Grace is married to Eddie Pancik, a successful Real Estate Agent/Developer on Nantucket. Madeline is a successful novelist who has writer’s block, until she uses her best friend’s love life as inspiration for her new book. Little do they know, it’s their secrets that are going to wreck havoc in their lives. It’s those Pesky Little Secrets that’ll Getcha!īest Friends Madeline King and Grace Pancik share everything, including their secrets.

Sheesh, enough! Not that I would want each character in a book to be named something boring and/or traditional like Tom or Mary, but still, the crazy or made-up names should be kept to a minimum.Īnyhow, this was a light, quick read, and suited its purpose well - it was fine as a mindless read for a day at the pool. I inwardly cringed at each new strange name, including Allegra, Brick, Bluto, Hollis, Calgary, Curren, Kenzie, Sterling, Colby, Benton, Barbie, Sabine, Ashland, Schuyler, Sultan, Bridger and Thornton. Maybe the author is trying to be cool by using these trendy (?) names, but it was just annoying to me. I get really annoyed when authors use names that are difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember, as it seems like an unnecessary hardship for readers.

What it did have, which I noticed early on and then became fixated on, was an over-abundance of ridiculously-named characters. The plot was pretty predictable and unimaginative, and it just didn't have that spark that made me want to dig in and devour the story and the characters. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't really good, either.

The rumor by elin hilderbrand