Review: I would recommend reading Trailer Park Princess (TPP) before reading High Class ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2014
I would recommend reading Trailer Park Princess (TPP) before reading High Class Harlot as it is the first book in the series and will give you a little more background on all of the characters. If you haven't read it yet, you are missing out. It is a great story with some seriously funny and swoon worthy moments.Delia Steele has a talent for writing sassy, strong, mouthy women and she did not disappoint when she wrote Amandolette's character. I couldn't wait to get my hands on HCH. I love how she writes to you, as if her characters are are sitting down with us catching us up on their life over coffee or in this case a vodka.HCH finished were TPP left off. Rory and Rome are married, they have a new baby R.J, and have moved to Atlanta with both Rory and Rome's brothers. Rory runs The Diner 2 and Rome and Clay are partners running a garage. Toby and Ashley are popping out babies and Amandolette is left behind."Strap on your seatbelt, b*tches, and get ready for one hell of a ride. If you can't handle it, you may want to jump ship now."Amandolette aka Mando, was born on the other side of the tracks, she is known ashigh class. While she may be known as high class she is far from it. Yes she'sgorgeous and she uses her looks to her advantage. Secrets she has kept bottled upare holding her back from having a life, living and moving forward. She feelsworthless and doesn't know who she is anymore. Gone is the beautiful girl on theinside and out, who was care free and loved by all and is now replaced withsomeone she herself hardly recognises, she has lost the person she once was. Mando's story id proof that money can't buy happiness."I am what people considers a diamond, when the truth is: I am a cubic zirconium- inexpensive; a knock off; a cheap-*ss imitation of the real thing; that flawedfacet that appears perfect to the naked eye, but when you look close, you seechipped pieces."Mando loves her best friend Rory but she hates that everyone adores her, specifically Mando's parents. After some choicewords from her grandmother she really starts to think about her life. Granswords are very wise...Had enough she heads off to the one place, to the one person who loves her forher who makes her feel grounded, Clay in Atlanta. The sexual chemistry betweenthem is HOT.Clay can read Mando's like no one else he knows her insecurities and doesn'tunderstand how some one like her can have them, for him it makes him love hermore. He wants to take the next step with Mando but as usual she gives him therun around. Why can't she take the next step, know what it likes to be happy andmove in with him? I loved Clay's character...so strong and loyal. Always there for Mando even when she wasn't there for herself.Mando puts herself through the ringer, hitting rock bottom before she is on thepath of self discovery, acceptance and learning to love herself.This wouldn't be Mando's book without the crazy ass references and her own unique vocabulary that will leave you laughing out loud or blushing like a school girl. Gran is back and in rare form, she is a force to bereckoned with. But she is a trip and one of my favorite older characters ever written. Like Mando she is not afraid to speak her mind and isn't scaredof using her shot gun.Delia Steele has taken us on a funny, emotional journey of one of life's manystruggles. No one has a perfect life, including those who comes from money andseem as though they have it all. Mando and Rory are among our favourite leadingheroines. We love sassy, mouthy, speak their mind type of girls and Mando isdefinitely one of a kind. Mando and Rory are best friends and in this book youcan see why.Mando's journey isn't an easy one. It is difficult to see someone with so much potential being so self destructive. My heart broke for both her and Clay. This book is guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and swoon all in the same chapter. I am very much looking forward to see what Delia comes up with next!#teamsparkle