The Chocolate Run is the 2nd novel by Dorothy Koomson. She is best known for her novel 'My Best Friends Girl' which was listed in the Richard & Judy Summer Reading selection. The book I am reviewing was re released in February 2008 on the back of her success. I have previously read, enjoyed and reviewed 'My Best Friends Girl' which led me to read 'The Chocolate Run'. My expectations for this book were lower, primarily because it had been released prior to 'My Best Friends Girl' and had not been as successful. Although this book lacked the emotion and deep drama of the other novel I did still find it an enjoyable read. ~ ~The Story~ ...  Read the complete review

The Chocolate Run is the third book I have read by Dorothy Koomson following My Best Friend's Girl and Marshmallows for Breakfast. This book is an earlier offering and I have to admit that at first I did not think I was going to enjoy it so much - it was a bit of a slow starter for me but by about half way through I was really hooked! It's a book that's well worth sticking with! The book is told by the main character Amber Salpone. She is a thirty something with real commitment problems mainly due to a troubled upbringing which saw her witness the disintegration of her parent's own marriage. No relationship has lasted with Amber - that is until she gets ...  Read the complete review

I should have known that I would run out of books to read on holiday - I'd taken five with me, but 1 day before we flew home I'd finished my very last one. Luckily, the hotel had a "library" of sorts where you can go and pick up/swap books that you have read whilst out there for something someone else had left. Unluckily, a lot of them were not in English or I'd either read them or had no interest in reading them. Then I spotted this book by Dorothy Koomson. I've seen her ice-cream coloured books everywhere, and the latest of her books always seems to appear on ReadItSwapits most popular books category. Yet, I'd never been tempted. As it seemed ...  Read the complete review

I've read all of Dorothy Koomson's books now, having finally got round to reading "The Chocolate Run". She's one of those authors that I didn't expect to like, initially imagining her writing would be fluffy and "chick lit" . But after finally succumbing to the hype that surrounded "Marshmallows for Breakfast", I've discovered a writer who largely creates realistic and down-to-earth stories that I find myself caught up in. I would say that "The Chocolate Run" is definitely not my favourite Dorothy Koomson novel (but definitelynot the worst), however I still found I largely enjoyed the story and always wanted to know what was going .  Read the complete review

After managing to (almost!) get through the pile of new books I have received over Christmas and my birthday, I finally found myself able to start on some of my "borrowed" books, that my younger sister seems to send up on a daily basis, this being one of them. The book in question is "The chocolate run" by Dorothy Koomson. Amber doesn't mean to keep sleeping with her best friend Greg, it just seems to happen, and with regularity too! It's not too serious anyway, so why should they tell anyone else, I mean he's a male tart sleeping with anything that has a pulse, and she is a complete commitment-phobe! She ...  Read the complete review