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Title: Unfocused Mess, Unlike SEP
Review: I've read all of Susan Elizabeth Phillips's novels and I think she or her agent made a mistake in reissuing this early novel of hers. The people are very one-dimensional, with only the character traits exposed that will nudge the plot along, and few of the characters behave in a realistic way. (Why wouldn't Belinda tell Fleur that the Alexi wasn't her real father? The story she did tell her was negative about Alexi anyway.) Much of this book reminds me of Judith Krantz's work: the friendship between Fleur and Kissy is a dead ringer for that between Billy and Jessica in _Scruples_ and the nastily evil father or male relative is a standard Krantz plot -- there's even a restaurant called Orsini's! It wouldn't surprise me if Krantz was one of SEP's early influences.Seriously not worth reading. Re-reading _Dream a Little Dream_, _Hot Shot_, _Nobody's Baby But Mine_, or _This Heart of Mine_ is a much better use of your time.
