The heroine of this book, Rosie, had managed to annoy me by the end of page two by sleeping with someone obviously deeply inappropriate. She started the book as such a vacuous waste of skin and air that I considered giving up on her but although she was irritating I felt I had to find out what happened next. Fieldings writing style, although not deep is very more-ish. Besides, Rosie couldn’t be *that* empty, surely?
I’m glad I stuck with it. Through the book she has two lives, the other is as a dynamic and in-control decision maker in a refugee camp in Africa. There is an interesting contrast between her two lives, which is highlighted when people from one of them see her in the other.
There is also some nice social commentary on how celebrities play the publicity game and the public is manipulated into desired feelings by the media.
Who should read this book? Well, its not a very manly book, don’t bother if you’re looking for action or technology, but if you like your romance a little thought provoking this would be a good read.