This is the first book by this author that happened my way. It will be the last as well that I'll read, of this author.

Early on in the read, I kept wondering why oh why she was so popular (i.e. best sellers on the market). But, I kept going, only to satisfy my curiosity about this conundrum. So, I did finish it, but...

To me the author's writing seemed juvenile in many respects...even idiotic-- as if she left off maturation at a college co-ed level of life (with writing course or two at that same level)...then, entered the world of adulthood with support from variously endowed male worlds who gave her career success (for stroking the egos of those same male-dominated worlds (cops, medical men, corporate honchos I kept wondering? Is she cozy with such so-called Intelligence &/or law-enforcement, government groups, politicos, corporate barton-meisters? The women characters seem stilted...even apologetic in their roles & schizo (Badass bimbos, Mommy monsters). The writing/writer still seems to think at a co-ed frat/football/cheerleader level in (the dialogue is pretty atrocious, and/or bland)! The characters' relating to one another is cardboard (as if the writer is tired and relying on formulaic files for filler. Georgie indeed IS a brat (& Gforbid if she IS a reflection of post-modern kids). It's almost as if she's writing about them as a Grandma utterly smitten with the perfection of her grandkids-- anyone's grandkids--(who seem to pretty much ignore, be bratty or regularly insult their elders in this 'thome').
The worst conclusion I came to at the end (the best was relief!) is that, so many readers seem enamored of her authoring such books.
This mystery remains unsolved....
as mentioned, I will never pick up another of her books to read (though it proves a personal point to me-- who makes best-seller lists and why???)....