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ELEGANTLY WASTED is a lot of things. Funny. Clever. Self-deprecating. It's as if The Godfather mated with Grosse Pointe Blank and rolled around in a Judy Blume novel. Regardless of any comparisons drawn, ELEGANTLY WASTED is a unique delight in a sea of popular and new adult fiction.

There's just something about Frankie you can't stop loving in spite of one little issue. She's a contract killer. A gun for hire. A murderer.

She's conflicted about any number of things...just not about killing people. After escaping her wealthy, dysfunctional family to train as a killer, Frankie is happily learning her craft. She's trained by an odd duo of men (the kind you don't take home to Mother) who make sure she makes her mark and gets out alive. She's a natural, making kill after kill. And...then she has one bad night and ends up back in Arizona with the family she's so grateful to be away from. After various turns of events, she's no longer a lone gun and must make room in her solitary killing existence for other people. Not JUST people, but family.

The Fairholm's family secrets unfold in a delicious fashion, especially after the 70% mark. When it all comes to a head, the new story evolves in time for the recently published sequel, UNCONTROLLABLY WASTED. Make no mistake...ELEGANTLY WASTED is story with a satisfying ending. You could stop now, but I can't imagine you'll want to.

Mad props to the author, C. Elizabeth Vescio. First, anyone who borrows a book title from INXS is a soul sister of mine. Pop culture references abound, leaving me loving her the same way I love Tara Sivec and Alice Clayton. If Suicide Blonde is the color of your hair or you're known to shock me, shock me, shock me with an Empire Records line from time to time, you're in the right place. Vescio's other life as a graphic artist serves her well. Her Wasted Series webpage is sharp, gorgeous, and sets just the right tone. Check it out.


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Elegantly Wasted eBook C Elizabeth Vescio Jennifer Parsons Reviews

I started reading this book a few months back, then life got in the way, so I had to put it down for a while before finishing it. Once I picked it back up, I wasn't able to put it back down. I synced it between my and my iphone so that I always had it with me.

Here's what I didnt like

Some of the characters names were a little hard to believe. It could be just me, but The Beek will always be associated w/ the name Dawson, so reading it and having to associate a Killer with the name Dawson was a little hard for me to get over. I'm reading it, trying to picture a grown man doing dirty deeds, and all I could envision was Dawson crying over Joey.

I think it could of been a little longer of a read. There was plenty of twist and intrigue, but I think the story could of been a little longer and the book wouldnt of suffered from it.

Here's what I liked

I liked the conversational style of the writing. As I read, I could visualize three girls getting snippy with each other very easily due to the nature of the writing.
I liked and enjoyed the cussing. I cuss in my everyday life, and I know other people do too, so it made sense that a contract killer would have the mouth of a sailor.

It's definitely a fun read, and I definitely recommend it.
What would you do if you were presented with a choice that could change your whole life? Francesca Fairholm (known to everyone as Frankie) is given such an opportunity where she could leave behind her entire life and become someone new. This chance allows her to completely turn her back on her ridiculously controlling family and become a contract killer in a secret organization. But she doesn't leave her family behind for long. Suddenly, she's thrown into the killing business with her two cousins Addison and Katherine and it becomes a family affair.

If I tried to say everything I liked about this book, it would take much more than a simple blog post. The plot is inventive, the story fresh and exciting. I was drawn in from the very first page and it was a fun ride straight to the end. The beginning of the story throws us right into the middle of the action where the three cousins are at a funeral. Then, the audience is transported back to Frankie's high school graduation. A lot of the story is told through flashbacks, flipping back and forth between the past and the present action. Vescio does a great job with keeping the story understandable. I think the fact that the story is written in first person helps with that. Think of it this way if Grosse Pointe Blank had been a novel told in first person, it would have been exactly like Elegantly Wasted.

We really get a sense of Frankie's voice. Although all the characters were all brilliant, Frankie really shines. I think that Frankie's experience in OSIRIS really teaches her about who she is. A lot of the story is about family and the lengths at which we'll go for those to which we're bonded. Speaking of family, I'm going to admit that when I started reading the book, I didn't actually read the synopsis, so when Addie and Kat end up involved with the contract killing through Elegance Inc, Katharine's etiquette school, I was thrown for a loop. Even the reveal wasn't supposed to be a huge twist, considering it's in the synopsis, I was so into the story that it was a huge shock. That's really just a testament to Cara's writing style. She is very creative and is such a good storyteller that she just brings you in.

I gave Elegantly Wasted 5 STARS on for a wildly inventive plot, dark humor, and brilliant character development. I really enjoyed all of the pop culture reference throughout the book as well.

And there's going to be a sequel! I can't wait!

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I've been putting off reading these because I wanted to wait and read the whole series together. However, they were on sale and I broke down and bought them for myself and a friend (I'm nice like that!) I had no idea what to expect but the book was really cute. It started out a bit rough and scattered, it's also written in first person which IMO always tends to read a bit ackward. After about 25% though the author finds her stride and the story really picks up. It was cute, I enjoyed it. I also wish I had read it sooner since the first book does not end in any sort of cliff-hanger so it's fine as a stand alone.
ELEGANTLY WASTED is a lot of things. Funny. Clever. Self-deprecating. It's as if The Godfather mated with Grosse Pointe Blank and rolled around in a Judy Blume novel. Regardless of any comparisons drawn, ELEGANTLY WASTED is a unique delight in a sea of popular and new adult fiction.

There's just something about Frankie you can't stop loving in spite of one little issue. She's a contract killer. A gun for hire. A murderer.

She's conflicted about any number of things...just not about killing people. After escaping her wealthy, dysfunctional family to train as a killer, Frankie is happily learning her craft. She's trained by an odd duo of men (the kind you don't take home to Mother) who make sure she makes her mark and gets out alive. She's a natural, making kill after kill. And...then she has one bad night and ends up back in Arizona with the family she's so grateful to be away from. After various turns of events, she's no longer a lone gun and must make room in her solitary killing existence for other people. Not JUST people, but family.

The Fairholm's family secrets unfold in a delicious fashion, especially after the 70% mark. When it all comes to a head, the new story evolves in time for the recently published sequel, UNCONTROLLABLY WASTED. Make no mistake...ELEGANTLY WASTED is story with a satisfying ending. You could stop now, but I can't imagine you'll want to.

Mad props to the author, C. Elizabeth Vescio. First, anyone who borrows a book title from INXS is a soul sister of mine. Pop culture references abound, leaving me loving her the same way I love Tara Sivec and Alice Clayton. If Suicide Blonde is the color of your hair or you're known to shock me, shock me, shock me with an Empire Records line from time to time, you're in the right place. Vescio's other life as a graphic artist serves her well. Her Wasted Series webpage is sharp, gorgeous, and sets just the right tone. Check it out.