The Klone and I is a story about a love triangle that develops between Stephanie and Peter, and his clone, Paul Klone.
Peter is a bionic genius, and he sends his clone, Paul, to Stephanie to entertain and amuse her when he goes away on business trips.
Mayhem ensued when Paul Klone arrives at Stephanie's doorstep. Paul is the very opposite of Peter. While Peter is a conservatively dressed businessman, Paul is loud and flashy. He likes tight-fitting neon leotards, thinks nothing of enacting a real fart in Charade and likes to do triple flips whilst making love (giggle).
It is one of those light, fluffy, entertaining books that serious-minded readers should give a miss. There is nothing substantial here, it's just lots of fun rides, much like going to a theme park. I went away feeling entertained and amused, with my brain cells preserved and unused.
*Spoiler alert*
That said, I felt the ending was a little unexpected. The author had led me to believe that the protagonist was falling in love with the clone. Paul had more attention and pages given to him than Peter. You would be forgiven for forgetting that there is a Peter in the story. There was hardly any character development where Peter was concerned. He remained a familiar stranger till the end. Paul was the one who had all the character development.
And with all that was going on, the ending felt a little rushed. Like as if the editor said, ok, you've reached your maximum number of words.
