Big Boned

I just finished reading Big Boned. I usually love any of Meg Cabot's creations and I was pretty much expecting the same from Big Boned. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. I mean it's a great book and all but there were too many flaws in the story.

Blurb from Goodreads.com:

Life is reasonably rosy for plus-size ex-pop star turned Assistant Dormitory Director and sometime sleuth Heather Wells. Her freeloading ex-con dad is finally moving out. She still yearns for her hot landlord, Cooper Cartwright, but her relationship with "rebound beau," vigorous vegan math professor Tad Tocco, is more than satisfactory. Best of all, nobody has died lately in "Death Dorm," the aptly nicknamed student residence that Heather assistant-directs. Of course every silver lining ultimately has some black cloud attached. And when the latest murdered corpse to clutter up her jurisdiction turns out to be her exceedingly unlovable boss, Heather finds herself on the shortlist of prime suspects, along with the rabble-rousing boyfriend of her high-strung student assistant and an indecently handsome young campus minister who's been accused of taking liberties with certain girls' choir members.

With fame beckoning her back into show business (as the star of a new kids' show!) it's a really bad time to get wrapped up in another homicide. Plus Tad's been working himself up to ask her a Big Question, which Heather's not sure she has an answer for . . .

Quick Summary of the Series:

Heather Wells, former teen pop sensation has changed a lot since her fall from fame. Her mom and her agent ran away together, stealing all of her money and leaving her to fend for herself. She moves in with her ex-boyfriends hottie brother Cooper Cartwright, gets a job as an assistant resident hall director at Fischer Hall of New York College. Fischer Hall is known to most of the students as "Death Dorm" because of the number of murders and mysterious deaths that happen there, and Heather is the one who solves them, usually making a mess of things at one point and requiring the aid of knight-in-shining-armor Cooper. Very funny series, worth every minute, a few gory scenes describing the murder victims, but not too gruesome.

The Summary:

The heroine of the book, Heather Wells, former teen pop star who now works as assistant residence hall director at Fischer Hall of New york College a.k.a Death Dorm. When Heather's stick-in-the-mud boss Owen Veatch is shot in the head while at work Heather can't help but try to find out who did it. The book is great but only to a certain point. The book ended too soon and quite abruptly, the ending reeked of being rushed as a result of a speedily approaching deadline. The ending came before it should have, you know? I mean there were dozens of unresolved issues hanging around. I sincerely hope that she's planning a fourth book (edit: she isn't ): )to clear up all those loose ends because the series is way too good to end now and so inadequately.

The Verdict:

My final verdict is that the book was great but the ending, yeah, not so much. To anyone who was planning on reading the book I say go ahead but don't put your hopes up for a masterpiece, this one has flaws. The end was too rushed and leaves you wanting an epilogue of some sort, just to tie everything together and finish properly. Otherwise, its another one of Meg Cabots amazing books.

Ever yours ~

The Know-it-all