When Edie is found in a compromising position at a colleague's wedding, stories spread, facts are twisted, and soon she's being ostracized at work and bullied online. To avoid making work even more uncomfortable, her boss suggests that she take a writing job in Nottingham (her home town, incidentally), ghostwriting an autobiography for Elliot Owen, the hot, young lead for the TV show, Blood and Gold. Once in Nottingham, Edie stays with her family in the house she grew up in. She not only has to contend with Elliot who appears to be somewhat spoiled and selfish - but living with her ailing, widowed father and vegan, sour-puss sister (who never moved out) and dealing with the continuous fallout from her colleague's wedding has her questioning who she is. Who’s that girl? Edie is ready to find out.
I LOOOOOVED this book. Seriously. You have no idea how much I wish Blood and Gold was a real TV show. Sounded like Game of Thrones but better (if that's even possible, lol). The characters were fantastic too! Very believable – it felt like they were real. It's been a long time since I've genuinely fallen in love with the hero in a book. At most, I'm usually amused by the hero, or grow to like him. But I loooooved Elliot Owen. I wish he were real. Mhairi McFarlane is an excellent writer. I'm fascinated by the dialogue in her books. She touches on some major issues, such as infidelity, suicide, adoption, etc, but the dialogue is never cheesy, over the top or dramatic. This will likely be a book I will read again and again. (CK)
Find out how not to act at a wedding in Who's That Girl?, by Mhairi McFarlane. The summary says: "When Edie is caught in a compromising position at her colleagues' wedding, all the blame falls on her - turns out that personal popularity in the office is not that different from your schooldays. Shamed online and ostracised by everyone she knows, Edie's forced to take an extended sabbatical - ghostwriting an autobiography for hot new acting talent, Elliot Owen. Easy, right? Wrong. Banished back to her home town of Nottingham, Edie is not only dealing with a man who probably hasn't heard the word 'no' in a decade, but also suffering an excruciating regression to her teenage years as she moves back in with her widowed father and judgy, layabout sister. When the world is asking who you are, it's hard not to question yourself. Who's that girl? Edie is ready to find out." Who's That Girl? is out in April 2016.