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 Azur Like It - Wendy Holden
 Azur Like It - Wendy Holden ... pudding championships for the Slackmucklethwaite Mercury and living with Mum, Dad and Gran in a semi called Wits End. When evil tycoon Peter Hardstone takes over the paper, slashes budgets and sacks staff, Kate's career hits an all-time low. Gloom turns to glamour once Hardstone's sexy son arrives to work on the Mercury. And when Kate's sent with him to cover the glittering Cannes Film Festival, she can't believe her luck. But it's not all fun and games, behind the glitz and sunshine lies a dark mystery that is Kate's most challenging newspaper assignment yet.Newest Review: ... in a dark mystery in the south of France, while covering the Cannes film festival. This is very misleading, as she is bogged ... more ... down by the minutia of village life, her family, her strange work colleagues, WAGS, and a property developer with a wife with dodgy taste in interior design. This was so boring, and dragged on for over a hundred pages. I was waiting to get to the part based in the south of France. Eventually, she gets there, and it becomes even more unbelievable.
If you like a ripping yarn, that stretches the imagination, then you would like this book, but I found myself groaning while reading it. For instance, you are given a sc...more |
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Azur Like It - Wendy Holden: To the C'ote D'Azur and Back (787 words)
by - written on 07/09/08 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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I was pondering what book to read in the library, and on display for summer holiday reading, was Azur Like It by Wendy Holden. A No.1 Best Seller, apparently, with quite an impressive list of positives on the back cover. At 473 pages, I decided that it must be a good'en, so popped it on the counter to take away with me. I usually only read books at night, before falling asleep, so I was a bit concerned that I may take too long to read this before my expiry date. I was right to be worried! The book did not live up to its reputation. The plot line was too stupid, and the pages leading up to any action dragged. The story is a tale about a young ... Read the complete review
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