Size 12 Is Not Fat (Heather Wells #1)

Reader reviewed by Lea

Ex popstar Heather Wells is working in a dorm, when some crazy deaths start happening. Heather starts sleuthing, because she knows something is off about it all, and these deaths were no accidents. As she gets closer to the truth, she gets closer to the killer...and her death.

Heather is absolutely hilarious. I feel in love with her and her personalilty. Even when everyone else believes the deaths were accidents, she still sticks to what she thinks, and solves the shocking mystery.

Reader reviewed by Lianne

Heather works and lives in N.Y.C. She uses to be a pop star but, after her record company dropped her she is now works at a dorm at N.Y.U. Things are normal until girls begin to die from elevato jumping. The only thing is that Heather knows that girls don't elevator jump! So she takes it upon herself to find out what is really going on!
This books is fun and enjoyable. A definate must read for anyone who enjoys chick lit and mysteries mixed together!

Reader reviewed by lia

HEATHER WELLS ROCKS!

Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or twoand lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman!) and her new job as an assistant dorm director at one of New York's top colleges. That is, until the dead body of a female student from Heather's residence hall is discovered at the bottom of an elevator shaft.

The cops and the college president are ready to chalk the death off as an accident, the result of reckless youthful mischief. But Heather knows teenage girls . . . and girls do not elevator surf. Yet no one wants to listennot the police, her colleagues, or the P.I. who owns the brownstone where she liveseven when more students start turning up dead in equally ordinary and subtly sinister ways. So Heather makes the decision to take on yet another new career: as spunky girl detective!

But her new job comes with few benefits, no cheering crowds, and lots of liabilities, some of them potentially fatal. And nothing ticks off a killer more than a portly ex-pop star who's sticking her nose where it doesn't belong . . .

Leaving her pop star life wasn't really bad less with her ex-boyfriends brother and new job. You will really enjoy her charisma.

Reader reviewed by Emily

Where do I start! to start with the Main character has a major crush on hewr ex's brother who she lives with and he is oblivious to it. Heather also works at N.Y College Residents Hall which ends up with the name "Death Dorm". I believe it is one of the Best books Meg Cabot has ever written and I must say Meg cabot's books are awesome.
Highlight: Size 14 is not Fat either and Big Boned/Size Doesn't Matter are also really good.

So Enjoy your read!
Keep on Reading.......

Reader reviewed by Dede

This book has so much added together and is a light fun read. Heather Wells used to be a perfect teen singing sensation. Until she insisted on singing her own songs (thereby getting fired), caught her boyfriend cheating on her, and her mom ran off with her money and her agent to another country. Now she works at a college as an advisor to the students, she moved in with her ex-boyfriends brother - the black sheep of his family - and has developed a crush on him. To top that all off, girls in her part of the college start dying from elevator surfing and Heather is the only one that thinks it's suspicious. She starts to investigate on her own and gets herself is some pretty tight spots, and at times you wince at her actions, but there is such humor imbedded in this novel that you relate and could imagine it happening to you. She is a completely likeable character for older readers as well as new teens. I can't wait to read more of Cabot's "Heather Wells Mysteries."

Reader reviewed by Amy

Heather Wells is my hero, as well as Meg Cabot.
The way she thinks breathes and acts makes me wish i was her!

I love how the title gives nothing away and tricks you from thinking its an ordinary book.
I love the intense murder mysteries and the suspects she comes along, and the comic relief of how she is getting over being a wiped out popstar just puts the icing on an already beautiful cake.

I have re-read the trilogy hundreds of times and still laugh at the same parts and pick up more of the book than i did the first times i read it.

Its a great book for a laugh.
And if your like me, a late night, scary read. :)

Reader reviewed by Rin

Heather Wells, an ex pop star, stars in this mystery novel by Meg cabot.

Losing everything after she put on some weight, wanted to write her own songs and had her mom steal all of her money,Heather still is able to put her life back on line.

She's living with the guy of her dreams, too bad it's just as friends and she's working as the Assistant Dorm Director.

Then things start changing. A girl is discovered at the bottom of the elevator shaft. And then another accident happens. Only Heather thinks it's not an accident. And she's going to find the killer...before he finds her.

I'd reccommend this book to any mystery/chick-lit lovers. It's a well thought out book and entertaining as well.

Reader reviewed by Kris

I have never been much of a mystery person (after the murder I usually skip to the back of the book to see who did it, but with this book I was captivated. Any fan of ANYTHING written by Meg Cabot should read this book. The book is HILARIOUS and people who don't even like mysteries are sure to enjoy it.

Reader reviewed by imac

This book is so good if you like romance, mystery and a physco pathic killer than you'll love this book. no i'm just kidding this is a freat mystery book with a splurge of romance in between. i love meg cabots books and when i saw the heather wells series i thought what the hay lets read it. the book will hook you were you can't put it down. so if you like this read the sequal size 14 is not fat either. that book is as good or better than the first one. And if you like that the third and final book comes out november 2007 it is called big boned.

Reader reviewed by Bria

Hot guys, overrated singers, and a mystery how can you go wrong? Great book! It was not heavy on plot but it was well made up by being so funny. You should be a little older to read this because there are some adult matters, but you can still read it. It one who would love to see Brittany Spears in the future read this.