Exes and Ohs

A true author with wit and humor. Kind of a true Hollywood moment with some really great twists. I truly enjoyed this book and cannot wait to read more ofher novels.

The book is very well-written, and very enjoyable. The characters are realistic and lovable, and the author writes about little boys as if she has them (she doesn't, according to the interview in the back of the book.) The book kept me guessing until the end. In no way did it seem contrived. At the point where some authors would have the main characters conveniently meet up and live happily ever after, she writes of the main character as "happy being alone" and means it. I highly, highly recommend this book.

I laughed out loud many times while reading this fast-paced farce. It is full of wild characters and wacky situations, but it is also romantic and warm. I recommend it.

What happens when you know something that is very important to someone - something that they don't know, but need to know - but you can't tell them because it will break a code of ethics at your job? That is the tough decision that Gwen Traynor, heroine of "Exes and Ohs", must make, and fast - before someone finds out and gets hurt. Gwen is just finishing her Masters program at UCLA, and is interning as a therapist. One day she runs into an ex boyfriend who completely broke her heart, and just as she's about to have a public meltdown on a busy street, along comes the handsome Alex Coughlin. He manages to calm her down, (not before she hurls her cell phone into traffic) and they end up spending the afternoon together, getting to know each other. Alex seems to be the perfect man. He is intelligent, wants a relationship, and is dying to have kids of his own some day. But just when she thinks she has met a real, interesting, handsome and available man, Gwen discovers something very disturbing. She has a four-year-old client named Leo whom she is counseling on a regular basis. Leo's mother, she finds out, is Harmony, Alex's ex-fiancé. Worse yet, Harmony, not knowing Gwen and Alex are dating (or even know each other) confesses to Gwen that Alex is the unknowing father to her child. Gwen is torn between wanting to tell him, but also knowing she can't because of her professional involvement with Leo. However, the decision is taken out of Gwen's hands abruptly when Harmony confesses to Alex over the phone - from Gwen's office. Soon Alex is mad at her, Leo is running away from home, Harmony is practically forcing Alex to get back together with her, Alex has fallen in love with his son and believes he needs to move back in with Harmony, and Gwen is fed up. She can't believe she has been dumped... again. Once again, Beth Kendrick has spun a fantastically witty and outrageous romantic chick lit comedy. This novel contains her trademark humor and endearing characters. The plot in this novel never stops - it plunges you right into Gwen's life and the chaos that rules it. The characters are funny and entertaining, and Gwen is a main heroine that you will just like from the start, regardless of her slight naiveté and the mistakes she makes. This is a story of men, roommates, romance, parenthood, breaking up, ethical work practices, and finding yourself when all seems lost. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a great chick lit book, or a zany romantic comedy!