Thanks Joe Meyers for the very kind words about WAXED.
You can check out Joe’s review of the novel here.
It’s getting closer to launch…
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Booklist
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
The American Library Association’s Booklist gave the follow review to WAXED. I’m so humbled by their kind words. THANK YOU!
Waxed
Rave, Robert (Author)
Aug 2010. 320 p. St. Martin’s/Griffin, hardcover, $14.99. (9780312544379)
Carolina Impresario is impeccably put together from her head to her feet, and her fastidiousness extends to her office. The glamorous Carolina is the owner of Impresarios’ Salon, the hottest, most sophisticated waxing salon in Manhattan, quite popular with the rich and famous. And despite her cool appearance and the salon’s spotless white walls, Impresarios’ is a family business—both her sisters are professional waxers. Anna, the middle sister, is reentering the working world after an acrimonious divorce, while Sofia, the youngest, is recently married and secretly craving the nightlife she gave up to be a housewife. While dealing with their daily parade of smiley faces, lovers’ initials, and full-on Brazilians, the sisters must handle their love lives and family problems while keeping up faultless appearances, because who knows that a flawless exterior hides an insecure interior better than an esthetician? Rave’s second novel (after Spin, 2009) of love, sex, and families is dishy and fun. The perfect summer read.
— Hilary Hatton
Damn, that felt good.
Monday, July 12th, 2010
GIANT thanks to Review Fix for this review of WAXED.
It made my day–hell it made my week.
See what they had to say here.
Totally Crushing on you…
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
I had a great convo with the folks at Crushable. Check out the interview here. I may or may not have done research by having my chest waxed for this book. It’s all for the art. 
Waxing Horror Stories= Free copy of WAXED
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Share your waxing nightmares and to compensate for your pain The Gloss will send you a copy of WAXED.
I think that sounds like a fair trade, how about you?
Publishers Weekly
Monday, June 28th, 2010
The publishing industry bible reviews WAXED:
Waxed
Robert Rave, St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99 paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-54437-9
Intoxicating and irreverent, Rave’s lowdown on an upscale Manhattan waxing salon owned by obsessive compulsive Carolina Impresario exposes the secrets of three sisters whose lives are filled with dishy complications. Carolina, 43, is torn between two men, Ron and Jack, one of whom is responsible for an unexpected midlife development. Anna, 35, the middle sister, is the harried mother of Fabiana,15, Michael,12, and son Ariel, 6, who has decided he’s a girl. Anna returns to waxing work after her husband leaves over Ariel’s behavior. The youngest sis, pretty popular techie, Sofia, 26, loves being married to Scott, a handsome investment banker, but she’s drawn to a hunky gay client. Rave (Spin) waxes eloquent in this hilarious soap as the sisters become independent women with some outside guidance, friendship, and inner musings. (Aug.)
Reading WAXED can make you rich!
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Well, not really. Kinda?
Anyway, just check out this great article that Forbes did on summer beach reads that included WAXED.
Thanks Forbes!
Are you Crushable?
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Thank you Crushable.com for the amazing shout-out. To be included in such a list of amazing authors and novels is such an honor!
Here’s what they had to say about WAXED:
Robert Rave’s Waxed isn’t even on book shelves yet (you can snag a copy August 3) but there’s already talk about a possible TV series. This insidery story about the lives of three sisters –Carolina, Anna and Sofia — who work at a hip New York waxing salon, is ripe for adaptation. Hey, it takes place in a waxing salon after all. These women are sure to have seen it all, and have some great stories to tell. Plus, it’s one of those stories, like Sex and the City or Gossip Girl, with established characters who TV or film writers can put in new and different situations above and beyond what’s written on paper. Plus, since it’s summer, waxing’s on the brain.
Check out the entire list here.
Hot Summer Reads
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Most people don’t equate the word hot with me, but thankfully The Examiner did…well, at least when referring to WAXED.
Thank you Examiner for including me in this list with such talented authors!