Review: Unabashed Chick Lit
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
This novel is so unashamed of being chick lit that it’s even in the title!  It is the fluffy (and soapy) tale of Becs (Rebecca), a twenty-something in London, who is faced in the beginning of the novel with the constant infidelities of her boyfriend. She has suspected for a long time, but he has managed to make her doubt herself and continued merrily on… but also, she’s well aware if she breaks up with him, she will probably lose her lovely little apartment that she owns with him in Central London (and will not be able to live anywhere trendy again…)  So begins Kingsley’s fairly realistic tale of the foibles and rude realities of modern relationships – everyone’s using everyone else to some degree…Becs has close women friends, and the story follows their romantic paths, and their inabilities to fully commit (even while protesting how much they want to be married) or to pursue men who want to commit to them. Wending through various comic situations (including funny but escalating fights between Becs and Jeremy, her slimy ex), it is a novel for anyone who has a soft spot for Bridget Jones, and readers musing on the states of their own relationships. It’s a fun, breezy read, and I won’t be surprised if Zara Kingsley gets picked up by a big publishing house soon.