When it comes to genes life's a lottery . . .
As Abi would the first to know. She has spent her life in the shadow of her stunningly beautiful, glamorous older sister Cleo.
Headhunted as model when she was sixteen, Cleo has been all but lost to Abi for the last twenty years, with only a fleeting visit or brief email to connect them. So when Abi is invited to spend the summer in Cleo's large London home with her sister's perfect family, she can't bring herself to say no. Despite serious misgivings. Maybe Cleo is finally as keen as Abi to regain the closeness they shared in their youth?
But Abi is in for a shock. Soon she is left caring for her two young, bored and very spoilt nieces and handsome, unhappy brother-in-law - while Cleo plainly has other things on her mind. As Abi moves into her sister's life, a cuckoo in the nest, she wrestles with uncomfortable feelings.
Could having beauty, wealth and fame lead to more unhappiness than not having them? Who in the family really is the ugly sister?
Rating: 3 Stars
Positives: After a fashion I was able to get into this book, and I grew to love the characters of Abi and Jon as well as the kids Tara and Megan. There is still something so sweet and innocent about the children in the way that they blurt out how Abi has only been invited over because the nanny's left, not because her company is wanted. And Fallon has perfectly portrayed Cleo, the older sister who has grown up in the limelight and who is nothing but a mega bitch who is always used to getting her own way where everything is concerned. Plus the ambiguous ending as to whether or not Abi manages to change her career and life is perfect. In that one small part Fallon has slowly pulled away from the generic storyline that has been seen again and again.
Negatives: Firstly the storyline is very generic. How many stories are there out on the market at the moment where the main character falls for someone else's husband, a husband who is unhappy in his own relationship, and who returns her feelings? That's right, there's way too many. Secondly I found with the first chapters I could do no more than skim read them as the chapters kept cutting from the present day to when Abi and Cleo were both growing up. However this mistake in writing was rectified later on when the chapters became focused merely on the present day.
Would I recommend this book? If you're looking for a read that's not too challenging and is just something for a silly Sunday then this is a good book. However if you want something gripping then this isn't the book for you.
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