Unfortunate Miss Fortunes Book

What I learned from this book: That just because you usually like an author , there's no guarantee you will like everything they write. Gah, this was AWFUL. Jennifer Crusie's books are usually funny and sexy and a pleasure to read.

The UMF was just embarrassing. It reminded me of the bodice ripper books I used to read back in Junior High, only worse, because I expected more. It's full of instant panty-melting lust at first sight, bad dialogue and every romance novel cliche you can think of. Each sister is beautiful in her own way...one of them has flaming red hair, another is an ethereal blonde and one has raven tresses. (It reminds me that when I was little I wanted to own three horses, black, white and brown. And three dogs: black, white, and brown. But hello, I was eight. I guess if I was an 8-year old writer my heroines would have had red hair, black hair and blonde hair. Because you know, I was EIGHT.) The redhead is repressed and just needs the right man to unlock her inner sexy beast. The blonde is innocent and a peacemaker, a witch who doesn't know her own power. The youngest is the Queen of the Universe who has a snappy comeback for every occasion and wears selfconsciously silly outfits.
(The sisters all have supernatural powers, and that's okay, I love a good fantasy. This is NOT a good fantasy.)

I'm going to put this one down to: everyone is allowed to make a mistake. This was a jointly written book, so maybe J. Crusie hasn't jumped the shark.