Naked in Knightsbridge - Nicky Schmidt

I heard about "Naked in Knightsbridge" quite a few months ago now but it was only last week that I actually got around to buying it. It was definitely an eye-opener . . . the story of a girl who is not doing particularly well in life . . . and things just seem to be continuing in a downward spiral. Jools is in debt. Tons and TONS of debt. This is due to her cleaning business going (quite literally) up in flames, and a business loan she can't afford to pay back. It's not long before Jools finds herself homeless and desperate - the only option seems to be to sell herself off as a wife to the ... more

My Opinion I recently purchased this book from Amazon, as I have a slightly unhlealthy obsession with the romantic genre - largely because I like to escape into someone else's romantic story (particularly when mine isn't going so well). I think it's the fact that at heart I'm a romantic - although I would never admit this to friends - and these kind of novels help me to indulge my secret passion in a creative way. However, when I got down to reading this novel, I found myself getting incredibly frustrated and fed up, as it was not the book that I had anticipated and I felt extremely let down ... more