Big Girl Panties: A Novel

This is the first booked I have purchased from this author. It was a great vacation read as I usually select fun entertaining books-nothing too deep or serious. I will definitely buy another written by Stephanie.

I was very disappointed with this novel. The characters were neither likable or unlikeable, it was just impossible to care about them at all. The plot was predictable. I found myself rushing through it just to get to the end so I could read something else.

I have always loved Janet Evanovich, so I was excited to read this from Stephanie, who I'm assuming is her daughter. From the summary and the first few chapters, you know that Holly and Logan are going to hook up. But how it takes place and events leading up to it are still intriguing enough to keep you reading all the way through. The eating disorder aspects and the realness to her challenge with weight loss are a genuine sort of inspiring, unlike any book I've ever read. Not to mention, there are some great sex scenes. :)

I enjoyed this book!. The main characters seemed a bit sterotypical at the start, but the plot kept me interested and I grew to really care about them by the end. There are several interesting minor characters as well.

I bought the book thinking it was written by Janet, not Stephanie, Evanovich. What a mistake that was! This book is, at best, a waste of time and money and, at worst, offensive and demeaning. When did violence against women become ok? I usually finish every book I buy, even if I don't particularly like it, just to find out what happens. I am not going to finish this book. Halfway through, I have decided that I don't care enough about how it turns out to be revolted every several pages by descriptions of physical abuse depicted as healthy sexual behavior. I am just grateful that one of my favorite authors did not write this.

It wasn't an amazingly well-written novel, nor did it provoke a lot of thought. I don't need something to be too deep, but for something light and fun, sex was too big of a focus in it and I wasn't laughing that much. Ending didn't really have much to it. An okay read, but not a book I feel the need to keep and revisit.
The best part about it was it helped motivate me to begin working out again. Chapters 2-6 I believe were the best and meant the most to me.

It was cute but too descriptive for me especially private times. I was drawn to it by the author's last name, thinking it was Janet Evanovich and missing the Stephanie. That is my error. Not any where near as good as the books by Janet E.