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It's not easy being rich, gorgeous, successful and a happily married mom, but Mafia princess turned Hollywood producer and real estate mogul Lucky Santangelo, last seen in 1999's Dangerous Kiss, again proves up to the challenge. In Collins's latest vendetta romance, Lucky plans her father Gino's 95th birthday bash while building a Las Vegas megaresort, unaware that family foe Anthony Bonar (né Bonnatti) is plotting revenge. In turn, Anthony is unaware of wife Irma's sexual awakening in the arms of their Mexican gardener, who in turn is unaware of Irma's affair with a federal drug enforcement agent. Meanwhile Lucky's 16-year-old daughter, Max, tells her parents she's with friends when she's really headed to a rendezvous with a man she meets on the Internet. That date provides the novel's fast-paced action, while Irma provides the novel's best sex and violence. Less gripping subplots include the on-again off-again relationship between Lucky's business partner, Alex, and his jealous girlfriend, as well as the off-again on-again romance between Lucky's best friend, the diva Venus, and her star-stud boyfriend, Billy. Collins delivers Lucky's usual mix of celebrity fantasy and godfather justice while Max promises to grow up in future sequels as troublesome and triumphant as her glitzy mom. (June)
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In this big, splashy Hollywood-based novel, Collins resurrects one of her favorite characters, the hard-edged, rich, talented, and beautiful Lucky Santangelo. Lucky, whose pampered Hollywood lifestyle belies her tough background (several members of her family were gunned down in a Mafia-related incident, and Lucky herself took revenge on the killer), is now a high-flying Hollywood player. Tired of the Hollywood scene, she decides to reinvent herself as a Vegas hotel mogul, which puts her and her family in danger when an old enemy of the Santangelos resurfaces and attempts to exact revenge. At the same time, Lucky's teenage daughter, Max, a younger version of her tough and lovely mother, sneaks off for a weekend away with a man she has met on the Internet. Unluckily for Max, the man turns out to be a crazed ex-actor who was once snubbed by Lucky on an audition. Of course, everything works out for Lucky and family in the end. There are many, many subplots, lots of tangential characters, and loads of steamy sex. Collins' fans, and fans of the genre, will be clamoring for this one. Hughes, Kathleen
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not the best Lucky Santangelo book,
By Mariyah (Ottawa, Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drop Dead Beautiful (Mass Market Paperback)
I'm a big fan of Jackie Collins and have read every book she wrote and my favorite is of course the Lucky Santangelo series....beginning with Chances. I was thrilled to know that there was another Lucky book coming and pre-ordered it, that's how excited I was. Well it was a disappointment. There's not a big Lucky Santangelo story line and it's not as raw as her others. I guess Gino just got to old and Lucky settled to be a sexy soccer man.
3.0 out of 5 stars
This was not the best Lucky adventure,
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This review is from: Drop Dead Beautiful (Hardcover)
I was all excited anew Lucky book YOUPPI!!!!!! But the book did not live up to the other ones. I was disappointed.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (47 customer reviews) 22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lucky's back :-0,
By Little Miss Cutey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Drop Dead Beautiful (Hardcover)
For all Jackie Collins fans who have read previous books that star Lucky, you'll be glad to see/read that she's back. It's the 6th book involving her and she is quite a character. She's the kind of woman that all women would like to be because she says what she wants and means and gets away with it all.Here she has a 16 year old daughter in this story who is now online meeting perverts and an older guy who says he is 19 without her mom knowing. She is building a new hotel in Vegas and has that to deal with. Of course no Jackie Collins book would be complete without a villan (Anthony Bonar) who is someone from her past who's planning to take everything from her. While I'm near the end, I'm reading it at a rapid pace because it's so trashily addictive. There is something about her books that suck you in and get you hooked. I'm loving this one and with only 40 pages to go until the end, I want the next Lucky Santangelo book to come out. This is trash at it's absolute best. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fast, entertaining read.,
By Nick G - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Drop Dead Beautiful (Hardcover)
Lucky Santangelo is back! This time around Lucky has given up the movie business to pursue the business venture of opening a hotel in Vegas. As Lucky prepares to open The Keys, her sixteen year-old daughter Max prepares to lose her virginity to a friend she met on the Internet. However, this Internet friend is not really a friend...he's a twisted young man seeking revenge against Lucky. Also looking for revenge is Anthony "Bonatti" Bonar, a psycho mob killer hoping to make Lucky pay for murdering his father. While Anthony runs around cheating, murdering and plotting his revenge, his lonely wife Irma realizes she has had it with her husband and plans to stop him once and for all. Add to this mix movie star Venus Maria, her young boy-toy boyfriend, an infatuated movie director, his jealous girlfriend, Lucky's ninety five year-old father Gino, and a star-studded event to celebrate the opening of The Keys that ends in several murders and you have classic Jackie Collins!`Drop Dead Beautiful' is pure entertainment. Fans of Jackie Collins know that she has always been a master at creating fast-paced tales of wealth, action and murder, all while juggling many character plot lines. Even though some of the character story lines are boring, the least interesting being that of Venus Maria and her boyfriend, the lead plots of Max and her near-death encounter, Bonar's revenge, Irma getting even, and Lucky's hotel opening are strong enough to have readers racing through the pages. Jackie Collins has created another winner that will fly up the bestseller lists. Nick Gonnella 16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Less "Drop Dead Beautiful" and more "Drop the ball",
By She Reads and Dreams - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Drop Dead Beautiful (Hardcover)
It breaks my heart to give this book two stars. I absolutely LOVE Lucky Santangelo and have been following Collins' books starring this absolutely kick a** heroine for a long time now. I was excited to hear Drop Dead Beautiful was in the works and eagerly devoured it. However, it is sadly just not up to the standard Collins has raised her trashy fiction to in previous Lucky books.*Small spoilers ahead - nothing huge!* The good stuff: catching up with Lucky and Lennie (LOVE them together); seeing how Venus' life is developing as an aging movie actress (at 43 or something she's ancient by Hollywood standards) and of course, watching 95 year old Gino in his element as a family man. The bad stuff: there is basically zero Lucky plot development. The whole book is about her being angry with her daughter Max (a renamed Maria) and opening a new Vegas hotel. That's it. Hardly any of Lucky's kick a** personality is present and she never gets to dish out revenge in the typical Santangelo style we've all come to know and love. Max is kinda cool - almost like Lucky was when she was 16 - but she isn't a strong enough character to carry the book and that's what Collins forces her to do. Of course the Bonnatti family make another appearance (don't these people ever die?!) and are pretty much to Lucky novels what the DiMera family are to Days of Our Lives. I'm pretty sick of that family, and the new Bonnatti follows the bad guy stereotype Collins is very fond of - a masochist, self centred, egotistical scumbag with absolutely no redeeming features. I guess I just expected so much more from Lucky - I'd like to see Collins take a few risks with her if she is going to write another Lucky novel. Kill Lennie off (I know, I love him too!), move that Alex/Lucky angle that has been treading water since Lennie was kidnapped in Italy several books ago somewhere, do something more with Bobby, do something more with Bridgette. Both Bobby and Bridgette were sadly underused in this effort. C'mon Jackie Collins - I know you've got another slap down, knock 'em out Lucky novel in you...give our girl something to fight against. No one messes with the Santangelo's, right? |
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