Home > Books & Magazines > Printed Book >

A Certain Chemistry - Mil Millington

Description: ISBN 0753820722 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Mil Millington / Paperback / 240 Pages / Book is published 2006-01-26 by Phoenix

Newest Review: ... satire on the chemical vagaries of human desire. The plot itself is pretty run of the mill, though the novel is ... more

... surprisingly multi-stranded, with a nice satire on publishing industry hidden amongst the sexual indiscretions. The beauty of Millington's book lies in its inimitable mixture of pin-sharp and gloriously adolescent humour. I enjoy reading chick-lit as much or more than its male version, but I am yet to find a female writer of modern cheeky romantic farce who will make me laugh as much as the male writers do (although Jenny Colgan and Serena Mackesy at their best come pretty close). It's possible that male peccadilloes and pe...more

Read Reviews for A Certain Chemistry - Mil Mill...

A Certain Chemistry - Mil Millington: It's All Oxytocine (640 words)
by - written on 30/05/09 (Very useful, 24 readings)
Rating:

Tom is a ghost-writer, ready to step into the shoes of and give his voice to anybody from an adventure sailor to self-employed single mother. An Englishman in Edinburgh, he lives with his good-natured, sexy girlfriend Sara. He doesn't hanker after fame, but when the opportunity comes to ghost an autobiography of a big soap star, Georgina Nye, he starts looking forward to the big fee (and the prospect of new carpets in the house). Perhaps not unexpectedly, he finds himself falling into lust (or is it love?) with the gorgeous George, and thus puts his regular relationship (as well as that fee) in jeopardy. "Certain Chemistry" is one of the funniest ... Read the complete review