Heart of the Matter

fair enough that I was able to keep reading it to pass time, but on the whole I found this book to be way too predictable and cliche all the way through. The characters seemed shallow and superficial, especially the bored housewives. Maybe I'm being too critical, but I almost never saw Tessa doing anything but complaining, and Ruby was a constant brat. I know kids that age are known for being particularly hard to handle, but come on, not 24/7! Surprisingly, for most of the book, I had a little more sympathy for Valerie than Tessa. The happy ending also seemed to come a little too easily to be realistic.

All that being said, I give it 2 stars instead of 1 because it wasn't a complete fail if I somehow still kept reading it, if only because it was definitely an easy read.