Review: enjoyable, entertaining  - classic british chick lit
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2012
This is classic British Chick Lit to me - very much like Jill Mansell or Harriet Evans.  In those stories you always get back to the "hero" and "heroine", but it is never a straight line - and I always feel like we have to meander around a bit to get where we are going.There is a lot going on in the story - and I loved it all.  For me - I was a die hard fan of "Trading Spaces" - the bit about being on reality tv was great - just so entertaining - and exactly how I imagined it really happened.The changing of gears in the story was not completely smooth - there were a few times I would realize that we had switched and I needed to re-read a few sentences to catch myself up.  And of course - all the british slang can be confusing.  Every once in a while I have to google a word to know what it means, but most of the time, the setting explains it to me.  For me, that is a part of the experience I enjoy.  I love being immersed in the UK version of our language.I loved Lu, and thoroughly enjoyed reading her thoughts and watching her get through her life.All around - this was a really enjoyable read for me - and I will look for more by this author.