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The Grand Finale

By: Janet Evanovich
Narrated by: C. J. Critt
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Publisher's summary

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author comes a revised, repackaged novel sure to please her many fans. She writes "high speed comic mayhem" ( Detroit Free Press); she's "a blast of fresh air" ( Washington Post); "side-splitting funny" ( Publishers Weekly) and "a winner" ( Glamour). In other words, she's Janet Evanovich.

Berry Knudson had a talent for disaster, but when she climbed a tree to rescue a kitten, she wasn't prepared for the scrumptious hunk undressing in a nearby window, or her dive downward that smashed Jake Sawyer's pizza and won his heart! But was there room in her chaotic schedule for a risk-taking inventor with dreams? She took classes, delivered pizzas, and cared for three eccentric old ladies she rescued from the train station. But Jake thrived on a challenge, and he could be very inventive. Could he teach her there was time to make butterscotch pudding and let herself be loved?

©2009 Evanovich, Inc. (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

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Save your money and time.

The plot is predictable, but it could be a fluff listen if the reader were not so TERRIBLE. I still have two thirds of the book left, but she is so bad I will move onto something else.

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  • 04-26-09

AUG! Enough already

I am amazed that I had the patience to finish the book...maybe just not the opportunity to go grab a different one for my player.
The heroine is not likable and the hero simply not worth winning. There was a point where I just wanted it over with.

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narrator ruined it

if I had noticed cj crit was the narrator would not have purchased. her overly emphatic monotone is truly ear bleeding. wish I could give her 1 star

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Narrator

I think the narration is too phony sounding! I almost can’t listen to the stories that C J Critt narrates!

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Always love Janet Evanovich

I have read all of Janet Evanovich's mystery type books and decided that this weekend I needed something super light and funny. What a great choice!

It was cute and not at all serious. Exactly what I needed! I can always count on the characters and story to give me a smile.

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The Grand Finale

I was surprised this book was a total waste of time. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

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The Grand Finale

I truly loved this audiobook, it made me laugh so much. With the ladies living at the train station, and then, they were living at her house, and they burned the couch 🛋. It was a very humorous story. I hope one day that she marries Jake.

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TRULY TERRIBLE

...and that's probably an understatement. I thought I couldn't go wrong with Janet Evanovich for some light hearted amusement. I was wrong. There was nothing good about the story line or the writing. "Berry" was annoying and "Jake" was nauseating, a perfect example of the guy who doesn't understand that no means no.
The only fun characters (the old ladies) were completely under developed, almost as if they were a last minute idea.
Even the narration by CJ Critt (whom I usually like) was awful. Probably because she had such awful material to work with.

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This book was awful

The reading had a weird cadence. The book was awful. I love her books normally but this one was all about sex. It was odd and had no real story.

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Good book but music??!

I enjoyed the story; the performance but what’s with the music between chapters and behind the performance?? Very distracting and unnecessary. I would suggest not recording music with next book

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