Size 12 and Ready to Rock: A Heather Wells Mystery (Heather Wells, #4)

by Meg Cabot

• ISBN10: 0061734780
• ISBN13: 9780061734786
• Publish Date: 10 July 2012
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.com.au/9780061734786

Reviews

[Liz (Bent Bookworm)]

I'm actually a little embarrassed to admit to reading this series. The first 2 especially were hysterically funny (I can excuse a lot in a book if it makes me laugh till my ribs ache), the third a little less so, and this one only gave me a few giggles. It's not a horrible book, but Cabot seemed to be trying - and even mentions in her comments in the back of the book - to take a look at more serious issues while still dealing with the same characters. It's not a bad book, but I really didn't appreciate the switch. :-/ I wanted funny. It was a sweet, fluff-ball story, which is what most of her books are, but I really felt it wasn't nearly as good as the others in the series.

[Rowena]

This is one of my most anticipated books of 2012. I am such a huge fan of the Heather Wells series (and Heather Wells) and back in February when I met Meg Cabot at the Passion and Prose event and she was talking about the book, I was on pins and needles. I couldn’t contain my excitement.

So when I finally cracked this sucker open, I thought I would inhale it but that wasn’t what happened. This book is filled with Cabots hystrical sense of humor but for some reason, I wasn’t as invested in this book as I was with the other books in this series. It was good and I’m glad that I read it but for some reason, it took me forever to get through this book.

So in this book, we’re thrown back into Heather Wells world and she’s engaged to be married to Cooper Cartwright (YAY). She’s also still the assistant dorm director for Death Dorm and a lot of drama surrounding Tania Trace. Tania’s filming a reality show with Heather’s ex-boyfriend (and Cooper’s brother), Jordan and somehow, they end up shooting their show in the President’s apartments above the dorm and when one of Tania’s bodyguards gets shot, Heather gets curious. So does Cooper.
Someone is after Tania Trace and since Tania’s holding her Rock Camp at New York College, specifically Heather’s dorm, both Cooper and Heather want to find out what’s going on and figure out how to keep everyone safe.

Heather is such a great character. She’s lovable, caring and dependable. She’s got a big heart and those college kids are really lucky to have her on their side as Sarah and Gavin know. She’s got the love of one of the most stand up and sexy guys on the planet and he’s super protective of her. He trusts her and wants to take care of her and I absolutely love him. Seeing what they’re up to in this book was a treat because I’ve missed these guys. I was so wrapped up in catching up with all of the characters that the story took a back seat to that.

Both Tania and Jordan were background characters for me. I didn’t care for them in any of the books before this one so for this book to kind of focus on them, I just couldn’t bring myself to care one way or the other. Now, I don’t hate them and I don’t wish them ill but they’re not characters that I’d look forward to reading about so with someone stalking Tania Trace and then reading and finding out that Jordan is an ass makes me roll my eyes more than anything else. I totally see why Cooper thinks the way that he does about Jordan.

All in all, this was a good addition to the Heather Wells series because it brings the gang back but I spent more time so happy to be reading about these guys again that the story took a back seat to my happy dancing that I get more Heather and Cooper. I’m glad that I read it, though. I’d recommend this book to fans of the series and to fans of Meg Cabot but it’s not my favorite.

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