Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

SPOILER ALERT: The reviews certainly made this book sound amazing! I bumped it to the front of my "To Read" list and dove in immediately after purchasing--for full price, I might add! That's how eager I was to read the book with so much accompanying hype! Mehhhh. It's not a bad book; it's not a particularly good one either. In fact, I was fairly certain which direction things would ultimately go before I was even halfway finished. There are no jaw-dropping revelations nor sizzling plot twists. Basically, an insecure chick with a rapidly-expiring "Best If Used By" date meets a control freak dude with Mommy issues. Mommy doesn't like son's new gf and does everything possible to sabotage the rapidly progressing relationship while girlfriend works to expose clingy mom's plots to disbelieving son. BUT....it turns out that pathologic mom is actually working to destroy the relationship because she really LIKES the girlfriend and knows her son is a huge, abusive jerk who murdered his previous gf, so it has all been to protect her. Boyfriend/son exits to prison and mom/girl friend who is now also grand baby's mama live happily ever after. The End. About all I can add about this book is that it's adequately written and adequately entertaining, although it could definitely have kept until the library wait list got around to letting me have a turn. I can also say that perhaps it would have felt less like a disappointment if the hype surrounding it hadn't been so completely overblown and exaggerated. I understand the concept of marketing, but at the same time credibility needs to considered, too.