Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin

*****THE SYNOPSIS***** Rachel Miller and Darcy Rhone have been best friends since childhood. They've shared birthdays, the horrors of high school and even boyfriends, but while Darcy is the sort of woman who breezes through life getting what she wants when she wants it, Rachel has always played by the rules and watched her stunning best friend steal the limelight. The one thing Rachel's always had over Darcy is the four-month age-gap which meant she was first to being a teenager, first to drive, first to everything ...but now she's about to be first to thirty. And Darcy still has a charmed life. On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Rachel is ...  Read the complete review

Is it ever right to sleep with a friends man? I've just finished this book having churned through it in 2 days travel to and from work, and I found it difficult to put down. While this undoubtablely falls into the 'chick lit' category, the storyline is rather darker than your average girly novel and you can't guess what the outcome will be until the very last chapter. The story is told through a 30 year old sucessful female lawyer living in New York, Rachel. Her best friend from school is Darcy, 4 months her junior. Despite herself being an independant woman with a 6 figure salary, great friends and the means to spend summer weekends in the ...  Read the complete review

This was a book I got for Christmas and I was actually really looking forward to read this as it seemed right up my street for a trashy chick-lit novel. THE STORY ------ Rachael is a 29 year old single woman working for a top law firm in New York. Her 30th birthday is creeping up on her so fast that she suddenly realises she hasn't really done much with her life. She hasn't had wild one night stands with random men she met at a bar, she hasn't had those out of control relationships that are passionate but will never work and she's never really been spontaneous. Her child-hood best friend, Darcy, has done all of those things and her 30th birthday ...  Read the complete review