Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day
by Toni McGee Causey
Published by St. Martins Griffin
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Reviewed by Andrea Sisco
A day in the life of most people would be a snooze. Not Bobbie Faye from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her life is one disaster after another. If it were otherwise, it wouldn’t be her life.
The first mistake that fateful day was that Bobbie Faye woke up. After that, it was all down hill. Her trailer (which she shares with her five-year-old niece) is flooded. Not bad enough for you? Well, there’s more. She learns that her brother Roy is being held for ransom (who knows who he ticked off this time) and the kidnappers want the only thing of value Bobbie Faye owns: the tiara that belonged to her mother and the one she plans on wearing as the queen of the Contraband Days Festival. The tiara may be tacky, but it’s hers and she’s got to figure out how to save Roy and keep the crown.
While she’s working on saving her brother and her tiara problems, she’s shot at, things blow up, banks are robbed, angry ex-boyfriends are well, angry, a bear must be avoided-and then there is the hunky guy who may just figure into Bobbie Faye’s future. That’s if she lives through the wacky day.
Bobbie Faye is a strong, feisty woman with an attitude who has absolutely no luck but manages to scrape by (barely) and stay alive (barely). She’s a one-woman disaster (it’s not her fault things just happen) who turns more than a few male heads. She’s got a mean, payback attitude, a foul mouth and the heart of an earth mama. In short, DO NOT miss reading Bobbie Faye’s Very (very, very, very) Bad Day. Oh, and remember to breathe. The action is so fast, the characters are hilarious and the laughter so rampant that you really do need to remind yourself to breathe.
Bobbie Faye is my new heroine. The South could rise again with this woman at the helm (unless she blows it up first).
Armchair Interviews says: Need a laugh, this is the book for you.
Author’s Web site: http://www.BobbieFaye.com