Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Thursday's Child

While I like the newer Sandra Brown novels, the old ones tend to annoy me. I picked up Thursday's Child because I am a child of Thursday (as in, I was born on one).

Anyway, in this one Allison and Ann are twins, and Ann wants to get a breast enlargement, so she convinces Allison to be her around her fiancee for the next few days.

The only problem is that when Davis, Ann's fiancee, introduces "Ann" to his best friend, Spencer, they fall immediately in lust. "Ann" (really Allison) is trying to pretend like she doesn't feel it, and Spencer is trying to figure out why she's faking it with Davis.

About halfway through it comes out that "Ann" is really Allison, and when Ann actually is.

After that, Allison and Spencer spend their time on his boat, trying to prove one of Allison's theories right. That two superior parents can make an intellectually superior baby.

When Spencer has to leave for work, Allison is desolate. They meet up again at Ann and Davis' wedding, and when Spencer finds out she's pregnant, he's thrilled. Love declared, marriage proposed and accepted, all's well that ends well.

Again, it was cute, but not all that challenging (something I actually missed).

Oh, and I agree with Allison. The title is based on an old poem that goes like this:

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.

Allison says, 'Thursday's child has a long way to go to catch up with everyone else."

Anyway, it was cute, but not stellar. Be wary of explicit sex scenes, because that's what Sandra writes.


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