DIVAS LAS VEGAS
BELINDA JONES
I have always loved Belinda Jones books, and I have read near enough all of her books: I Love Capri, On The road to Mr Right, The Paradise Room, Out of the Blue, The Love Acadamy, Cafe Tropicana and now Divas Las Vega. The only book of hers I have left ... Read review
Jamie and Izzy friends for ever have a dream: a spangly double wedding in Las Vegas. And ... more
at twenty-seven they decide they've had enough crap boyfriends and they're ready for crap husbands - all they have to do is find them. So where better than Las...
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== DIVAS LAS VEGAS ==
=== BELINDA JONES ===
I have always loved Belinda Jones books, and I have read near enough all of her books: I Love Capri, On The road to Mr Right, The Paradise Room, Out of the Blue, The Love Acadamy, Cafe Tropicana and now Divas Las Vega. The only book of hers I have left to read is The California Club (and the new book which she has coming out soon).
I'm not quite sure where Divas ... ...could very possibly be one of, if not, her first book.
I loved all of Jones' previous books, they have all been amazing, and have really captured my imagination, this book was very different and I must say, it isn't the best of her work.
Plot:
Izzy and Jamie have been best friends since they were little girls, for 20 years. And now at 27 they are still as close as ever. They have so much in common including ... more
DIVAS LAS VEGAS
BELINDA JONES
I have always loved Belinda Jones books, and I have read near enough all of her books: I Love Capri, On The road to Mr Right, The Paradise Room, Out of the Blue, The Love Acadamy, Cafe Tropicana and now Divas Las Vega. The only book of hers I have left to read is The California Club (and the new book which she has coming out soon).
I'm not quite sure where Divas Las Vegas comes in the line of her books, it could very possibly be one of, if not, her first book.
I loved all of Jones' previous books, they have all been amazing, and have really captured my imagination, this book was very different and I must say, it isn't the best of her work.
Plot:
Izzy and Jamie have been best friends since they were little girls, for 20 years. And now at 27 they are still as close as ever. They have so much in common including their bad luck with men.
Jamie is the narrator of the story (written in the first person), and she tells their story. When Nadine, Jamie's stuck up younger sister tells Jamie and her family she is getting married, Jamie is devastated. Why should her snotty little sister get married before her! And when she is introdced to her fiance...she is even more devastated as he is the love of Jamies life. Her first love, CJ who she met 10 years ago at theatre camp but who disappeared afterwards leaving Jamie pining for the rest of her days. But here he is now stood in her living room, and she cannot believe it.
She and Izzy have always had a dream, a double wedding in Vegas.
So when Nadine starts her wedding it seems to be the perfect time to get away from it all and swan off to Vegas to find a husband!!!
The girls very quickly get into life in Vegas and meet some new friends and potential love interests. There are some hillarious characters in the story and as with all Jones' books everything is described to the finest detail.
Without giving away the storyline, I can't really say much else about the plot, apart from that Izzy and Jamie have an amazing time in Vegas, but that soon things start getting complicated and messed up, and somewhere along the line, somebody is going to be left in tears.
Opinion: As I said earlier, I usually love Belinda Jones books, but this one doesn't stand out to me as so amazing. Maybe it is because instead of the lush cream coloured sands and bluest of blue seas, ther are twinkling lights of Las Vegas and Elvis impersonators. Vegas, in fact all of America is not somewhere I have ever wanted to visit, and it is defintely not on my travling wish list. Maybe this is why I didn't enmjoy the book as much.
Whilst the storyline is still great and interesting, and has all the twists and turns of a Jones' book,the characters are wonderful and then book is quite gripping, it is definitely not up there with the best of them. I read this book thinking it would be an amazing book as with all of her others, but I was mistaken, and I didn't enjoy it even half as much as I have the rest. As I say it's veryu possibly personal preferance which makes me not enjoy the book as much, bright lights and Vegas gambling doesn't appeal to me at all which may be what makes me not enjoy it.
I don't even have much left to say on the book, which is not like me with Belinda Jones books!!!! I am not saying this is a bad book (It is been given 4 stars afterall!), I just don't think it's as good as her other work. Still give the book ago if you like Chick Lit, but don't judge Belinda Jones by this work as the rest is 100% better! Still a strong storyline, but not as interesting as pther books I have read, you tend to be more than halfway through before something of interest starts to happen!
Advantages: Amazing story, paints a great picture, believable characters! Disadvantages: None!!!!!!
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
CAROLE MATHEWS
Carole Matthews is one of my favourite authors. Since reading a couple of her books; A compromising position, and A whiff of scandal, I have really got into her writing. This is the most recent of all her books which I have read and I am looking forward to reading many more. Her books remind me of BelindaJones work (I love Capri, DivaLasVegas, The Love Acadamy), whose books I also love.
Plot:
When Jake tells Lyssa their 4 year relationship is over, she is devastated. Their relationship has been though and stressful recently with the IVF tretment but what had she doen to deserve this?
Lyssa soon discovers Jakes real reason for the break up in the form of Everest climbing Neeve, his co-worker. Lyssa is determined to get him back but with everyone telling her she is ...
Advantages: Easy to read, lovely descriptions, pretty good story Disadvantages: Predictable
I was in Tesco whiling away the time while my mum food shopped and ended up in the book section. Whilst there I came across the new title by BelindaJones and just had to go for it really, because I think she is fabulous….
BelindaJones is a travel/fiction author, responsible for DivaLasVegas, and On The Road To Mr Right (which I reviewed in December). Her other titles include the Paradise Room, the California Club and I Love Capri.
This book, Café Tropicana is about a 30-odd year old called Ava, who lives and works in Bath. She is single and spends most of her time with her gay friend Ollie, bemoaning their boring lives and boring jobs. One day Ava gets the idea to open a coffee shop in Bath, and she is immediately motivated, seeking out the perfect venue, and mooning over décor and suchlike.
Ava’s absent father ...
Advantages: Fabulous Storyline, simple to read, great characters! Great for all ages! Disadvantages: Was a little hard to get into at first, and took me a few tries!
About Carole Matthews
I have read a few of Carole Matthews books now, but this was the first one I ever read.
For me her writing style is very much like BelindaJones? writing, if you have ever read any of her books (I Love Capri, DivasLasVegas, The Love Academy). Who is one of my favourite authors, so when I realised I loved Carole Matthews? books just as much, I started buying lots of her books!
Matthews was born in St Helen?s Merseyside (North West, UK, just up the road from where I live now in fact!), and worked in London before training to be a beauty therapist. She then started working as a television presenter and wrote a few magazine articles, and even ran her own aromatherapy practice, which actually features heavily in this book! Matthews now lives in Leighton Buzzard with her husband and cat!
Her love ...
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Product details
EAN
9780099414926
Type
Fiction
Genre
Modern Fiction
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Title
Divas Las Vegas
Author
Belinda Jones
ISBN
0099414929
Manufacturer's product description
Jamie and Izzy friends for ever have a dream: a spangly double wedding in Las Vegas. And at twenty-seven they decide they've had enough crap boyfriends and they're ready for crap husbands - all they have to do is find them. So where better than Las Vegas itself where the air is 70 per cent oxygen and 30 per cent confetti? But as they abandon their increasingly complicated lives in sleepy Devon for the eye-popping brilliance of Las Vegas their groom-grabbing plan starts to look less than foolproof. And those niggling problems they thought they'd left behind - like Izzy's fiance and the alarming reappearance of Jamie's first love - just won't go away...
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