The synopsis: Despite her name, Keats Sedlak is the sanest person in her large, nutty family of brilliant eccentrics. Her parents, both brainy academics, are barely capable of looking after themselves, let alone anyone else, and her two uber-intelligent siblings live on their own planets.

At least she can count on one person in her life, her devoted boyfriend Tom. Down-to-earth and loving, he's the one thing that's kept Keats grounded for the last decade. But when Keats's mother makes a surprise announcement, the entire family is sent into a tailspin. For the first time, Keats can't pick up the pieces by herself. Now she must reevaluate everything she's ever assumed about herself and her family-and make the biggest decision of her life.


My thoughts:  I can't get enough of Claire LaZebnik.  Cannot.  There's no formula for her work except that it's got her special flair thrown in which is sure to make the story that much more fun.  Lots of authors can feel very formulaic but her stuff is always fresh and fun.  That's the only thing you can be assured of with a novel of hers.  On the book itself:  had anyone else written this and I read the description I might have put it down because it sounds..done.  So I bought it based on cover and author recognition only.  And I was not disappointed at all.  Zany characters abound and Keats struggles so hard to be normal in a family of eccentrics, but when she lets go, she flourishes and realizes normal's not all it's cracked up to be.