My Teaser Tuesday is from The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot, the latest release in her Heather Wells Mystery series -- what I consider a fun bit of chicklit with only a dash of cozy mystery thrown in:

 

"This year, Cooper and I were getting married,

and we lost our first student before classes even started.

 

I should have gone with the bubble wrap after all."

 

 

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

 

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 

Read in 2010

 

This book was recommended to me as a 'good mystery novel'. Skeptical about it, I read it anyway. So far, I've learned not to take books I'm sure I'm not going to like. I do not like convincing people to read a book that I find good, and I don't like them convincing me to read something they like unless I'm sure that our taste is similar. Everyone should read books according to their own taste.

Anyway, the story is about Header, an ex-pop star that has put on weight and found a job at a student dorm. The character of Header is uninteresting and a little dull. She's a typical girl and of course, in love with a hot guy that doesn't know about her feelings. Her life revolves around a guy and occasional mysteries in the student dorm.

 

I find the story decent, even interesting in the parts where the murders come in. 

 

Although I didn't like it, I admit that Meg Cabot is not a bad writer. Only, her books are not for adult audience.

I grew up reading Meg Cabots' books and although I started by reading her YA books, it wasn't until I read her adult fiction that I truly felt in love with her. Meg has just this easy way to write that you don't feel like you're reading a book, but instead this person whom you're really close with is telling you about their life. It's been a few years since I've read the last Heather Wells book and although I was initially concerned I was not going to remember important aspects of the story this did not matter. You could have not read any other book of this series and still have enjoyed it immensely. This is a great addition to the series and I can't wait for the next one!

This was cute. Heather was quirky. Cooper a bit of mystery. I can't wait to see how this series unfold! And I totally agree that size twelve is not fat! LOL

This review was originally posted on http://threecatsandabook.blogspot.com/

While reading this book I discovered that I might know a little too much about Meg Cabot personally. Like how she worked as an assistant manager of a residence hall in NYC similar to Heather Wells, the protagonist of Size 12 Is Not Fat. Or how she loves cold sesame noodles.

Actually, I’m not sure about the noodles, but I figured she likes them because Mia from the Princess Diaries eats them all the time and Heather wonders: “How on earth could anyone ever give up cold sesame noodles?”

Size 12 Is Not Fat is about Heather Wells who, in general, talks a lot about food. She used to be a teen popstar but after losing her recording contract, her life savings (which her mom ran away with) and her boyfriend and gaining a couple pounds, she finds herself working as an assistant dorm director at New York College. Up until now it sounds pretty chicklitty, right?
Until a dead girl is found at the bottom of the elevator shaft at Heather’s residence hall.

I’ve read a lot of Meg Cabot books. Some of them I loved, like the entire Princess Diaries series and Avalon High, others I wasn’t a big fan of, like The Boy Next Door. I was hoping the Heather Wells Mystery series would be like a more mature Princess Diaries.
Fortunately, Size 12 Is Not Fat has Meg Cabot’s humor and writing style. On those levels this book does not disappoint at all. With the exception of two recurring taglines (“Size 12 is not fat!” and “Dorm, I mean, residence hall.”) that got kind of annoying after a while, this book was very funny and a nice read.

What makes this book different from the other Meg Cabot books I’ve read is that this is a mystery novel. I think Meg Cabot did a great job with combining her usual type of storylines with mystery. This book didn’t really leave me at the edge of my seat, but that’s okay because I don’t want or expect that from a Meg Cabot book. What I want when I'm reading her books is to be entertained. And that is exactly what this book does.

Although I enjoyed Size 12 Is Not Fat, I'm sorry to say that it is wasn't as enjoyable as any of the Princess Diaries books. The characters in this book weren't by far as good as the ones from Mia Thermopolis' world. But other than that Size 12 Is Not Fat was a very nice read (and I shouldn't compare books anyway).

If you’re looking for a light read that isn’t too chicklitty but not too serious either, Size 12 Is Not Fat is for you. I liked it and I probably would have liked it even more if I didn’t start reading it with such high expectations.