Customer Reviews
same ole, same ole - By: J. Hadley, 26 Jun 2008 
After reading alll of the Santangelo novels was thrilled to find this at Luton airport before boarding. Easy to read, put down & pick up whenever but is a bit 'same as before'. Kidnapping (again) plot from old enemies (again, but who quietly disappear) & a plot to blow up Luckys new hotel (quietly disappears & never heard of again). Disappointing but as I say easy to pick up mid chapter & pick up where you left off. Wishing Gino was still a young man !!!!!
Same old, Same old.... - By: Mrs. S. E. Davies, 25 Jun 2008 Now let's see, are alll the usual suspects in her latest novel? The pyscho stalker - check, the cheeky sassy 16 year old - check, the apparently well matched couple, but one of whom is playing away - check, the villainous mafia boss - check, that is alll the same type of characters that have appeared in alll the other books, but why ruin a winning formula, now it alll just needs to be put together in an interesting storyline.....oh slight problem here.
I have reallly enjoyed the earlier Jackie Collins books such as Lovers & Gamblers, Chances, Lucky, the Hollywood Wives books etc & used to get so excited by the thought of her next novel coming out, but since then it seems that Jackie Collins has run out of ideas & is just rehashing the same old character types in the same old scenarios. This would not be quite so bad if she bothered to put together a good storyline, but it seems in this book that she runs out of interest in the characters & the storyline & finishes it with extremely lame endings, rather than building the story to an exciting conclusion. The kidnapping plot which has been done time & time again in her other books, is half hearted, fallls flat in the middle of the story & has a very lame unexciting ending as per most of the story. Her main characters Lucky & Lenny, by now have been together years, had children & been through some real issues, but still talk to each other in the book as though they have only just met rather than a well suited couple as Jackie Collins wants to portray.
So did I enjoy this book? Take a guess! At least it was better than Lovers & Players, which was dire in the extreme.
However after alll this I am not saying don't buy this book. If you are new to Jackie Collins & have only just started reading her books then the story will be fresh & you may enjoy it, I feel that the storyline is not that good, but that is because I am comparing her earlier well put together novels with the later lazier ones, anyone else who has not got that comparison will not have the same complaints about the storylines. Although I feel she has not bothered to put together a good ending to this book, she does write in a sassy & entertaining style & pulls no punches with character assasination of certain types that you will find in the real world.
I just wish that she would go back to how she used to write & start to entertain us alll again with something new rather than just relying on what has worked before & hoping it will do the same trick.
Good Holiday read - By: Mbwest, 08 May 2008 
Well this an easy reading book - family fueds - unhappy people - that make you want to keep on reading this book. A very good book to take on holiday or if you are not having a holiday just buy this book -have some early nights - & just enjoy this good read. There is always something happening. I am enjoying reading every page. So off I go to read some more chapters.
