REVIEW: Crazy for You by Emma Heatherington

Crazy for You by Emma Heatherington: Daisy Anderson is an aspiring actress with no acting rolls on the horizon. Instead she is working at the local shoe store and hating every minute of it. When her plans to go on Holiday with her best friend and flat mate Lorna fall through and she receives a surprise visit from her best childhood friend, Eddie Eastwood, she finds herself in one of the most challenging acting rolls of her life. Eddie wants Daisy to pretend to be his girlfriend to help him ease the mind and heart of his dying mother. There are two problems with this plan. First, Eddie is gay and everyone knows it (except Eddies mum). Second, Daisy is still not over her first love, Eddie’s older brother, Jonathan Eastwood.

Jonathan Eastwood has loved Daisy all of his life. Proposing to Shannon was a hasty move due to his mother’s illness, wanting to see her happy. Now that Daisy is back in Killshannon, the sparks that both Daisy and Jonathan thought had burned out long ago are starting to burn once again. But when old friends, old ghosts and a new fiancé threaten to ruin their second chance at happiness, it will take a village to get to the truth and help these two reach their HEA.

There are so many things that I really enjoyed about Crazy for You by Emma Heatherington, so where do I start. I loved the setting. This story takes place in Ireland, and the language, settings and atmosphere of the book holds true to the location. The characters. I loved the characters, Daisy Anderson, Jonathan Eastwood, “Gay” Eddie Eastwood, Christian “Christ” Devine, Lorna, and Horrible Shannon. I could not pick one character that I loved above the rest. I have to say that Shannon Cassidy was a very well written villain of the story and she is really the kind of character that make is easy for you to have very little sympathy for. In the end, she gets what she deserves.

I have to say that reading this book, at times there seemed like 3 different story lines going at the same time, Jonathan and Daisy’s past and rekindled love, Christian Devine and his sorted love life, and the Eddie, Daisy, Jonathan, Shannon square. As the book progressed, you realized that each story within the story is aimed at the same end, getting Jonathan and Daisy together again. I loved the pace of the book, I love the way that the history between the characters unfolded, it was not an instant pour of information, but it was revealed at its own pace and in its own time. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good chuckle with a little bit of mystery added to it. I really enjoyed this book and that is why I gave it 5 wonderful stars.

Book Info:

Published 2007 by Dodder

What would you do for a second chance at first love?

Aspiring actress Daisy Anderson is a hopeless romantic with dreams of finding her own happily ever after. She’s left her sleepy home town of Kilshannon and the heartache of lost love far behind her, determined not to look back… until her past comes looking for her that is!

When disaster strikes and her holiday to sunny Spain is cancelled, the last thing Daisy expects is to open the door to her estranged best friend, Eddie, in desperate need of her help and with one hell of a crazy plan in mind!

Heading back to her home turf to fulfill a dying woman’s final wish might be bad enough, but by the time she sets eyes on Jonathon Eastwood; tall, dark and as handsome as the day they parted, Daisy’s already in too deep to run. Plus, Jonathon’s not the only guy back in town, and with the devastatingly gorgeous Christian Devine back in her life, Daisy’s world is about to turn upside down.