| Chloe Rose has known what she wants to be ever since
she was a little girl - a shoe editor at a magazine. Issue's
magazine to be exact -- she's always read it. Well, she's always
looked at the pictures. She didn't really notice the articles, but
she loves the magazine enough that when she gets a job as the
assistant's assistant she's thrilled. It doesn't matter that she
ended up interviewing for the promotional department rather than the
editorial department by mistake. Or that no one there seems to like her
very much. Or that her
boss is out to get her and seems to want to steal her ideas -- after eating her
lunch every day. Chloe is a sweet, naive, honest girly-girl who is
charming and ditzy yet brilliant in her own way. I fell for her
instantly, and loved the way she identified her shortcomings while not
even being aware that they were shortcomings. How can you not love
a girl who talks to her shoes? Stan couldn't -- from the first
time he heard her talking to shoes while she was locked in the shoe
closet [yes, Issue's magazine has a shoe closet] he was in love with
her.
The story basically follows Chloe and her beloved family and friends
through her adventures at Issue's Magazine in first person format.
That may not sound very exciting, but it's the dialogue, both inside and
outside Chloe's head that will keep you riveted to this book. Her
relationships with others are unique to say the least, but I doubt any
of you could honestly say that you've never thought some of the things
she thinks. She's not gifted with a very long attention span and
tends to misinterpret, well, almost everything, causing many situations
that made me laugh out loud.
Many chic lit books lately have been making me yawn, but it's finding
a gem like this one that makes me keep reading them. I finished
the book yesterday and still find myself chuckling at situations, or
wondering which pair of shoes Chloe would wear with a certain outfit.
I felt like I made a friend in Chloe, and I'm looking forward to
visiting her again in her sister Zoe's book.
Reviewed by Sue Waldeck for the Road to Romance
July 24, 2005 |
