Everyone Worth Knowing is written by author Lauren Weisberger. Lauren is probably better known for her book The Devil Wears Prada. I must confess that I haven't read this book but did see the film and this is what prompted me to read this book of hers. Everyone Worth Knowing was published back in 2005 however it did not reach the popularity or sales figures of her debut book The Devil Wears Prada.

The book tells the story of Bette Robinson who is a single lady living in New York City working for an investment bank. Her life style is a far cry from her upbringing with her parents who are portrayed in the book as vegan hippies! Bette's wealthy gay uncle and his boyfriends live in New York as well and she often visits their penthouse apartment, these visits and her book club meeting seem to be her only social life.

Bette suddenly decides to quite her job in the bank as she has had enough of all the restrictions and long working hours. Her uncle finds her a job with one of his friends working as a party planner at a top PR company. Bette stands out like a sore thumb in the workplace as they are all dressed in chic designer clothes and Bette had let herself go a bit in the fashion department! From here on Bette is thrust in to the glamorous world of New York, planning parties, dealing with the rich and famous and soon it becomes her whole lifestyle. Unfortunately along the way she loses touch with close friends and family who do not like the changes they are seeing in her, especially when she strikes up a relationship with a notorious playboy!

I had high hopes for this book after seeing The Devil Wears Prada but it was no where near as scandalous and cutting edge as I thought it would be. You cannot help but like the character of Bette and feel somewhat sorry for her with the situations that she gets herself in to. The author certainly has a talent in creating and making you believe in the characters and you really do feel a part of Bette's life. Bette seems to be playing a constant moral dilemma in her life and it is not really something most people can associate with. Her glamorous lifestyle involves her being surrounded by women who seem to live on lettuce leaves and diet coke and most people doing ridiculous amounts of drugs. It is all a case of who you know and what you know and it is a very shallow life to lead. She has wonderful friends and family and they come second to her career but she soon realises the error in her ways so I guess we can all learn a lesson from this.

I must admit that I am not usually one for really 'girly' books and prefer something that makes me think a bit more and has more of a twisted. I did however quite enjoy reading this as it was a bit of light hearted escapism. The characters in the book are well portrayed and very varied so you don't really get bored of the same old New York stereotype. The story is however quite predictable in places and I did find this a bit tiresome. If you are into programmes like Sex in the City and other American it girl and high flying lifestyles then I would say definitely give this a go! If this is not your kind of thing then it may be an idea to give it a miss! It did me though for a bedtime read and when I finished the book it had a lovely, if somewhat predictable ending but I had a smile on my face!