Singer’s bighearted debut shifts effortlessly between multiple points of view and points in time. Kurt and Eugenie aren’t always likable, but they are consistently real ... Hand to readers who love Las Vegas settings and bold, character-driven stories.
Singer’s humorous debut interweaves a Las Vegas real estate showdown and a decades-running will-they-or-won’t-they love story ... The many characters converge in the satisfying ending, but the main event is Singer’s apt depiction of the striving and sweltering Vegas, in all its calamity and glamour. This one’s over the top in all the best ways.
Singer’s very funny, latter-day Jane Austen-esque debut revolves around a pair of characters with a distinctive meet-cute in their distant past ... Overstuffed, yes. Gaudy, even. And totally Las Vegan, if you think about it—the capital of more is more ... A promising—if somewhat exhausting—debut by a writer with energetic comic gifts.
