- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (February 5, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312376669
- ISBN-13: 978-0312376666
Warning: don't read this book if you are a recovering chocoholic. By the end of the first few chapters I was fending off some serious chocolate cravings and spending way too much time thinking about my perfect chocolate (Ghirardelli Intense Dark Twilight Delight, with 72% cacao, if you must know.)
Chocolate is the shared obsession and preferred panacea for the group of friends featured in this entertaining novel: Lucy, the zany Bridget Jonesy first-person narrator, kicks the story off with the latest antics of her faithless boyfriend and introduces the rest of the cast: Nadia, a stay-at-home mom with a spendthrift husband; Chantal, an American with a wealthy but distant husband; and Autumn, whose ne'er do well brother has shown up at her door, bringing some serious trouble along with him. The group has not only a deep love of chocolate, but some serious man trouble in common.
Although the perspective shifts to follow the rest of the group, Lucy is the novel's comedic common thread and ensures that no serious plotline will derail the ultimate (mostly) happy ending each woman deserves. I finished the book with a smile on my face, wishing only that a delicious place like Chocolate Heaven existed in my neighborhood (although my waistline and bank balance would both suffer for it!)
- Genre: Choco-chick lit
- Read it if: you love Bridget Jones, chocolate, and comeuppance delivered with maximum comedic effect
- Skip it if: you insist all fiction conform to reality
- Movie-worthy: could be a very fun flick, but only if they handed out free chocolate at the door
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