Sweet, bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules. And the number one rule is that good-natured fat girls like her don’t get guys like gorgeous, handsome William, heir to Neve’s heart since university. But William’s been in LA for three years, and Neve’s been slimming down and re-inventing herself so that when he returns, he’ll fall head over heels in love with the new, improved her.
So she’s not that interested in other men. Until her sister Celia points out that if Neve wants William to think she’s an experienced love-goddess and not the fumbling, awkward girl he left behind, then she’d better get some, well, experience.
What Neve needs is someone to show her the ropes, someone like Celia’s colleague Max. Wicked, shallow, sexy Max. And since he’s such a man-slut, and so not Neve’s type, she certainly won’t fall for him. Because William is the man for her… right?
Somewhere between losing weight and losing her inhibitions, Neve’s lost her heart – but to who?
Like other Sara Manning books this one was slow to start off with, but don’t let the leisurely start put you off. It’s funny when you get in to it and you can’t help warming to the lead character; Neve. Neve has food issues that I can relate to. She’s lost an immense amount of weight in a hope that being a size 10 will make other people view her differently and her happy. She’s in love with a guy who she was at Uni with, he hasn’t seen her for three years but he’s due back in a few months. The story is about how Neve feels that she needs to have dating and relationship experience so that when William comes back from the States she wouldn’t make any mistakes. That really does sum up Neve’s low self esteem, she’s been bullied all her life about her weight, burying her nose in a book to escape real life. Neve meets Max and they embark on quite a hilarious pancake relationship, but Max has his own issues. I’m rating this as a must read.
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