Author: Cindy

Jennifer Weiner’s first novel, Good In Bed, and this latest one, Certain Girls, are written from the voice of Philadelphia Jewish girl, writer, mother, and wife Cannie Shapiro. I fell in love with Good in Bed and couldn’t put it down. I ended up rereading it so that I could remember everything about Cannie.

What happens if you wake up one morning and realize that all of your dreams have magically come true overnight? This is what happened to Lexi Smart. She wakes up in a hospital to find that she doesn’t recognize herself – literally. The frizzy hair she had is gone, replaced by a sleek, shiny mane, and the lifelong nickname “Snaggletooth” just doesn’t apply anymore.

This was the first book I received from Harper Collins facebook group. I was pleasantly surprised when I was reading it. In all honesty, I didn’t think I would like it. Then I started to read it and couldn’t put it down.

This is book two. This time the book is about Darcy. Basically, it’s her story and not Rachels.

Darcy thought she had it all figured out. She knew the more beautiful the was the more of a fantastic life you had. She always got what she wanted even from when she was a young girl. She asked and she got it no question asked. Darcy didn’t care about substance, morals, karma or the rules. What Darcy wanted Darcy got was the rule of thumb. She didn’t care who she hurt as long as she got what she wanted.

Darcy’s perfect world got turned upside down by her best friend Rachel. (Rachel to her is a plain Jane and good girl.) Darcy found out that her best friend stole her fiance Dex. It was only after she told Rachel that Dex called the wedding off. We find out that Darcy cheated on Dex with his best friend Marcus and that she was pregnant with Marcus’s baby. Then she found out about Dex and Rachel.

Life with Marcus isn’t the greatest and he leaves her. Darcy finds herself for the very first time in her life alone and with a baby on the way. No idea what to do she heads to London to hang with Ethan (yes the same guy Rachel went to see) and while thinking of going to London she is thinking of staying. Once she is there Darcy resorts back to her old ways of getting what she wants. While she is there she tries to make her life what it was in NYC.

She soon discovers through Ethan’s help that the rules that she uses to live by before no longer apply. She needs to change or else. Ethan really let into her on the way she was and how she treated people. The reason she is alone with no friends to lean on.

Upon thinking of what Ethan has told her she realizes that she must begin the journey towards being self-awareness, motherhood, forgiveness, and friendship. Darcy discovers the true meaning of friendship, love, and being able to have the happy ever after.

After reading this book I truly fell in love with Darcy’s character.

I was reading a review of her new book in the paper a few weeks ago. (Love the one you’re with) It seemed like a really good book. I went out and got her previous books. You don’t have to read the previous ones. Only two books are based with the same characters. Which I have read and will review here.

I was unsure when I started to read Something borrowed if I was going to like it. I was pleasantly surprised. I really liked the book. Its a work of fiction. (Which is my fave genre of books)

Something borrowed is about a woman named Rachel. She is young attorney living on working in NYC (Manhatten). Rachel is always the good girl. She is sort of living under the shadow of her best friend Darcy. What ever Darcy wants Darcy gets. Darcy has the perfect life, career, fiance etc.

Things change for Rachel on her 30th bday. Darcy has planned her bday party. Darcy of course ends up being the center of attention. Ends of drunk and her fiance Dex (who is really Rachels friend from college) takes her home but only comes back because Darcy left her purse at the club.

Rachel introduced Darcy and Dex several years before. They are engaged and set to get married in a mere few months.

Rachel has had one too many drinks on her bday and when Dex comes back they have a few more. They leave and the next thing you know it they are in bed together. The next morning Rachel tries to put that night behind her. She feels bad for what has happened. To her it was on one off. She was drunk and she thought Dex was too. Only to find out that he really wasn’t drunk.

Rachel soon discovers that she truly has feelings for Dex and they continue to see each other. She tells Dex that if he really doesn’t love Darcy then he needs to cancel the wedding. Shortly after that she gets the invite to the wedding. (she is the maid of honor) Feeling all the pressure of being at Darcy’s beck and call and dealing with the wedding stuff she flees to London to see her friend Ethan. She goes to clear her head.

On the way home she has come to realize that Dex will marry Darcy and they he never will be her’s even though she knows he loves her and not Darcy. When she gets back from London Dex is waiting for her.

I don’t want to say much more and spoil the ending so I will stop there. I really enjoyed the book and was rooting for Rachel the whole time. Rachel is just like me in ways. I never fight for what I really want or wanted. So it was nice to see that a good person like Rachel got want she wanted or deserved.