Summer in the city: the students mostly leave campus, and the campers move in. In this case, teenage rock music campers. Here's a shocker: there's a murder amid the mayhem. Also a number of developments in Heather's personal life, which is extremely complicated. Thank you, Meg Cabot, for all the delightful hours of reading you've provided. No matter how serious the issues, you always remain pure fun.
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Heather Wells series
by Meg Cabot
Book #4: Size 12 and Ready to Rock | Goodreads | Rating: 4.0 Stars
Book #5: The Bride Wore Size 12 | Goodreads | Rating: 4.0 Stars
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Overall Series Average Rating: 3.6 Stars
The reason why I decided to combine these last two Heather Wells books into one bundled review was because I couldn't really think of much to say about Size 12 and Ready to Rock. To me, there was really no point in taking up a whole post with the words, "This was a very good book, probably my favorite of the Heather Wells series. Very enjoyable."
The summary blurb to personal thoughts ratio was just too unbalanced for it to merit a whole individual post. Because while it's true that I really enjoyed the fourth book in the Heather Wells series, I think I've already said all I need to say about the series overall.
The same goes for The Bride Wore Size 12.
To be totally honest, both books were excellent, enjoyable, entertaining, un-put-down-able. And to be honest, even while these last two installments of the Heather Wells series seems to be the least liked by many others, I actually found them to be my more favorite of the five book series.
Heather's tacky jokes are toned down a bit. Heather and Cooper get more time together and we get to see how well they work together both as partners in investigation and as lovers. At the same time, Heather seems to have grown a lot over the course of these books and has learned to live for herself more than for the sake of being with Cooper.
Really, this is just my opinion, but Book #4 is probably my favorite of the five. It could just also be that all the characters have grown on me after so many installments.
The Books
Final Thoughts:
Overall, the Heather Wells series was extremely enjoyable, even in spite of my reserves after not quite enjoying the first book. But things got better, Heather grows on you, and you start to look forward to seeing how things end up for her and her students and her friends.
The final ending in the fifth book might have brought back a bit of the tacky, but I'm completely satisfied enough not to dwell on it. A lot of things might have been left unresolved, but open-ended-ness isn't all that bad when you're enjoying yourself.
I will definitely be looking forward to another Meg Cabot book or series.
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2016 Reading Challenges:
• Goodreads Reading Challenge
• BookLikes Reading Challenge
• Bookish Resolutions Challenge
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!
I want Heather to be my best friend. Ms Cabot has given us character that is so easy to connect with. She is smart, funny and hold the same insecurities a lot of us have. I loved that this installment gave us a view into Cooper's family. What a cast of characters they are, OMG. It was strange but good to see the way Tania and Heather's relationship unfold.
I seriously love Meg Cabot. Really, I do. While this didn't feel like a typical Meg Cabot novel, I still really enjoyed this. It's a bit of a murder mystery, as that is what Heather Wells always finds herself in the middle of, but there wasn't too much mystery to it. Everything pretty much gets told to the reader, so there is no wondering 'whodunit.' It's more of how it all is going to turn out, basically. Either way, Heather is back, Cooper is sexy, and the rest of the gang is just hilarious. I had a really good time listening to this audio book!
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