"A Girl's Best Friend" (AGBF) is the third and final part of the A Girl series by Lindsey Kelk. By the time I saw it in the bookstores I didn't even have to read the blurb before I was sold. The first book, "About A Girl" (AAG), was really special for me, because it taught me that if you have to plan out every single detail of your life, you might just be in the wrong plan. The second one, "What A Girl Wants", (WAGW) was equally meaningful in the sense that you don't want people in life who only treats you as an option until something better comes along. The third one here pretty much wrapped everything together with a nice Christmas bow, because it's about being and staying true to yourself when the going gets real tough.
"I'm not saving the world, I'm not curing cancer. Should I stop?"
Before I scare the new audience of this series away, let me just say that AGBF can be read as a standalone. But of course, I highly recommend reading the whole thing, because Kelk is a master of the ROFLMAO writing style without missing a touch of chicness. Plus her characters are, albeit stereotypical (city girls, mean girls, gay best friends and broody love interests), uber colorful and comically flawed in their own idiosyncrasies.
So to give a brief summary, AGBF picks up from the last time we saw Tess, where she left her decade-long advertising job to chase after her dreams in professional photography. Now she's a bit in a rut, with the lack of well-paying gigs and little to show for her portfolio, plus lonely to say the least: She's stuck in miserable London while her best friend Amy is busy running the world in glamorous New York City. So when the opportunity comes to visit her BFF over Christmas, she went for it. And that's where the whirlwind of events begin, including the final verdict on whether Tess is #TeamCharlie or #TeamNick.
AGBF basically the perfect Christmas gift for your sisters and girlfriends, because Tess is easy and so much fun to follow, relatable in every way, yet etches permanent inspiration in your memory (it took two whole years for me to wait since WAGW came out) - in career and in life. I love her so much I'm making a separate post here on the blog that details some of my favorite excerpts from the book. Added to the memorable protagonist, Kelk just makes it look so easy to write dialogues that flow naturally, as if she's just recording real conversations that happened between her girlfriends. The pace wasn't too fast or too slow, as it sometimes does with plot-driven stories or well-written proses respectively. It felt like it's just the right combination of luck and grit to achieve the level of happiness any twenties-to-thirties girl would have been aspiring after in this day and age, cherry-on-topped with the kind of romance you'd never thought you could have, all penned by Kelk in such opportune pacing from the start of Tess's journey in AAG.
Definitely an unforgettable summer beach read, or snuggle-under-blanket-while-it's-cold-outside read, whichever part of the world you're living in.
Love, Stace
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