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A review by bananatricky
The Opposite of Wild by Kylie Gilmore
3.0
Liz is a control freak. Having been overweight as a child she found that rigid control over what she ate and how she exercised produced the desired result and so she has applied it to all aspects of her life. Indeed, she is the big sister to her older sister!
Ryan is Liz's nemesis. Confident and sexy where she is buttoned-up and nervous, he is also the witness to the most humiliating moment of Liz's teenage life. The Humiliation (as it is called) still haunts Liz years later. And of course she was madly in love with him when he was a hunky lifeguard and she was an overweight child four years younger.
Now, in order to help her pregnant older sister clear her mountain of debt, Liz is prepared to look after Ryan's grandmother who is kicking over the traces. His grandmother, Maggie, is similar to the grandmother in the Janet Evanovich books - fond of trying outrageous things (TBH it's a bit wearying) and Liz runs around after her trying to stop her from (for example) buying a Harley Davison motorbike.
Ryan becomes increasingly obsessed with seeing what lies under Liz's buttoned up exterior, egged on by his grandmother and younger brothers.
I found Ryan a bit irritating. But then I found Liz and Maggie irritating at times too (don't get me started on Rachel and her Jewish man obsession or Daisy and her general pathetic-ness).
Anyway, it was ok. Not as mad-cap funny as it wanted to be.
Ryan is Liz's nemesis. Confident and sexy where she is buttoned-up and nervous, he is also the witness to the most humiliating moment of Liz's teenage life. The Humiliation (as it is called) still haunts Liz years later. And of course she was madly in love with him when he was a hunky lifeguard and she was an overweight child four years younger.
Now, in order to help her pregnant older sister clear her mountain of debt, Liz is prepared to look after Ryan's grandmother who is kicking over the traces. His grandmother, Maggie, is similar to the grandmother in the Janet Evanovich books - fond of trying outrageous things (TBH it's a bit wearying) and Liz runs around after her trying to stop her from (for example) buying a Harley Davison motorbike.
Ryan becomes increasingly obsessed with seeing what lies under Liz's buttoned up exterior, egged on by his grandmother and younger brothers.
I found Ryan a bit irritating. But then I found Liz and Maggie irritating at times too (don't get me started on Rachel and her Jewish man obsession or Daisy and her general pathetic-ness).
Anyway, it was ok. Not as mad-cap funny as it wanted to be.