And I can hear Switzerland’s national anthem, breathing in the mischievous and tempting chocolate smell and I can feel “let’s meet in the middle”, this is not my favorite novel but it’s also not bad book, I’m neutral kind of three stars are coming up!

Don’t get me wrong! I love evil women’s business rivalry books: nails sharpened, fists clenched, eyes squinted, all set for a big, nasty, unfair, dirty girl fight! So Devil Wears Prada meets Sex and the City and “Bold Type” waltzes with “Hills” and “City” and “Ugly Betty” kind of vicious, smart reads with mysterious and thrilling elements seem a yummy combination for my literature test but I think mysterious and thrilling part were overshadowed in this book and I felt I got trapped in Margot’s head and her emotional turmoil kept repeating itself, so much words flew in the pages to express one common feeling which slowed down the pace and I lost my interest eventually.


But to be fair, the second part of the book’s pace was faster and even though the progression of the story changed into different direction than I expected, it was still interesting and moving. So I gave 2.5 stars to the first half and 3.5 stars of the second half. My average is: 3 stars

Let’s take a quick look to the blurb to know more about three women’s intercepted stories. (I already admitted, I am not a big fan of Margot! Or the way she expresses her feelings!)

We meet successful fashion editor magazine Margot who is about to take her maternal leave and her best friend Winnie was also pregnant but she lost her child after giving her birth and now she isolated herself from the outside world and she doesn’t want to see Margot. And Margot also has insecurities to be replaced by younger woman with fresh vision and tons of ambitions to help her climbing career ladder. And Maggie comes into the picture as a candidate for the work, trying her best to take Margot’s place.

And poor Margot starts to deal with the cyber bullying: someone knows her so well and her secrets about her past!

So we read about those three women’s feelings and their anxious, paranoid actions, their fears and insecurities. ( We became something between their confession booth and shrink) I mostly
understand their motives, their mistakes and the reason behind their actions but they really annoyed the hell out of me so many times.

Overall: I got bored at the first half and second half of the book was promising! I still had hard time to connect with the characters and I wish some chapters may been edited or omitted because I found it too much wordy for my taste and I expected some story more thrilling from the great start of the book but I got mostly chic lit, women’s fiction. I enjoyed the writing mostly but it’s still too light and not dark or intense enough for my huge thriller appetite.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books to share this interesting ARC with me in exchange my honest review.

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Trigger warning: This book talks about child loss. It also has graphic scenes of sexual abuse.

I feel all the publicity surrounding this book didn't do it a favour.
It was presented as new hot tense thriller when in reality we got mediocre women's fiction with few thriller/mystery elements.

The story is written in three parts, following three different perspectives: Margot's, Maggie's and Winnie's.

In the first part nothing really happened, except that we met everyone in the story. It was pretty boring.

The second part was my favourite and the one most interesting. That part is the one that stayed with me for weeks after I finished the book.

The last part was one where everything happened and it was okay, even though I wasn't the fan of the way the story developed, and I predicted the bad guy all along.

The writing style was good, it was easy to follow and enjoyable.

Overall, this was The New Girl was a good novel, but I expected more.
Would I still recommend it? Definitely.82 s4 comments Ceecee2,337 1,943

Margot Jones has a dream job as a writer for fashion magazine Haute. She’s expecting her first child as is her friend from school Winnie Clough though tragically her baby boy dies shortly after birth with terrible repercussions on their friendship. Maggie Beeches is Margot’s maternity cover and the story is told from the perspective of the three women.

The book is divided into three parts, the first is definitely a slow burner but by part 2 the pace ramps up and by the third it builds and builds and then socks you a great big wallop between the eyes. This is a very well written novel and conveys the rawness of the stultifying grief of the loss of a much wanted child and shows how this overshadows lives which contrasts well with Margot’s overwhelming love and joy when her baby Lila is born. The first half is tantalising as it’s clear that there’s something dark in Winnie and Margot’s past friendship and it also shows Margot’s deepening anxiety and insecurity which is fuelled by Maggie’s success in her cover role and by some unsavoury cyber bullying directed at her. Margot’s fears as a first time mother, all the stress due to lack of sleep which contrasts vividly with the high old time that Maggie is having at Haute which stokes jealousy and anger. In the second part which features Winnie, you come to understand Margot better and appreciate where her deep seated insecurity lies following new girl starting at their school. Helen becomes a manipulative cuckoo in their friendship nest and what unfolds between them is cruel and humiliating for Margot. This section is very pacy and quite dark. The finale is fantastic as everything that you can see escalating comes to a very surprising head and oh boy, is there ever tension, you can almost touch it! The conclusion is good as tragedy leads to reconciliation and a moving forward and I that positivity.

Overall, I enjoyed this one, it’s definitely slow at the start but as you get deeper into the storyline that all makes sense and you understand the reasons why and it provides a good counterpoint to later plot development.
Ps. I really the fashion elements. Who wouldn’t love some designer goodies? I’ll have a Chanel jacket (UK 8), a Prada handbag and some Manolos size 5 please. Thanks.
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