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Living The Vida Lola (2009)

by Misa Ramirez(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0312384025 (ISBN13: 9780312384029)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

Lola Cruz Mystery

review 1: Reviewed by: CeliaThis is not a good book This is suppose to be a story of sexy, witty, smart Lola Cruz, PI. Correct? Well, first of all, Lola struck me as a poor detective. She has the sassy spunk n' all, but she lacked the intuitive and deductive reasoning skills that come with being a great detective. Maybe I was spoiled with being a "Monk" fan (Monk being the most incredible genius I ever saw with him being able to see things that no other detective saw) but Lola was not even an amateur sleuth. Of course, I am taking into consideration that she is a rookie that just came out of internship, but still. She didn't have it. For crying out loud, she didn't even put the extra piece together about the tattoo parlor until one of her associates did it for her. What kind of dete... morective is she? Oh, and she is supposedly a black belt in kung fu and all that. She talks a big game, but she doesn't back it up. Second, the whole mystery was a little hard to follow. Mainly because you can't remember who the characters are. Mary? Allison? Bonatee? Muriel? Zod? Who are these people again? (Even now I had to go back to the book to get the names again). This exemplifies that the characters were not fleshed out enough to be memorable. And, on top of all that, I thought the "mystery" in the story was weak and lame. It didn't keep me up all night trying to figure out who done it. All in all, I found Lola to be unlikable. She was flaky and dumb. Really, she spent the bulk of the book getting all "sexed up" for her Jack Callaghan. C'mon, cool your panties, girl! In conclusion: This book, the first one in a mystery series, made me realize that I will not be following the PI cases of Ms. Lola Cruz.
review 2: Dolores (Lola) Cruz, full-fledged PI, working for Camacho and Associates, gets her first case. Emily Diggs, mother of three was missing. Dolores investigates, using a journal of Emily's supplied by a former roommate. However, her investigation leads to an encounter with Jack Callaghan, her crush from high school and her brother Antonio's friend. Lola had wanted to be a PI even in high school, and she took some pictures of Jack and another girl while she was practicing. If she isn't busy enough, she promised to help her cousin plan her fifteenth birthday party, her quinceanera, by making it traditional enough to satisfy the adults, but hip enough to please Chely. Then Emily's body is found and things get tense. I loved this book. Lola is smart, outspoken, and determined. I liked her attraction to Jack, and his attraction to her. I'm planning on reading more about Lola Cruz. less

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