The Love Scam Book Review

Review By Jennifer – I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

You can get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Scam-Mary…

My serial series mid-starter continues. This is the second book in the Danger series. I failed to read the first book. This book begins on such a high note. Um, seriously-the author talks about her inspiration for this book has SNL (Saturday Night Live for those of you who do not know) references. Kirsten Wiig played a character with absurdly small doll hands. I LOOOOVE those skits! Kirsten Wiig can deliver without cracking a smile. She has so much talent! I can be funny and deliver, but I tend to crack and not sure if I were to do half the things that she does, if I would ever be able to deliver like her! The author’s note is a SNL skit in itself with random references to things like polyglots, polymaths, lardo, Venice, Colombia di Pasqua and some definitions from momjunction.com. How can you not want to hop right into this book ready to laugh and discover what all of this means.
My seatbelt was not fastened, even after the Author’s note! This book begins with Rake waking up, thirsty and in pain, thirsty pain. Did he eat a dead bird? Sure tastes like one. ..YUM! He realizes that he is in a T-shirt that he has never seen before-uh oh. Oh the nausea. We soon learn that Rake has a twin named Blake. He finally realizes that he is in a hotel and then he realizes that he is in VENICE! Oh the profanities, I love you MaryJanice Davidson! THIS IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW! Can I just wake up in a hotel room in Venice? Wait, my media knowledge is lacking at this juncture because of so much propaganda and nonsense, if Venice is COVID free right now, please may I wake up there? There are many places I would like to wake up in not knowing how I got there right now! Rake is from Las Vegas. There are a million places he could have woken up in Vegas and they would have been great- even fake Venice in one of the casinos, but he wakes up in the REAL VENICE! We find out that Blake is a finely polished gentleman, next to his twin Rake, maybe they are not twins, but evil doppelgangers or as the author refers to them – Before and after pictures-LOL! I have a vast vernacular, but the word troglodyte pops up-this is a word that I had to actually look up! Thank you AGAIN, Ms. Davidson. I LOVE YOU! Oh, I won’t leave you in suspense, it means a cave dweller! Why did I miss that word when I was waitressing or bartending? I had so many troglodyte customers! Just when I think we are going to get on with the story and carry on with things, we get the quote- “I’ve gotta take this from Slutty McJudgypants? Blow it right out your a$$, Benjamin Tarbell 2.0” Really? Where is the warning on this book- Must wear DEPENDS-ALWAYS! I am dying here!! Again, just when I think we are getting into the story, she throws dumba$$ery and jagoffs at us! Why can’t this author be my bestie? I would love for someone to refer to my antics as dumba$$ery and entertain her with my antics! I do not have an evil twin or even a twin, but I can be your obsequious sidekick and hopefully inspire you to write another pee in your pants book! I want to be your next muse! I am not as wonderful as Kirsten Wiig with small hands, but I can do my fair share of fat man in a little suit skits. I try on my kids’ clothes and attempt those-lots of fun! I may even have a pair of white tight pants and I can do a dance with my tight pants on for you! Please give me some chocolate, I will be hypoglycemic and hyperactive! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE be my bestie! I LOVED this book so much! If you are looking for some levity during these drastic times, you found it in this book! Unfortunately, this book is going to have me chasing the dragon for several weeks, looking for a book that can even come close to amusing me as much as this one. I will have to just hit the next book, as the reviews call!