Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1448137 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 336 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Nearing 30, Natalie Quackenbush lives with her parents while enduring her second year of teaching high school English in Scottsdale, Ariz. To entertain themselves, Natalie and her gal pals down margaritas at the local bar, and as the tequila takes effect, they tell other patrons lies about their backgrounds and jobs. When Natalie realizes her latest victim is actually a pretty nice guy, she's already spun him a couple of tall tales. For much of the book, he thinks she teaches at a women's prison and only lives with her parents because her mother has Alzheimer's. This is meant to be funny, but falls flat, as do most of Snow's other stabs at humor. The fluffy boilerplate plot compounds the problem, and although Snow (Been There, Done That) trots Natalie through the requisite motions of character growth, the novel's pleasures are few. (Jan.)
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From Booklist
Natalie Quackenbush is all for telling the truth. It's just that sometimes when she is out with her friends, they tell people little lies. It's just a game, until one night Natalie finds herself inventing a life story for a cute stranger. Then, when she ends up on a date with Jonathan, a restaurant-supply-company owner, she discovers the downside to her little game. It turns out Jonathan really likes Natalie, but how can she tell him the truth about herself--that she is really a high-school teacher living with her parents in Scottsdale until she can pay off all her debts--without destroying any chance at a romantic relationship? Love is never easy, especially when a man thinks you are someone else. With its entertaining combination of a realistically flawed heroine, sharp writing, and tart humor, Getting Warmer is absolutely delightful. John Charles
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