No. 27: Miss Fortune

Miss Fortune by Julia London

I have always enjoyed London's historical novels, but I wasn't sure what to think when I started this contemporary one. Generally speaking, I dislike novels where the author makes a huge deal about the FMC being overweight but guys finding her desperately attractive anyways. It seems like the author is trying to hard to appeal to overweight readers. Or maybe that is just what it seemed like was happening in this book. The FMC's sisters are thin, her best friend is thin, and 80% of the book is the FMC talking about being fat, feeling fat, binge eating or having self esteem issues. But nevertheless, a super hot Brittish guy (whose slang is SO cliche I could hardly bear it) finds her to have an amazing body. So either this girl has some body dysmorphia or the guy likes fat chicks.

I didn't like the "secret" and that the FMC was such a doormat and so completely oblivious - which she blamed on her self esteem issues, but I thought was a direct consequence of her complete lack of common sense. I mean the entire book I wanted to smack some sense into her. Probably not the feelings the author wanted the reader to have for the main character.

So, in conclusion, I found the FMC unbearably annoying, many of the secondary characters equally if not more annoying, and the little plot devices the author used to add drama were also annoying. Or maybe I am just in a bad mood. Sometimes it is hard to tell :)