GRR Reviews Hotter Than Ever (A Middle-Aged Hottie) by Linda Cousine

Hotter Than Ever is a satire with a serious topic: menopausal madness for women. Okay, I'm a guy, so I don't know anything about it. But I do recognize the satirical tone, even as I laugh, AND think about how serious the problem *could be*.

Lexi Taylor is 50, and as a former model, she had it all. She has fame, fortune, beauty, a doting husband, and two beautiful daughters. But in the past year, she lost all of it. Her husband is shacked up with a stripper. Her figure had gone to sag. Her friends are all staying away, and she may just be losing her mind due to menopausal madness. When her hot flashes and mood swings landed her in jail for the second time (first time, for "solicitation" even though she's doing it for a bikini joint, and second time for trespassing on an active fire scene demanding to be doused with water due to a hot flash), her family mounted an intervention and she agreed to commit herself to the Sunnyvale Sanitarium, Home for the Mostly Menopausal, for a 90-day regimen. And with help of an army of doctors and a very therapeutic nun, Lexi may yet reclaim her sanity, her self-respect, and perhaps, most important of all... her sex drive...

The situations are farcical, yet extremely... "witty". It's not quite my "cup of tea", but I admire the author for setting up the LOL scenarios while keeping the tone satirical yet with a serious topic behind it.

Category: Contemporary / Hen-lit

Primary Plot: Former model, under throes of menopausal madness, committed herself into a Sanitarium; will she regain her sex drive and more?

Overall Rating: 4/5

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