Moxie Summers has all the confidence and attitude you need. She's a sexy plus size woman who is not afraid to say exactly what she wants. So why does she have such terrible luck with men? Moxie finds her "Adonis", Miles Dane, during a night of heavy drinking, but it only ends in disaster.

Not only is she completely humiliated, but it turns out her dream guy is the father of her newest student. She must navigate his unusual behavior, a skunk, his son's unusual intellect, bad sushi, her interfering stepmother, jealousy, a slew of bad dates, weight-loss programs, and the actions of a truly diabolical Girl Scout. Will she be able to get together with Miles or is she doomed to a lifetime of sassy kindergarteners and tasteless losers?

THE CHRONICLES OF MOXIE by Z.B. Heller is a comedic romance that will keep you laughing from the moment you meet the sassy heroine to the moment you close the book. Heller has a real gift for zingers and one-liners which makes the dialogue a real treasure through the whole story. The comedy stretches from all areas, from the antics of drinkers to the natural madness of school children to the innuendo-laden conversations of young best friends.

The sex scenes fluctuate between believable and unbelievable, but they are always memorable. The romance is very sweet and slow-burning, though the apparent bipolar nature of Miles turns both Moxie and the reader cold.

The character of Dillon, son of Miles, is one of the best-developed characters in the whole book, though he is just in kindergarten and not as heavily featured through the book.

Though the dialogue and physical descriptions of the characters are all aces, the characterization seems a little dependent on stereotypes. The characters of the sassy gay friend and the Jewish interfering stepmother are particularly so, which can add some dissonance to the reader's experience of them.

Moxie herself is a little flat sometimes. In the beginning through around the first half of the book, Moxie has no doubts about herself. She knows she's big and she absolutely owns it; her stepmother telling her to lose weight only inspires biting sarcasm and she will not let her disastrous date tell her anything about his company's weight-loss program without a swift kick where the sun doesn't shine. She does a massive switch in the final fourth of the book when her rival mocks her for her weight.

The rival is a character who is minimally involved compared to the stepmother and disaster date, but her snappiness inspires complete and total emotional collapse for our otherwise very strong-minded heroine. This and a few other small moments of contradiction make the characters somewhat less than believable.

The characterization faults aside, THE CHRONICLE OF MOXIE is amazingly funny. The kindergarten class which is fortunate enough to have Moxie as their teacher becomes a character on its own. The diabolical Girl Scout obsessed with cuteness and the children's inability to process their own innuendo- laden statements provide a nice contrast to the biting wit of Moxie's friends and boyfriends. The email conversations between Moxie and her stepmother will leave anyone who has similar memories of their family in stitches.

For a humorous and heartwarming story, you cannot do better than THE CHRONICLES OF MOXIE. This is a very cute, very endearing tale of real-life people with real-life problems in dating and family relationships. If you like sweet romances with plus-sized heroines and dashing men who know how to take care of a woman, THE CHRONICLES OF MOXIE is the book for you.