Friday 1 February 2019

Review: How to Get Ahead in Television by Sophie Cousens

This one caught my eye because of the pretty cover. I'm not sure why I missed reading it when it first came out, as I love romantic comedies, but I think it's because the original cover made it look like a different kind of book!

Poppy Penfold will do anything to get a job in television, even starting right at the very bottom as a temporary runner for RealiTV, who specialise in reality television. To win a permanent job she has to somehow beat the highly competitive Rhidian, who gets on with everyone, is totally organised, and far too good-looking for his own good...

How to Get Ahead in Television is a lot of fun. Poppy is a cute character who transforms herself from a hot mess into someone who actually knows her job, mainly by making a lot of funny mistakes along the way. I loved her mum, who is determined to steer her into a safer career, like banking, and the story is crammed full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes, many of which came straight from the author's own experience.

The only thing stopping this book from being a five star read for me is that frankly I'm too old for it! But fans of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series and Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones will love it and can give it an extra star.  

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