- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: ALLISON & BUSBY (4 Aug 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749007273
- ISBN-13: 978-0749007270
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 99,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'The perfect accompaniment to a long flight or lazy Sunday afternoon cocktail' Grazia
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Is love really more important than lip gloss? Hannah Atkins - the girl most likely to be sporting streaky fake tan and a wobbly trail of liquid eyeliner - has bluffed her way into the position of beauty editor at "Gloss" magazine. Just as she's carving a path into the gorgeous world of guerrilla air kisses, she reads about her boyfriend and another girl in the gossip pages of the local newspaper. Then she gets dumped. By text. Vowing to claw back some dignity and make her ex regret what he's done, Hannah adopts some hardcore rules - look fabulous, act fabulous, steer clear of unsuitable men. But as her resolution starts to slip away, she finds herself having to decide on more important things than the perfect mascara. The sassy and hilarious debut novel from a former Cosmo beauty editor, "Air Kisses" is the ultimate feel-good read about life, love and lipstick.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very entertaining,
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This review is from: Air Kisses (Paperback)
Hannah Atkins has felt like a fraud ever since getting a job as beauty editor at a chic and trendy fashion magazine. Every day she struggles to fit in and to look like she's the perfect choice for the job. At least her realtionship seems to be ok, that is until she suspects her boyfriend of cheating and he breaks-up with her. Soon Hannah stumbles from one crazy (and sometimes stupid) situation with the wrong kind of guy into another.
Will Hannah manage to get her love life back on track and will she finally start making smarter choices? When I started with "Air Kisses" I hoped for a light-hearted story that would make me laugh and that's exactly what I got. Right from the first pages on I enjoyed reading about Hannah, her job and her friends. Reading about her love life was at times frustrating because she did some dumb things but who doesn't. I liked that Hannah's work at the fashion magazine was not portrayed like for example in "Devil wears Prada" and that it was more like a normal job (of course with some very nice and extravagant extras). I enjoyed that Hannah throughout the book grew comfortable in her job and didn't change too much. At the end of the book she was still the same clumsy Hannah just more glamorous, self-confident and happy. It took her a long time to realize what's good for her and I had to take some situations she stumbled in not too serious because otherwise I would have been furious with how careless she was. By just taking Hannah the way she was (all stupid actions and flaws) I was able to enjoy the book and was quiet satisfied when I finished the last page. cover I like it. The colours and the things pictured on the cover fit perfectly to the story. final appraisal This light-hearted chick-lit book with a wonderfully flawed heroine that stumbles from one chaotic (and sometimes stupid) situation into another was a lot of fun to read. At times I was frustrated with the heroine but I still enjoyed reading about her life, job and her friends. This book made me smile and laugh a lot and I'm happy that I read it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply FABULOUS!,
By bookalicious85 (Europe) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Air Kisses (Paperback)
OK, I admit that I wasn't too sure about this book, had no idea what to expect, but I'm glad that I started reading it because I was completely blown away!!! Yes, this novel may sound shallow at first, but the author manages to turn it into something abolutely delicious and I devoured it like yummy chocolate cake while enjoying every second of it!
I thought the strongest point of this novel was the writing itself aka Hannah's narration - it's fresh (*wink wink*) and modern and sassy and vivacious and I absolutely loved it! I always say that the book is not about the story, it's how the author tells it and Ms Foster really made the best of it. Based on the blurb, I expected Hannah to be more of an Ugly Betty or Andy at the beginning of DWP, but she seemed to fit in with the rest of the beauty girls just fine, even if she was a bit self-conscious. She annoyed me slightly when she got all emotional and mad, but on the whole I really enjoyed her narration and the girl evidently loves her job and thus makes it sound really interesting. I really enjoyed reading about what such a job involves, plus all the freebies they get and all the meetings and glamurous functions they attend. The author also shares an interesting and a useful beauty tip at the beginning of each chapter, which was a cute little addition. I loved pretty much all the characters, I thought they were really well portrayed and no one annoyed me, which rarely happens. The best friend Iz was lovely and great, I loved their friendship, her gay friend Gabe was incredibly funny and fierce, the work friends all added to the story too so that was great! But the male characters - ooooh, what a charming bunch! I fell for pretty all the boys Hannah crossed paths with, haha. Trucker may have been slightly too aggressive in his approach, but I still thought he was kind of cute and hilarious. Jesse may have been a bit of an idiot, but I still couldn't hate him, he had his good moments. Dec was full-on adorable and dreamy, and I think I developed a serious crush on Dan (which was gone by the end of the book, you'll see why) - I loved his flirtatious ways and the texts between him and Hannah were just the best. Honestly, I was surprised myself how much I enjoyed this novel, but I can mainly attribute this to Miss Foster's outstanding, original and sassy writing, which really makes the book stand out. This has to be of the best chick lit novels I've ever read (far better than certain others by more acknowledged authors) and I strongly recommend it all the fans of the genre. All in all, I absolutely adore the Ms Foster's writing style and I'll definitely be looking out for more books by her!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Air Kisses - Zoe Foster,
This review is from: Air Kisses (Paperback)
When I read the first few chapters of Air Kisses I did find myself doing a little squeal at the beauty tips at the beginning of each chapter - I thought it was a cute little addition that tied in well with the tone of the book.
Now, I have to admit I'm pretty girly when it comes to make up and beauty so I was excited to read Air Kisses, hoping it would be an Ugly Betty-esque romp through the world of fashion journalism. Unfortunately, I don't think the story touched enough on Hannah's working environment, which could have been really interesting. Instead, it felt as though the writer focused too much on Hannah's love life, which ended up taking over the book. I did enjoy Air Kisses so it certainly wasn't a bad book but it just wasn't quite what I was expecting - I'd recommend this to fans of the Shopaholic series. It's light-hearted, fluffy fun!
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