Enjoyable! I wish there were pictures of the clothes. FYI, this is light on the romance side but heavy on the story, which I think was a good thing in this case. (But if you're looking for chick lit heavy on the sexy side this is not it.) I liked the story and was (frankly) glad she wrote it that way...(I wasn't crazy about the men, anyway.) Her books are harder to get in the U.S. but I recommend them if you can find them. They strike that nice balance between fluffy and somewhat substantive.My Snarky Note:One thing I do want to mention: Authors, all this repetition as to how 48 is SO INCREDIBLY OLD, over, and over ad nauseum will tend to alienate a large sub-section of your 'potential' readers. You might want to re-think that. (I hated the character, so it wasn't a big deal. But it WAS extremely annoying!)

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