Author: Lindsey Kelk
Genre: Chick-Lit
Release Date: July 16th 2013
Summary: I’d lost my job. I’d lost the love of my life. My mum wasn’t talking to me. My best friend was epically pissed off. And my flatmate probably had a hit out on me by now. I never meant for things to get so out of hand…
Tess Brookes has always been a Girl with a Plan. But when her carefully constructed Plan goes belly up, she’s forced to reconsider.
After accidently answering her flatmate Vanessa’s phone, she decides that since being Tess isn’t going so well, why shouldn’t she try out being Vanessa? With nothing left to lose, she accepts Vanessa’s photography assignment to Hawaii – she used to be an amateur snapper, how hard can it be? Right?
But Tess is soon in big trouble – she isn’t a photographer, she isn’t Vanessa, and the gorgeous journalist on the shoot with her, who is making it very clear he’d like to get into her pants, is an egotistical monster.
Far from home and in someone else’s shoes, Tess must decide whether to fight on through, or ‘fess up and run…
I'm sorry. I just didn't like it at all. I think I got about 100 pages in and had to give up. There wasn't anything that wanted me to keep going so I had to put it aside which is a shame, I hate giving up on books! What I really disliked was mostly the characters. Tess was the main character and we're in her head - which is completely immature and over the top. I felt like the author tried too much to make her "like everyone else", the cute, clumsy and quirky girl from most chick-lit books but it was overkill.
She was told 'we're giving you a redundancy package' and she was like 'what, I don't understand' and the boss said quite clearly stated she was sacked but dumbass Tess just didn't catch on. Girl, please. You're so stupid, you're fired, fuck off.
There was a part of the 100 pages that I read that really irritated me and that was a "mugging" scene, and I'm not entirely convinced that it was a mugging. Why, you ask? The guy sits next to her and asks her for her phone and wallet. She says she doesn't have a phone because she lost her job and it was supplied by her job. Fair enough. But the fact that the mugger didnt even bother about the wallet, he feels bad and offers her one of his stolen phones to call somebody. Then he's nice and wishes her a good day or something, then leaves. WHAT. This does not happen in London. It'll be more likely that someone will come up with a knife and threaten you. This does not happen and it's ridiculous. Fair enough if Kelk made the mugger just get up and leave but giving her a phone and talking like friends? Fuck right off.
None of the other characters I enjoyed either. Charlie - meh. Amy - eh. Amy's sister's kids being called Bella and Katniss - eh. Cute because I love The Hunger Games, but it didn't fit into the story. Maybe becaase I hated it. Vanessa - hmm...she was the rude, sassy one but I liked her because she didn't like Tess. Something in common.
We find out that Charlie and Vanessa have been, as Tess put it, "having an affair" and to me, that made me feel like it was him cheating on Tess. Bitch, you two ain't together. He can fuck who he likes. But any excuse for a fight, she's in there. Charlie sleeps with Tess, his best friend of ten years, and before they do the deed, he's not too bad. After, however, he's a totally different person so that makes me annoyed. I very much disliked him then. Just a typical guy who wanted the sex. Psh.
None of these characters did it for me. I like the idea of the story though so I wish someone else had this plot and did better with it. Maybe someone like Sophie Kinsella.
I hope I wasn't too harsh on this book but it really did nothing for me. Onto my next book!
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No quotes, sorry. Nothing stood out to me.
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