If you like snappy dialog and bazaar plot lines Maddies antics are right up your line. Could be that if you like classic books, or literary writing you won't be able to take much of Maddie. Ah well.daughter enjoyed them and she bought them (we share an audible account). The main romantic character, Ramirez, is written fairly cardboardy-with all the overblown characters personalities I don't understand how Ramirez can be such a Joe Friday kind of cop. They are a totally strange group-from Mom to Maddies friends to Moms friends. I gave this a 3 star for Story and for Overall and 4 for performance because I think Caroline Shaffer does very well with accents and bringing out the strange personalities of Maddie and the secondary characters. I bought these for my thirty something daughter who enjoys this kind of writing a lot more than I do-though I listened to the first 2 books in the series I'm not sure I'm good for any more. Theres no way this is real life romance or 's slapstick comedy and totally light listening-nothing else. Though at times she lets the character show some depth, mostly Maddie stumbles thru life making mistake after mistake. The author has developed her into a real ditzy stereotypical blond who doesn't really know what she wants. Maddie, an almost 30 year old shoe designer, has more strange things happen to her than any other main character I've ever read.
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