Everly, the heroine of Fat Girl Begone! is the most relatable heroine I’ve read in ages. She yo-yo diets and she totally does not have her s*** together. She’s smart and hard-working, though, and she deserves so much better than the a-hole who dumps her at the beginning of the book for dieting too much - not for being fat, but basically for inconveniencing him with her lifestyle. Let’s face it, we’ve all had one of those days when drowning in a bottle of tequila sounds like a

This is a charming romantic comedy in the vein of Bridget Jones Diary or Asking For Trouble, two of my all-time favourite chick-lits. The book is written in the first person from the perspective of Ashley, an aspiring TV presenter with a fatal flaw of terminal clumsiness. The story hinges on her complete inability to cook, but her determination to get a job as a TV chef anyway is endearing, and her willingness to work her butt off to get what she wants is admirable. Without g