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Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1)
Me Myself and Why - BOFFO, Bk 1
Author: MaryJanice Davidson
Sweet and innocent with a twist of girl-next-door, Cadence Jones is not your typical girl and certainly not your typical FBI agent. Just ask her sisters, Shiro and Adrienne. (Wait. ... best if you don't ask Adrienne anything.) But it's her special ''talent'' which makes Cadence so valuable to the FBI and it never com...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312531171
ISBN-10: 0312531176
Publication Date: 9/28/2010
Pages: 368
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 46 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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mreneerouser avatar reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on + 127 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Cadence Jones is a FBI agent with multiple personality disorder. Her three very distinct personalities include Candence, Adrienne, and Shiro. The problem is you never know which personality you were reading about. Davidson thought it would be a smart idea to change personality not every chapter, not every paragraph but sometimes, mid-sentence. It was annoying, confusing and I did not want to waste anymore time trying to figure out what was going on. Therefore, I didn't!
jemedwards avatar reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This book kept me on my toes. The main character is a FBI agent who has MPD, Multiple Personality Disorder, and each personality was so distinct that I came to like each one. I had to pay attention as I read cuz you never knew which personality was active throughout the book. What was great was that I got to "know" the personalities and that I could tell which personality was "on" after reading just a couple of sentences. There's a BFF and a romantic interest, however there was not enough of them in this book and I hope to see them again. The story revolves around the FBI office trying to catch a serial killer. I believe I read that this is a trilogy and I'm looking forward to reading the next two books.
orchid7 avatar reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on + 266 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book was a DNF for me. I got about halfway through (100 page rule), and then gave up.

The constant switching between the multiple personalities inside of Cadence, sometimes in mid sentence, just grew too confusing and irritating to follow. I also did not really care for any of these personalities at all, so I found that I didn't really care what happened to any of them either!

The book was also supposed to be about Cadence and her "sisters" solving a series of crimes committed by deranged serial killer. I'd gotten halfway through the book and really hadn't gotten but just the merest glimpse of the mystery, in between all of the ranting of Cadence's many personalities. There were also many rants by her strange and rather unlikable co-workers in the very odd branch of the FBI she works for called BOFFO, which hires people with mental disorders to help them solve crimes, but not very much about the actual solving of the crime.

I felt the whole book was in very poor taste. It poked fun at both people with mental disorders and at serial killers. While MJD tends to poke fun at everything, I just found this one offensive and irritating.

I'd originally gotten this book because I'd liked some of MaryJanice Davidson's other work and thought I'd try this out. All I can say after I read half of this book is what has happened to MJD? If she's going to continue to write like this, then I'm going to be skipping her books from now on.
J avatar reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on
Helpful Score: 1
This book was very annoying. Didn't like the way it was written and almost gave up on it a million times. Finally finished it and tossed it aside. Total waste of time. Didn't like the main character(s?) and thought the entire story was just absurd and outrageous.
momof3boysandagirl avatar reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on + 58 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book has me seriously wondering about mjd's mental stability. Twisted. And who the heck does that to a mirror for a jerk on a date? Shaking my head. Morbid curiosity is the only reason I finished this book.
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donkeycheese avatar reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on + 1255 more book reviews
Cadence Jones is a valuable asset to the FBI. So is her sisters, Shiro and Adrienne. Did I mention they all live in the same body?

Cadence Jones works for the FBI, and she is very good at her job. Cadence has a gift that is very valuable on a crime scene. Cadence has multiple personality disorder, and when Cadence can't put the puzzles together, sometimes it takes one of her "sisters" to help her out.

Shiro, one of Cadence's alternate personalities, is the tough one. When someone needs to be brought to their knees, Shiro is the one who comes through. She's direct, bold, and has no qualms about getting what she wants. Adrienne is the other personality, but Adrienne doesn't come out to play often. Adrienne tends to leave very big messes to clean up. She's very violent and physical.

When Cadence and her partner George are called to a crime scene, they realize it is the work of the Threefer Killer, thus named because he kills in threes. But Cadence finds something off about the scene, almost like the killer is trying to leave her a personal message. Her other sisters scope out the scene as well, but all they find is newspaper clippings and Shakespeare sonnets, but no hard evidence.

When Cadence meets her best friend's brother, she is awed by how handsome he is, but speechless when she finds out her knows about her gift and he still wants to date her. He likes the unexpected and has no problem taking any of the "sisters" out. Cadence wants to run far far away, but her heart keeps tugging her back.

Cadence has to see a psychiatrist regularly but lately he has been wanting to integrate the sisters and the idea of it terrifies them. Cadence watched her mother murder her father when she was young, and since that time, the sisters began to develop. To live her life without them is senseless and wrong and she refuses to do it.

ME, MYSELF, AND WHY? is the first in a new series by acclaimed best selling author MaryJanice Davidson. At first, I was very confused as the sisters switched in and out, but Ms. Davidson does such a terrific job of character development, that I knew who was who quickly. Laugh out loud funny with a twist of suspense brings this story to life. Cadance, Shiro, and Adrienne are compelling, yet entertaining characters that I look forward to knowing better in future works. Absolutely delightful!
reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on + 25 more book reviews
This book is NOT a romance book. Just because she has a couple dates during the course of the book, does not constitute a romance.
If this had been marketed to me as a work of fiction dealing with multiple personality disorder and murder, I might not have even requested it.
I was expecting a humorous romance. ITS NOT.
I will NOT be reading any more of the BOFFO stories. Not my style. If murder mysteries are your style, you'll like it.
Shame to see yet another romance writer make her money on romance then leave to go on to murder/mayhem/suspense...
cta122 avatar reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on + 2 more book reviews
Very interesting theme. I loved it and it kept me interested.
moondance120 avatar reviewed Me, Myself, and Why? (BOFFO, Bk 1) on + 422 more book reviews
FBI agent with multiple personalities. Rather odd premise, but MJD seems to make it work. 3 stars


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