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The blurb:
Laugh out loud and fall in love with Lucy Robinson's A Passionate Love Affair with a Total Stranger Praise for Lucy Robinson: 'Romantic and laugh-out-loud hilarious' Cosmopolitan 'Prepare for public-transport belly laughs' Glamour Lucy Robinson is the author of The Greatest Love Story of All Time. Prior to writing Lucy earned her crust in West End theatre production and then factual television, working on documentaries for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five. Her writing career began when she started a dating blog for marieclaire.co.uk where she entertained readers with frank tales from her laughably unsuccessful foray into the world of internet dating. Lucy was brought up in Gloucestershire and now lives with her boyfriend in South London. She is writing her next novel while working on various television projects and plotting a return to academia.
My Opinion:
I absolutely loved Lucy’s debut novel The Greatest Love Story of all Time and I couldn’t wait to read
this one. I loved it from the start!!!
Charley Lambert is our charming and funny heroine in this one. She is
very committed to her work and she also has a site called First Aid Love, where
she ghostwrites for other women. Such a funny idea, I loved it!
For years she wanted to be with her boss John MacAllister. Well, let’s
say they have a “passionate” past, a complicated present and an unsure future.
It was great reading about them, the emails they exchanged and they way they
were with each other. I didn’t quite get John though and that made him
mysterious and secretive. I was curious where their “relationship” was going to
lead.
Then there is Sam, Charley’s awesome flatmate. I quite liked him from
the start, he was funny, a great friend and much more… Their friendship was
something special from the start.
Charley also had a deep connection to her family, which I really adored.
Now, let’s get back to the ghostwriting: Shelley, one of Charley’s
clients wants her to email William, a gorgeous doctor and Charley starts
writing him. She sees herself falling for him. All she wants is to get to know
William better and get him for herself. She even follows them on their first
date…
Then, the big surprise: William has paid a ghostwriter as well and
Charley knows him really well… not telling you more here ;) I kind of felt it
from the start though.
She is convinced though that she’s not in love with that guy.
When he finds out himself, they get together and try to please William
and Shelley.
It takes Charley quite a while to realise her real feelings, because
there is still John (his story is revealed as well) and there is NO way he
loves her back.
I loved reading about her emotions and feelings. The scenes between her
and HIM were brilliantly written and full of fun. I couldn’t put the book down,
because I just wanted to find out how it ends! The ending is truly adorable and
cute.
Love can be really difficult sometimes and it takes time to find out who
is the one for you.
An amazing story, so gripping, catchy, fun and much more!!! Go read it
now, Lucy is such a talented writer.
Rating:
My possible
cast:
Charley:
Keira Knightley
Sam: Greg
Vaughan
John: Simon
Baker
William:
Josh Harnett
Shelley:
Jennifer Morrison
Website: http://lucy-robinson.co.uk
