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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…
My Opinion:
Tess’s life is turned upside down when she looses her job and on top of
that she’s in love with her best friend Charlie. She has been for the last 10
years. And in a night where she’s frustrated, drunk and down, it happens. The
next morning she confesses her feelings and he just says all the wrong
things!!!
When she gets the opportunity to get away and be someone else, she takes
it. She takes her flatmate Vanessa’s job and flies to Hawaii for a photo shoot,
where she’s the photographer.
Hawaii is great!!! I loved reading about the islands and it sounds like
an awesome place. The man who owns part
of the island and should be in the spotlight for the photos and
interviews cancels all the time. There is Kekipi, who looks after everything in the cottages and also turns out to
be a great friend to Tess. He was great, I love the scenes with him, it made
the story even funnier and catchier.
Now, let’s talk about Nick:
sexy, smart, arrogant Nick. Somehow he is just what Tess needs. She let’s go and
is herself and also he sees that. He comes across as a real macho and arrogant
man, who doesn’t want a real relationship. Well, he also thinks she is Vanessa,
so there’s that problem, but more about that later…
The two of them have a lot of
fun together and their chemistry is great. When he wants he can be a real
sweetheart and romantic as well.
Paige is there as well, she is
interested in Nick… When she finds out about Nick and Tess, she’s furious and
is about to tell everyone to truth about Vanessa/Tess.
Tess is lovely and I loved it,
how she opened up more and more with the right people. It was lovely to read about
her getting to know Al at the beach and it turned out to be great for the whole
job situation.
Eventually, Nick finds out about
her real name and it’s just when he seems to realise that there could be more
and he also knows about her situation with Charlie.
Bach at home Tess has to figure
everything out. There are some great opportunituies for her job wise and also
in other directions. What about Charlie, what does he feel now? What about
Nick? Does he even want to talk to her anymore? Decisions have to be made and
Lindsey only let’s us know in the next book of this series: What a Girl Wants,
coming out July 17th. I can’t wait!!!!
Oh and I’m deffo in Team Nick 
Oh and the real Vanessa, such a
b****, I didn’t like her at all. Amy, tess’ best friend was great, loved having
her in the story.
This book was AWESOME!!! Catchy,
gripping, hilarious and brilliantly written. A bit of an unusual storyline, but
I love it!!!
My favourite Lindsey Kelk book so far!!!
My favourite Lindsey Kelk book so far!!!
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My possible cast:
Tess: Kathie McGrath
Charlie: Ryan Reynolds
I've bought this book a few weeks ago and can't wait to read it now! Great review!
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