Very light novel about three friends living in London. A fourth girl enters the equation and bad things ensue. Not very believable, but a quick read that I started and nearly finished on the plane from San Francisco. Enjoyable? Not really. At the start it seemed like you could add songs and make a terrific light Broadway comedy from it. But then it got a bit too convoluted and petty to keep up the interest. ("My roommate whom I rescued / from a life of tawdry waitressing / brought flowers when she moved in / and I'm sure that she is genuine! / Her cooking is a wonder / So despite my old friends' cautioning / I'm expecting Heather to be ... myyyyy neeewwww besssttt friendddddd!")
It has the air of being a side project written under a pseudonym, but after looking it up I find that it's by a famous author of chick-lit who also writes as Sophie Kinsella (there's the pseudonym). She writes a series of books about a shopaholic, of which this is not one.
How did I get this? I was looking for Wodehouse books at Half Price Books in December, and came across this in the W's. It looked interesting. It was an light read for the airplane. And it will go back on the next run to Half Price Books. Finished it 1/16/11.
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