Review: Citizen Girl

After seeing all the bad reviews of this book, of course I was curious to read it! The main heroine of the story is Girl (yep, that’s her name). She is stuck in a job with a boss from hell and a tiny studio apartment in the city. However, her job doesn’t last long – [...]

Review: Unbecoming Behavior

If you are looking for a novel filled with a sharp sense of humor, witty dialogue and very interesting characters, look no further – you’ve found it.
Meet Shannon McCormick, the witty and endearing main heroine. Much to the chagrin of her mother, she isn’t a lawyer, but does work at a law firm catering to [...]

Review: See Jane Date

See Jane Date by Melissa Senate was one of the first books in the Red Dress Ink series that I read. Several years later, it remains one of my absolute favorite chick lit novels.
Meet Jane, a 20-something-year-old gal living, dating and working in Manhattan. Having been single for a while after her last boyfriend dumped [...]

Review: Mim Warner’s Lost Her Cool

Expecting a light and glamorous read, I was surprised to discover that this book was actually pretty deep – if you can overcome the froth in the first part of the book.
Meet Meghan Resnick. Things are going OK for her – she is a “coolhunter” at Pravda, (a trend forecasting company), and has recently broken [...]

Review: The Frog Prince

Meet Holly Bishop. After the devastating break-up with the gorgeous and smart Jean-Marc – who was supposed to be the Prince Charming she was to spend the rest of her life with – she is struggling to accept that she is already divorced at 25. Holly now lives alone and works as an event planner [...]

Review: Shaking Her Assets

In the space of a month, our main heroine Rachel has lost both her job and her boyfriend of two years. Just when she thinks things can’t get much worse, her best friend Ben drops the bomb that he is getting married… to his Park Avenue girlfriend. That in itself isn’t so bad, but Rachel [...]

Review: Emily Ever After

This is a classic “Single Girl Moves to the Big City” chick lit.
Our main heroine Emily Hinton has made the big move from a sleepy Southern California suburb to Manhattan. She is a church-going girl with morals, and she vows not to drink to much or get involved with the wrong man. Thanks to her [...]

Review: The Perfect Manhattan

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to bartend in New York City or the Hamptons? I know I have! The Perfect Manhattan will take you behind the bartending scenes and show you both the good and bad.
Meet Cassie, a fresh graduate from Columbia University who wants to be a writer but knows [...]

Review: Pounding The Pavement

There have been a slew of “working girl in the city” chick lit novels this summer so far, much to my delight. This latest debut novel by Jennifer van der Kwast features Sarah, a young woman who has been unemployed for over six months. Luckily she is scraping by with the odd freelance under-the-table manuscript-reading [...]

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