Call Me Irresistible

By: Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Narrated by: Shannon Cochran

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

R.S.V.P. to the most riotous wedding of the year....

Lucy Jorik is the daughter of a former president of the United States.

Meg Koranda is the offspring of legends.

One of them is about to marry Mr. Irresistible - Ted Beaudine - the favorite son of Wynette, Texas. The other is not happy about it and is determined to save her friend from a mess of heartache.

But even though Meg knows that breaking up her best friend's wedding is the right thing to do, no one else seems to agree. Faster than Lucy can say "I don't", Meg becomes the most hated woman in town - a town she's stuck in with a dead car, an empty wallet, and a very angry bridegroom.

Broke, stranded, and without her famous parents at her back, Meg is sure she can survive on her own wits. What's the worst that can happen? Lose her heart to the one and only Mr. Irresistible? Not likely. Not likely at all.

Call Me Irresistible is the book Susan Elizabeth Phillips's readers and listeners have long awaited. Ted, better known as "little Teddy", the nine-year-old heartbreak kid from Phillips's first best seller, Fancy Pants, and as "young Teddy", the hunky new college graduate in Lady Be Good, is all grown up now - along with Lucy from First Lady and Meg from What I Did for Love. They're ready to take center stage in a saucy, funny, and highly addictive tale fans will love.

©2011 Susan Elizabeth Phillips (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

Adult book

I wouldn't want my teenagers to read this. Cute book and Characters, if only she could have left out the details on the intimacy.

Eh???

As I say ??? I usually wait for a little while before I write a review. Every time I notice I have not written a review on this book (I know there are plenty) I have to go to the summary to remind me what it was about.

I didn???t care for any of the characters and won???t purchase any more of the Wynett, TX books. I don't want to know anymore about any of them.

Predictable Read

Didn't like the narrator as good as Susan's previous. I find that while somewhat comical, her books tend to be very predictable. I did find myself hoping the end was not far away.

Strike three

I have enjoyed so many SEP books, especially It Had To Be You, Heaven Texas and Natural Born Charmer -- they are full of wonderful characters, crazy situations and the funniest one-liners ever! I laugh just thinking about them.

What I did for Love and Glitter Baby weren't even in the same league.

Still, like Charlie Brown, I fell for the trick again hoping the last two were just aberrations. I???m just so sad. I don???t have anything good to say about this book,,,, not the characters, not the story, nada.

It???s a third strike, though

Irresistible this book is not!

All of SEP's books are eagerly awaited, but this story was such a disappointment. It has stellar characters who did almost nothing. The heroine whined a bit, and there was almost no motivation to explain the hero. I truly missed the secondary romance that are in most of Phillips' books. The new narrator was flat so much so that times her voice pulled me out of the story.
Far from irresistible.

disappointed

I usually love SEP books especially on audio. I did not enjoy this one though. Anna Fields is deeply missed. Natural Born Charmer will always be my favorite be my favorite and Anna Fields was a part of that. I also enjoyed What I did for Love which had a different narrator. This was a deep disappointment for a SEP fan.

Do Not Buy This!!

I tried to return this book but it would not let me. Worst SEP book ever!!!!! The story is so unattractive, the main character is so strange and I didn’t want Meg and Ted to be together. Very cringe! Usually a huge SEP fan so this is a bummer

Disappointing

I was eagerly waiting for this book to come out. Ms Phillips as been one of my favorite writers - I have read every book she has written, but I have to say that I was very disappointed. The main character seemed to be a weak copy of Blue from Natural Born Charmer with more of a victim personality. There was almost no development of Lucy, who dropped out of sight almost immediately. In past books there were multiple stories going on and each one was a mini story in its own right. A lot of the same characters were in this one, but it was almost token representation. I will listen to this once more at a later time - sometimes a re-read will bring out things that was missed, but will probably delete from my library.

Oh Dear...

I've enjoyed Phillips' past novels very much, mostly the way she brings two opposites together gradually and seamlessly. Not in this book. I found it choppy and inconsistent - frustrating. Lots of loose ends, wondering why and how the characters apparently changed their minds/lives from page to page without any development. It made the ending trite and unbelievable. Not one of Phillips' good efforts. Even the good performance couldn't make this book good for me.

Insufferable Not Irrestible

What would have made Call Me Irresistible better?

A new story line and not constant references to previous novels which basically have the same theme - main characters hate and torment each other but apparently have no problem spending hours having sex.

Would you ever listen to anything by Susan Elizabeth Phillips again?

No.

How could the performance have been better?

Yes.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Call Me Irresistible?

Most if not all of the technical jargon - who finds solar panels, etc. interesting in what was essentially billed as a romantic novel ??

Any additional comments?

What planet does this author live on where men are physically capable of performing sex hours and hours and hours ?? There is no mention of Viagra - please give your readers some credit Ms. Phillips !!!