Playing Away - Adele Parks Reviews

"I'm married," I said. "I'm a tart," John smiled Both the defence and the challenge. I. Simply. Can't. Resist Connie lives a happy and normal life - a 9-5 job, a group of brilliant friends, and a fantastic husband she's been happily married to for only a year. But then she meets John Harding, the ...  Read the complete review

Over the years, I've become quite a fan of the chick-lit and bloke-lit genres. It's one of those guilty pleasures, in which you know every time you pick the book up that you should be reading something with a bit more depth but you just don't quite have the will power to let go. Fortunately, I think I may just have found the book to cure my ...  Read the complete review

A while ago, whilst looking on amazon.co.uk, I came across a special offer for 3 books (Larger Than Life, Game Over and Playing Away) by northern author Adele Parks. The first one I read, is this one, 'Playing Away'. The book promised to be a close up look at having an affair, but the design of the book did not make me think that it would ...  Read the complete review

I had been told by two friends that this was the best book they had ever read, so I was excited to see this in the library and borrow it. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to the hype. The cover boasts that reading the book will be the closest you will get to having an affair, without actually having one. I don't think so. ...  Read the complete review

One of the worst books that I have ever read! The story tells of how Connie has been married to Luke for a year and is now finding it hard to stay faithful. She meets John at a conference and just can’t keep her hands off him. Although she manages to use warped logic to explain why what she is doing is ok (she didn’t sleep ...  Read the complete review

A friend at work lent me Playing Away by Adele Parks to take on holiday with me. She had thoroughly enjoyed it and suggested I would too. The book is about a group of 30 somethings and the fun, problems and everyday occurences they have during their highly entertaining lives. I think the book was very well written and true to life, you really ...  Read the complete review