leonard plays a nasty trick on an old friend; his wife is Florence with her own itchy problem. Pearl Barnes and Cornelia "Nellie" Easter Cummings play a cameo role. Michaels is setting us up for Annie and Fish. President Martine Connor is in office only through the aid of the Sisterhood. The deal was pardons for the ladies and Connor has been putting it off.

Semi-regulars not making an appearance--cameo or otherwise--include Rena Gold and Paula Woodley; technically Elias Cummings shows up but only when Nellie mentions his having the flu.

The Cover
Oh yeah, the cover is consistent. It's pretty with absolutely no relationship to the contents. It's a lovely fall day as we peek over the scalloped white picket fence and past the privet hedge topped with fallen red and yellow maple leaves at a white clapboard two-story colonial. You can just feel the last bits of sun before winter. Meanwhile the story takes place in January and February with lots of snow.

The title is accurate enough, as the Game Over sign flashes when Paul Revere picks up those pesky pardons. Too bad it's not true about the series.

Knowing they are "duds", Myra and Charles cut off their honeymoon to return to the Sisterhood when they learn that her friend and advisor Lizzie Fox is being considered for an appointment to the Supreme Court. The Sisterhood fears that the deserving White House Legal Counsel will be put through an unfair meat grinder to gain political points due mostly to Lizzie's association with them.

Although not quite as worried, as they are about Lizzie, the members are afraid their presidential pardon will vanish as politics as usual will prevail. However, as they monitor events as only the Sisterhood could, they begin to uncover a conspiracy to use Fox and the Sisterhood to destroy the Administration.

Although over the top of the Cayman Islands, Big Pine Mountain and the Washington Monument, the seventeenth Sisterhood thriller is an exciting entry that sums up the values of the members of "one for all and all for one" (Dumas). The group risks all their hard work to be pardoned to insure their loyal "affiliate" gets a fair shake. Fans of the saga will appreciate their latest intervention as protecting Lizzie soon turns into protecting the Administration.

Harriet Klausner

game Over by Fern Michaels was released in 2010. Another great novel with the Sisterhood. If you have enjoyed any of this series you will enjoy this one. I loved it. Many suprises. Fans of Fern Mochaels will like this the most.

Someone gave me this book because they thought I would enjoy it and I did, with the exception that there should have been a warning on the cover... you need to read the other books first! I fear unless you have read the previous Sisterhood series you will too. It's like being at a party where you know no one and you are not introduced to the other guests and they are all telling a rollicking story of what has happened to them beforehand.
Seven women who are wonderful friends have helped elect a woman president who has promised them a pardon. The president takes too long to grant this pardon and they gather friends and husbands as allies in getting that pardon so they can resume their lives.
I read the whole book and had to go on assumptions because you are never told who these women are, you figure out they are rich and then you wonder what have they done that they need pardoning from the president who they got elected. This all could have been solved if there was a short introduction and a list of the characters and who they are. This is done in many books that are written in series form without too much disorder in the story line. It's hard to feel emotions and caring for these people without knowing them and their real bonds with each other.
I just felt left out...asking who are these people? What have they done? I really wanted to know them and enjoy the story instead of standing by like an unwelcome guest.

Game Over by Fern Michaels
Fighting for what's right although they are on the wrong side, it's a worthwhile fight.
Myra and Charles are getting married and now they fight for the pardon they were promised.
The woman practice on the stripper pole to win one of their grandmother's set of pearls.
Lot of investigations take place from both the women and the men and they all come together
at the end.
Lots of surprises all around...

I've followed Fern Michael's Sisterhood series with anticipation for each new installment, but GAME OVER was a deep disappointment. It was difficult to see who was leading the show and I kept expecting something to happen to spice up the action. Without a few disasters and mix ups,the rest was a forgone conclusion.
The sisters go after their pardons, but there is little or no push for a show down. Maybe there were too many additional characters added to the mix to stage a raid on the White House.
I will keep hoping the October release has a better plot or the game is over.
Nash Black, author of Indie finalists WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and HAINTS.

I have read all of the Sisterhood books up through this one and always was rooting for the girls to receive a pardon, but now that they've attained their goal, it almost seems anticlimatic on retrospect. I'm hoping that when I read the next book in the series that the sisters are all reunited and back into obtaining justice in their own way.

My introduction to The Sisterhood and I don't care to pursue it any further. Very juvenile dialog, can' t imagine adults acting or speaking in that manner. I couldn't take the story serious and wondered how there came to be so many books in the series. If it was supposed to be suspense to it it escaped me.

I have enjoyed the first 7 of the sisterhood series but the last just seem to slide downhill faster with each book published. IMHO its time to let the sisterhood retire and live happly ever after. check this book out of the library, i don't recommend buying it.

I love the sisterhood series and this one was every bit as good as the ones before. If you have never read the sisterhood series each book is great on its own, but you will get hooked and want to start from the first book too.