A Night In With Audrey Hepburn (Book 1)

To me chick lit is funny, heart warming, entertaining, and while the protagonist finds herself in silly situations people care about her, and don't hold her silliness against her. I feel good after reading Sophie Kinsella. I read this book because the reviews compared this author to Kinsella. There are some good points, protagonist has a couple of good friends who love her. Parts with Audrey Hepburn were enjoyable to read. But the humor is mean spirited, and protagonist is routinely humiliated in nasty ways. Her father ignores her, her mother and sister treat her as a slave often though the sister does seem to care about her rarely. Lucy has very low self worth and accepts the routine humiliations and abuse from everyone without a whimper. I hope she grows in future books but the spa incident that was tweeted was so mean and nasty I stopped reading and deleted this book. Started reading second in series to see if protagonist gets some self worth, but she just sleeps around looking for love and that made me feel sorry for her, not laugh. So will not be reading anymore by this author. The author seems to have little respect or liking for her own protagonist. I would swear this was a male writer exhibiting his misogyny but disguising it with weak mean spirited humor. Or else the author hates herself!

Disclaimer: I didn't know this was the beginning of a series, so the ending was a huge let down. That said, this book is hysterical. So funny at times, it's almost slapstick. I adore Libby and the adorable Olly, as well as the spot-on characterization of Audrey Hepburn. Just reading about her made me want to be more stylish. As I said, the ending is a let down, but Holliday's next book comes out this fall (I think), so you won't have to wait too long ...

I LOVED this book. It was quirky and witty and smart. I enjoyed the ridiculous situations Libby gets into, and very much enjoyed the fantastic dialogue and banter between characters. The characters were unique and had depth. The story progressed at a wonderful pace. I couldn't put this book down. Thank you Lucy, for writing a realistic heroine and hilarious heroine!

If you’re a fan of Sophie Kinsella/Madeleine Wickham you’ll love this author. The premise is cute and you can’t help but fall in love with the adorkable Libby.

The best setting I've read all year! An extremely tiny apartment (half the size it was supposed to be!) with a misplaced vintage couch and an appearing Audrey Hepburn… are you sold yet? This book had me laughing out loud! (Libby's kumquat martini request still makes me smirk!) What's more, Audrey's dialogue seemed spot-on and brought a charming aspect to an otherwise hilarious book. Can't wait for a night in with Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly!