2nd June 2016, Mira, 384 pages, Ebook, Review copy
Content: some strong language, adult situations, lots of humour,
Summary from Harlequin
Like everyone in New York media, editor Liz Buckley runs on cupcakes,
caffeine and cocktails. But at thirty-one, she's plateaued at Paddy Cakes, a glossy baby magazine that flogs thousand-dollar strollers to entitled, hypercompetitive spawn-havers.
Liz
has spent years working a gazillion hours a week picking up the slack
for coworkers with kids, and she's tired of it. So one day when her
stress-related nausea is mistaken for morning sickness by her
bosses—boom! Liz is promoted to the mommy track. She decides to run with
it and plans to use her paid time off to figure out her life: work,
love and otherwise. It'll be her "meternity" leave.
By day, Liz
rocks a foam-rubber belly under fab maternity outfits. By night, she
dumps the bump for karaoke nights and boozy dinners out. But how long
can she keep up her charade…and hide it from the guy who might just be
The One?
As her "due date" approaches, Liz is exhausted—and
exhilarated—by the ruse, the guilt and the
feelings brought on by a
totally fictional belly-tenant…about happiness, success, family and the
nature of love.
Nayu's thoughts
Despite in no way approving of what Liz does I loved this
read because it was rather funny. The sheer lengths Liz goes keep her ridiculous secret is
insane, and every day of her life I expect someone to guess the
truth. She really struggles at woek, and I think fear of the unknown
held her back from simply quitting her horrendous job and getting a
new one, and embarking on a huge lie which could cost her her job. It
did help her see life from a new perspective, really think about what
she wants her future to be like, as well as understand more about being pregnant. This happened through the daily app messages at the start of
each chapter which occasionally had me searching online to read up on the
latest symptom of pregnancy, as well as laugh at the absurd baby
smile metre; when the truth gets recealed in a dream I find it
hilarious!
I felt sorry for Liz because due to work pressure in the
past she has neglected her mother when she needed support. Family
should always come first but I understand that Liz was afraid to say
no as there's a bias towards being childfree at her job. She
manages to make several mistakes in her life, including areas of
romance, whih led to me thinking she was an idiot multiple times,
more so at the end when that area of her life went haywire.
Communication is the key!
I found her friend Jules amusing, and look
out for an unexpected friendship of sorts forming with an at first
hated work colleague, which helps the end be a positive one for Liz.
Worth a reread when I want something light with occassnal serious
moments.
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