Marshmallows for Breakfast - Dorothy Koomson

Marshmallows for Breakfast is the second book I have read by Dorothy Koomson. Earlier this year I read her novel 'My Best Friend's Girl' which I absolutely adored so I was very keen to read this one and it did not disappoint! It is the sort of book which should appeal to you if you like reading about people and relationships but it is definitely not 'chick lit'! The main character in the book is Kendra. Things have happened in her past which still ...
...pronounces that her's tastes of marshmallows - hence the title! The breakfast theme runs throughout the book, with every few chapters sectioned off under something else that you might have for breakfast. I have to admit that I wasn't sure of the significance of all these! Overall though this is an excellent book which I enjoyed from the first page. It was an emotional read and a book that made you think, but overall it is a very uplifting book and ...

kingfisher111 23.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Marshmallows for Breakfast - Dorothy Koomson

Marshmallows for breakfast is the 3rd book I have read by Dorothy Koomson and it is her follow up novel to the successful My Best Friends Girl which I thoroughly enjoyed. The main character in the story is Kendra Tamale and she has just returned to the UK from Australia. We find out from flashbacks and snippets of information that are fed to us throughout the book that something has happened to her out there and she left the country in a rush. Further ...
...in the UK and was her reason for moving to Australia in the first place. These secrets' become apparant at the end of the book. Although these secrets and flashbacks are an integral part of the book and build up the suspense throughout the read, it runs alongside Kendras current life. When Kendra arrives back in the UK she rents a house from Kyle, a recently seperated dad of two. His children, Summer and Jaxon, soon latch on to Kendra and a friendship ...

kirkytracy 09.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Marshmallows for Breakfast - Dorothy Koomson

I read one of Dorothy Koomson's earlier novels, "My Best Friend's Girl", a while ago and was literally sobbing my way throughout the very first chapter! As it happened, I didn't feel that the rest of the novel lived up to the opening (or to the hype) but I did come away with the feeling that I'd like to read some more of the author's work in future. I picked 'Marshmallows for Breakfast' from a charity shop a few months ago and started reading it ...
...on my bedside cabinet, unfinished, despite repeated attempts to get into the story. From an avid (and very quick) book reader like myself, that is not a good sign! Fortunately, I have managed to force myself to finish it as I really hate to leave a book unfinished. The story centres around Kendra Temale who has recently returned to England from Australia (for reasons that are only hesitantly revealed much later in the book.) She rents a flat from ...

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Review of Marshmallows for Breakfast - Dorothy Koomson

Dorothy Koomson first came to my attention last year when her novel "My Best Friend's Girl" was one of Richard and Judy's Summer Reads 2006. I adored that story and when I saw in Waterstones that she had another book coming out, I went straight in and bought it, and I am glad I did. It was one of the most moving stories I have read for a long time, wonderfull, sensitively written, and a joy to read. The author Dorothy Koomson has been writing since ...
...She grew up in London and went to University at Leeds. She finally got her big break writing for magazines. Her first novel The Cupid Effect was her first published book, but it was her third book My Best Friends Girl was a runaway success after Richard and Judy. Dorothy, like Kendra in the novel, also lived in Sydney, Australia until recently when she came back to the UK. Now to the novel. The book follows one main character, a black female called ...

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I got this book out of the library after having enjoyed two of Dorothy Koomson's previous books, I was looking forward to getting my teeth into a good book and losing myself in an interesting plot and story but sadly this never happened with this book and I found myself disappointed. **Dorothy Koomson.** I've read many of her books including My Best Friend's Girl which was a huge hit after Richard and Judy promoted it. This book left a bit of an ...
...it I think about it so that's always a sure sign of a well written book as far as I am concerned. I also enjoyed her book The Cupid Effect and I have Chocolate Run waiting for me on my bookshelf to read next. Her writing style tends to always describe the characters very well so you really get to understand where they're coming from which is what I like. She tends to write about families and ethnic minorities. I have just opened the book to try to ...

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Review of Marshmallows for Breakfast - Dorothy Koomson

After reading another of Dorothy Koomson's novels "My Best Friend's Girl" - a book which I very much enjoyed after it MADE me want to read more, even after crying when reading it! - I decided to try Koomson's new offering.....''Marshmallows for Breakfast''. '''What’s the Story?''' The premise featured on the back of the book offers me hints of an undisclosed secret/scandal that ruins somebody’s life in a very dramatic way - it hints of some kind ...
...wanted to read. '''Characters''' The story centres on Kendra Tamale, a lady who has recently returned to England from Australia, the reason why is not given until the very end, I suppose this is too make you carry on reading the book! (Not much else does!) Enter Kyle Gadsborough, a single Dad who struggling to cope with two six year old twins who are missing their mother. Kendra rents a flat off Kyle, which is conveniently situated as an annexe in ...

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I was very disappointed by this book. The author received a great deal of hype after being selected for the Richard and Judy shortlist with her previous book. I didn\'t read that but was expecting great things from this. Unfortunately, I found it offputting from the very start. It opens with a flashback which I couldn''t really understand - and I don''t think I'm unusually thick - but as a result I kept expecting something (I won't say what because ...
...her past. When it eventually did, and the confusion was explained, I realised what was going on - but that was about two thirds of the way through! The main protagonist was fairly irritating - no a character you could warm to. The ending was predictable but pointlessly drawn out. The action was verrrry slow. The portrayal of the children was quite nice - but I can't help feeling that this is what the author is maxxing out on because the last book ...

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