Totally Fun Chick-Lit Version of Heaven

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	• Earthly Pleasures: A Novel Karen Neches Simon & Schuster, 2008 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Yummy Good

This is one of the top new reads out there- I loved every twist and turn and could not have been more surprised by how wonderfully written it is-I highly reccommend this book to anyone who loves a great story, amazing writing and wonderful charcters- excellent

I've Got A Spoiler Quiestion

I loved this book and read it in 2 days. It was so easy to read and hard to put down. I thought Skye came back to earth and revived Susan back to life. But Susan never was really dead, so she could not have been the same character as Skye. So-- Was Skye the Wanda character?

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Earthly Pleasures by Karen Neches is the story of Skye Sebring, a new soul who works in the Hospitality Division of Heaven. Newly created, she has yet to experience life on Earth, preferring the experiences of simply welcoming the recently deceased into Heaven. After all, on Earth, would she be able to use her WishBerry to order up a dirty martini anytime she wants? I don't think so!

Skye is completely happy with her life in Heaven - until Ryan Blaine appears in her office. An extremely handsome lawyer who is constantly featured on Heaven's reality show, Earthly Pleasures, Blaine is only in Skye's office for a minute before the defibrillators return him to his physical body on Earth. Intrigued by their meeting and the fact that he seems to recognize her as someone else, she begins watching Blaine on Earthly Pleasures and becomes more and more attached to him as she tries to decipher the mystery of who she reminded him of. It becomes even more of a puzzle when she realizes that she resembles his wife, Susan. As the tale unfolds and the multiple storylines come together, the reader is drawn into the mystery of Skye's past. And just who is Susan Blaine?

Light, funny, and incredibly creative, Earthly Pleasures is an absolute joy to read. The characters are extremely well-written; the reader roots for Skye immediately. The mystery adds a sense of urgency to the novel and brings it one step above other books. The reader tries to distinguish the lies from the truth and read between the lines to figure out what is really going on. Neches is brilliant in that respect. She adds just enough of every element to make the perfect book. The mystery isn't overwhelming; instead, it's fun and piques the reader's curiosity. She doesn't go overboard in her creativity. Heaven is an interesting place, and I want to know more about her interpretation of it. But there is no skimming due to overly detailed descriptions or long, boring imagery. The book is funny but doesn't try too hard. It seems very natural and completely believable. Neches also manages to add depth to the novel, sometimes difficult to do in this chick lit genre. It is not a fluffy story about Heaven but a true, deep love story between two people which transcends time, space, and everything else as we know it.

The only complaint that I have about Earthly Pleasures is that it is too short. At the end of the book, I was left wanting more. I certainly hope that Neches plans on revisiting this story in order to deliver a sequel, because my imagination isn't nearly as exciting as hers. I would love to know what happens next.

Anyone can enjoy Earthly Pleasures for its simplicity and wit while appreciating the well-written characters and mysterious storyline. Neches' view of heaven is appealing and humorous, enough to make anyone hope that it actually resembles the true Great Beyond. I highly recommend Earthly Pleasures - trust me, it'll only take one sitting!

Originally published on Curled Up With A Good Book

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Totally Fun Chick-Lit Version of Heaven

Multiply storylines in this totally fun chick-lit version of Heaven. Who would have thought that God is a woman who sounds just like Bette Midler. Where all of life's lessons can be found in the lyrics of 5 Beatles songs and where you can watch the lives of earthlings on TV including hot Hollywood actors in the shower.

I didn't know that Heaven could be such a hoot, but with Skye Sebring as a greeter in the Hospitality Department of Heaven you just never know what she and her friends will be up to next. Skye is summoned to her cubicle one day to meet Ryan Blaine, known to his friends and ex-presidential father as Bad Boy Blaine for his handsome playboy ways. When Ryan is whisked back out of Skye's office as quickly as he appeared Skye uses the Early Pleasures TV channel, think Reality TV - Heaven style, to see what is going on with Ryan.

This fun romp takes a couple of twists, mostly involving Ryan's wife Susan who herself had a brush with death, and looks surprisingly like Skye. But with Susan's strange behavior after her accident and Ryan's memories of Skye, things turn on a dime when the Hot Dog Hag makes a startling discovery.

Sounds confusing, but Neches weaves the multiple storylines, some that I haven't even mentioned here, in a delightful way that keeps you turning the pages and laughing way into the night.

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When Skye Sebring, a hospitality greeter inside the pearly gates of Heaven, meets lawyer Ryan Blaine during his brush with death after a motorcycle accident, she falls so deeply in love that she follows him back to Earth, a world with strange customs she knows nothing about -- until she discovers that all of life's lessons can be learned from the lyrics of five Beatles songs.

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