Spellbound - Jane Green

Alice is 35 and has it all. A handsome husband Joe, a beautiful house in Belgravia and designer clothes Sarah Jessica Parker would be proud to wear. So - she *should* be happy. But she isn’t. She rolls around in her luxury house all day while hubby is out to work. Joe is a class one king rat in the womaniser department. He’s moulded Alice into what he wants her to look like – she straightens her curly hair, she dyes it blonde because he doesn't like it mousey and her expensive clothes are just an armour - she prefers jeans. He starts an affair with a work colleague and is found out by the company. To avoid further embarrassment they transfer him to another ...  Read the complete review

I know we are told not to, but I am not ashamed to say I *do* judge books but their covers, so naturally when I saw this lively pink book in my sister?s room I was convinced I would enjoy reading it. The front cover is splashed with the author?s name in large letters and ?Spellbound? contained within a mystical pink explosion surrounded by a soft lemon hue. The top edge of the cover asks, ?What would you do to make your dreams come true?? Intrigued? Read on?. PLOT SYNOPSIS The prologue bodes well; it maintains my interest and sets the scene ...  Read the complete review

Jane Green, best selling author of Straight Talking, Jemima J, Bookends, Babyville and Mr Maybe, introduces us to Alice, a lady who has it all, a plush home in the exclusive Belgravia area of London, all the designer clothing a lady could want or need, as many visits to celebrity hair and beauty salons as us working class people can only dream about, in fact I would say she leads quite a celebrity lifestyle, attending all the major "happening" functions in and around London. Alice and her husband Joe are very well known and accepted within the celebrity circle and whilst some woman would be envious of her lifestyle, Alice ...  Read the complete review

Spellbound is Jane Green?s latest novel, telling the story of Alice, who lives in a beautiful interior-designed house, has sleek, highlighted hair, a wardrobe of designer clothes and a gorgeous, rich husband. On the surface, she is calm, serene and a picture of loveliness, who has everything she could ever want, but the cracks are beginning to show. Alice isn?t a naturally elegant person. She would much rather be in jeans and a jumper, on a farm, surrounded by ducks and sheep. She feels like a fake in her Gucci clothes and Jimmy Choo kitten heels, but that?s what her husband wants, and what Joe wants, Joe gets. Which includes women. Alice buries her head in the ...  Read the complete review

I was really pleased when my dad gave me a copy of Spellbound by Jane Green, as I had already read two of her books, Mr Maybe and Straight Talking, and thought both were excellent. When I read the blurb on the back of the book, I wasn’t entirely sure this was going to be my sort of thing. I saw the word Connecticut and thought ‘Oh no’ because I am not a huge fan of novels set in America, probably, I think, because stories set in the UK are easier to identify with. I needn’t have worried though, this book turned out to be up to Jane Green’s usual high standard of writing. This is the story of Alice Chambers. To the outside world, Alice is blissfully happy, ...  Read the complete review