Glitz - Louise Bagshawe

*Introduction* Having read all of Louise Bagshawe's previous books, Glitz is another one that I reserved from my local library before it was released. She was the first author of chic lit that I read and has got me well and truly addicted to it. Despite reading a variety of reviews saying that they were disappointed with the book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. *About the Author* Louise Bagshawe, 37 was born in London. She went to Christ Church, Oxford studying English literature. She is married and has three children. Louise specialises in chick literature, something which I believe her to be one of the best in her field at. She is also a ...  Read the complete review

The last of my holiday reads was a chick lit one which was a welcome relief after reading the Reluctant Prophet and Cats Eye! I first read a Bagshawe book back in 2004 whilst I was travelling, I picked up "The Devil You Know" and was immediately hooked reading it in a day. I have never been a massive fan of chick lit although I do like alternating between my usual reads and stuff like this to give myself some easy enjoyable reading. I was hooked on that first book and I enjoyed several others after that. Bagshawes last couple of books however have been a bit of a disappointment, but still, I picked this up as it looked like the perfect beach ...  Read the complete review

When I first started reading Women's fiction a few years ago now, Louise Bagshawe was one of the first authors I read, and it was really her books which made me love the chick-lit genre. I have all of her earlier material on my bookshelf upstairs, and they are all fantastic stories which are so well written. Sadly her last few books have had a massive drop in quality and enjoyability, so when I heard about her latest novel, I decided I'd get it from the library instead of buying it like I usually do with her books. Athena, Juno, Diana and Venus Chambers have a life to be envied of. All 4 live off of their rich Uncle Clement's trust fund money, all being given ...  Read the complete review

Glitz is the eleventh novel from author Louise Bagshawe. The version I read was the hardback which I managed to mooch from Bookmooch. Im not going to go into the authors background, but if you are interested then check out my review on her previous book Glamour. Glitz is the story of reclusive millionaire Clement Chambers who lives on a large estate in the Seychelles. He has four nieces, who are two sets of sisters - Diana and Venus, Juno and Athena. They are all very different and not particularly close. As things stand the Chambers girls recieve a £500,000 a year trust fund from their Uncle Clement and are set to inherit his mass fortune. Each Christmas they ...  Read the complete review

Well, the weather really is turning chilly. For someone who spends her life in an ice rink that really is saying something. My absolute favourite thing to do when the cold hits the air is to sink into a bubble bath with the required chocolate, cup of tea and a good book. The better the book, the more prune-like I look at the end! I like to read my way through an authors offerings if I like something they have written and I was very excited to find that Louise Bagshawe's new novel Glitz was coming out. It has taken the book a few months to get to the top of my 'to read' pile but it finally did last week. Louise Bagshawe has written quite a few good novels ...  Read the complete review