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Book Reviews Title It Could
Be You Fiction-Net
Rating Buy It
From Amazon.co.uk - BUY
NOW! Cover
Story It's not easy
being a twenty-something girl in London, with bad
hair days, commitment phobic men, and 'healthy'
evenings that end up as late-night sessions at the
pub. But although she doesn't realise it, Charlie's
got everything going for her. She's bright, funny,
and on the fast track in her marketing job - and
she has just gone blonde. What's more, Daniel the
creative director, can't keep his hands off
her. But Daniel's a
lot smoother than the path of true love, and
Charlie finds herself coping with a series of
disasters, as backstabbing colleagues and best
friend crises threaten to come between
them... You'll adore this
wildly funny first novel - because, after all, it
could be you. We
Say This was the
first novel from Josie Lloyd, who later went on to
partner-up with Emlyn
Rees and
knock out the superb Come
Together
and decent Come
Again.
And it shows. Much of what you see here comes
across as a practice run for those subsequent
novels. The character development and style of
writing is nowhere near as good but the
similarities are obvious. Unfortunately, this
'first novel' really isn't
publication-quality. The most
interesting characters of this novel, Charlie's
best friend Kate and flatmate Rich, are left in the
background for far too long whilst the most
uninteresting and perhaps unrealistic characters
(and that includes Charlie herself) are thrown into
the spotlight. Charlie's relationship with
colleague Daniel is unfortunately just plain
boring, despite efforts to spice things up with
wild parties, clubs and drug-taking. Only for real
die-hard Josie Lloyd fanatics. Leave this on the
shelf and grab either of her next two novels
instead. Review by: Rob
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