Linda R. (fibrogal) - , reviewed on 1/25/2008 + 180 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Lass Small's books are laugh-out-loud funny--but only if you get the joke. Quirky characters and hominess make her books calorie-free comfort food.

Lass Small has a signature style from which she rarely strays. This book is not one of the strays. Her capitalization of the word TEXAS is a gentle joke poking fun at the idea that seems to be shared by all Texans that "Everything's bigger in Texas"--and yes, she does it in every book set in Texas.

Her style has a simplicity of language that is distracting to some, but somehow adds to the sense of comfort and hominess and adds to the humor. Her humor is not for everyone. Her characters are always wisecracking beyond what most mortals could maintain in a conversation, but I can ignore that fact when I'm laughing.

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