Be Careful What You Wish For is the second Amber Fox book, after The Fashion Police. I haven't read the first Amber Fox book, nor any of Hodge's other books, but I will definately be reading them now. All the necessary elements for a good suspense novel were in this book: murders, mystery, greed, evil, and no small amount of action and unexpected twists and turns. But if a suspense novel can be lighthearted and funny, this one was, with lots of romance and quirky humor throughout the story. Amber Fox was hilarious with her tough as nails outer persona and her hysterical one-liners that were frequently laugh out loud funny. She was a perfect lead character for the story. Her romantic struggles between two seemingly gorgeous men managed to be both heartwrenching at some points, and hysterical at others. And while the emphasis was definately on the suspenseful and the romantic/funny elements of the story, there were some serious moments that kept Amber's character from being "campy" and I really liked that.
I liked the fact that I was able to envision everything the author described as if I were there, without there being so much detail that I was left feeling bogged down. There was a scene involving spiders (and I will say no more) and the imagery there was enough to make me squirm as I read! I had perfect images of all of the bad guys in the story, except, in my head, they were speaking more like The Godfather rather than Brit bad guys! My Romeo was Jordi Vilasuso (Griffin Castillo in All My Children) and Brad was Channing Tatum as he was in Dear John. I have a vivid imagination! I definately recommend picking this book up!! 4.5 mugs!
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