Now without further ado below is my 2 platypire review.
Synopsis:
In this funny and big-hearted story by the author of The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives, three best friends make a pact to transform themselves into the glamorous women they've always wanted to be.
Nola Devlin has a secret identity. By day she is an overweight, frumpy, and overlooked editor at Sass! (the "celebrity magazine with an edge!"), but by night she slips behind her keyboard and into her alter-ego: Belinda Apple. Belinda is thin, gorgeous, British and the author of a trendy advice column- she is, in effect, the latest Carrie Bradshaw. Not even Nola's two best friends or her self-absorbed sister (who worships Belinda as the "sister she never had") know her secret.
When "Belinda" jots off a column about how easy it is to lose weight, Nola is shocked when her best friends take her own lies to heart and urge her to follow Belinda's weight loss program. Since Nola can't reveal herself as the real Belinda Apple, she bites the bullet and joins her friends in making the "Cinderella Pact"- a last ditch attempt to lose weight (again!) and transform their lives for good.
But as the pounds come off, things don't turn out the way the three friends expect. Their journey of self-discovery leads to the return of an old love and the unmasking of new problems. Meanwhile, Nola finds herself torn between two different men as she stomps out fires caused by her deception as Belinda Apple and falls in love with the man who just might be her prince - or the rat in coachman's clothing
My Review:
The Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer My rating: 2 of 5 stars Not sure where to start with this review. I really did have high hopes with this book because I really do like retelling of classic fairy tale stories but this just wasn't the case with this book. It just didn't hold my attention. I thought the love story was forced and just not believable. I'm sorry but if a guy really likes you ,well he's gonna make time for you. He just doesn't drop out of the picture then reappears still interested. I just didn't buy this love story and I'm really a sucker for romance. Being a plus sized girl I was able to relate to Nola and understood her fat struggles but at times it was just too much. Why does the big girl have to be the biggest push over? ugh that $h!t is frustrating. I couldn't stand the way her family and co-workers treated her. Also the book reads a lot like a diet book and that got tiresome. Anyways, I'm not saying the book was bad, it just wasn't for me. View all my reviews | |