Pretty Things - Sarra Manning

'Indie-emo hybrid' Charlie has decided that he and his best friend, wannabe-footballer's wife-type Brie - who thinks Charlie should be her boyfriend and doesn't believe that he's gay - will be spending their summer avoiding boredom and trying to get the best roles in the play their drama workshop in Camden will be putting on. Daisy is a lesbian, serious about acting, and learning to express herself through art. Infamous heartbreaker Walker wants to be a film director and wants to find out what it's like to be an actor. But Walker, having gotten on the bad side of Lavinia, is picked as the male lead. Brie is the female lead, and is terrified. She doesn't ...  Read the complete review

I read this book quite a while ago, and found it to be a really good read. It doesn't have the most intricate of plots, but sometimes it's nice to read a simple book that doesn't take to much thought. Well here is the basic plot. Brie is in love with her gay best friend Charlie. Charlie is in love with walker, a gorgeous yet sleazy heartbreaker who is very much straight. Walker is in love with Daisy, a lesbian that seems to hate the world. She also has a girlfriend. The four of them sign up for a theatre group in the summer holidays and this is how they all come together. When Brie and Charlie get in a fight, they stop talking and Charlie ...  Read the complete review