Holly Would Dream - Karen Quinn

Ever come to the end of a book, put it down and think that you enjoyed it much more than you "should" have done? This was this book and me. "Holly Would Dream" (see what Karen Quinn has done with the title?), is a light and innocuous romp through a rather anachronistic pre-credit crunch and Manoff scandal New York world. British readers familiar with "Sex and the City" and "Ugly Betty" and the like will find nothing too unfamiliar in the world that Karen Quinn has painted. The book is set in a fashion obsessed world where beautiful clothes are to be aspired to, even if like the main character of the book ...  Read the complete review

I took a bit of a gamble buying this book, having loved Quinn's ingenious first title, "The Ivy Chronicles", but been disappointed by the subsequent "Wife In The Fast Lane". Still, with a silly amount to spend in Waterstones courtesy of my kind colleagues in my old job, I decided to risk it. As a child, Holly would dream of living her own Hollywood dream, preferably set in the fifties, complete with wonderful fashions and debonair gentlemen. Now an adult, she has submerged herself in the world of old Hollywood glamour. She may not have the breeding and background many of her contemporaries have, but this poor girl done good is getting by ...  Read the complete review