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Marrying Up [Paperback]

Wendy Holden (Author)
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Book Description

Release Date: 15 Sep 2011

A comedy of love, royals and rampant social climbing from Sunday Times bestselling author, WENDY HOLDEN. For fans of GALLERY GIRL and BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

She stopped at nothing. To get everything.

Scheming social climber Alexa may be humbly born. But she's a class-hopping cruise missile aimed at the very top of the gold-digging tree. Only a title, mansion and family tiara will do. Befriending feckless aristo Florrie (three surnames plus black hole where her brain should be) means the grandest doors swing open and the prince of her dreams is in sight. But has Florrie's mother, the formidable Lady Annabel, rumbled what Alexa is up to?

Beautiful but penniless student Polly, meanwhile, is in love. Is Max, the handsome young vet she's found in a country lane, quite as ordinary as he seems, however?

Passionate love, eye-widening snobbery and more than naked ambition abound in this contemporary Cinderella tale - a deliciously satirical novel of the upwardly mobile.

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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Review (15 Sep 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 075534264X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755342648
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.9 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 210,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'One of the country's greatest comic authors'

( Mirror )

'Holden's tale of social snobbery and bare-faced ambition is a modern fairytale that chimes perfectly with our post-Wills-and-Kate world'

( Glamour )

'A fruity, glamorous, modern take on the Cinderella story from heat favourite Holden, with a topical dash of royal wedding thrown in'

( heat )

'Pin-sharp social climbing comedy'

( Grazia )

About the Author

Wendy Holden, a former journalist, is the author of ten acclaimed bestsellers. She is a regular on TV and radio and writes for a wide range of publications. She is married, lives in the country and has two small children. Visit her on her website www.wendyholden.net, or follow her on Twitter @Wendy_Holden
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars WH....where have you gone? 18 Aug 2011
By Best Books To Read TOP 100 REVIEWER
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I have been reading Wendy Holden since around 2002 and in the early days absolutely devoured her books and really enjoyed them. Her last book entitled Gallery Girl was quite frankly not that much cop and I finished it feeling disappointed and a little let down. Where had Wendy's brilliant stories gone? I figured that every author must write a bad book at some point and that was hers. Sadly, I was wrong, very wrong.

This latest book is even worse! I very rarely dislike books this much but it was like reading a book written by a completely different author. When I first started reading I had high hopes as we were introduced to Polly who was studying archaeology and happened to have a chance encounter with the handsome Max who is studying to become a vet. We also met Alexa who is a scheming and downright awful girl who wanted nothing more than a rich man in her life. However, after the first few chapters things wend rapidly downhill.

I understand that an element of chick lit books is the happy endings and romance, but this book went over and above what is needed! The `fairytale' element of this is more set to young girls who dream of being a princess. To be frank, once the story got going everything was one big romantic cliché, with impossible and improbable situations occurring in every other chapter.

The further into the book I got, the harder I found it to read. I desperately wanted to enjoy this book but everything about it screamed No at me. Sadly, Wendy Holden's writing is still as brilliant as ever, but I think the storylines themselves are just getting worse. She still manages to create characters you can love or loathe, and the writing certainly flows well; but that's where it ends.

I feel saddened to not be able to recommend this and sincerely hope that Wendy Holden comes back next year with a story that will blow me away and remind me why I am a follower of her books.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Irritatingly badly written and researched 27 Feb 2013
By Caity
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I have read and enjoyed Wendy Holden's fluffy chicklit before and was not under any illusions that this would be great literature. I did enjoy the story which made it all the more irritating when I came across the frequent clunking phrases that you had to read twice to realise that Holden was using a word incorrectly and work our what she actually meant. There were also the research inaccuracies - the gender of the German word Schloss is neuter, but not in this book. Finally the number of stretches of the imagination we are.expected to make - Alexa has no money yet still manages to buy champagne, shoes, dresses and plane tickets we keep being told she can't afford them and yet she does. We also have to believe not only that there is a kingdom just along from Monaco that we've never heard of but that its inhabitants helpfully speak English... Buy this book if you want to read a totally unbelievable but quite readable story but be prepared for it to annoy you!
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1.0 out of 5 stars dire, dismal, dreadful, disappointing, 9 Jan 2013
By Mme L. Searancke
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I have every one of Wendy Holden's previous books and received Marrying Up this Christmas. The first two chapters were average, but sometimes it takes a while to get into the story, so I persevered. Unfortunately, the story did not improve, in fact it went rapidly downhill with stupid names like Florence Trevorigus-Whyske-Cleethorpe, Stonker, Mrs Butts Upward, Ratty and Moley Huddersfield. I had to double check that it was actually written by Wendy Holden (I'm still not totally convinced she has written it"). I have been an avid reader since the age of about 15 and am almost 55, and I can count on one hand the number of books I have not finished, somehow I feel that Marrying Up will be one of those books. Perhaps she should have called this one "Giving Up".
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars great story
Already half way through this book - I really enjoy Wendy Holden's books and I think I have read them all.
Published 4 months ago by jack
2.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish book
Bought this because previous books by this author were good. This book is utter rubbish and not worth the money. Author has clearly run out of ideas.
Published 5 months ago by Irene Hyde
3.0 out of 5 stars Barbara Cartland eat your heart out!
I read this some ago and thought it amusing and light hearted. I have just finished listening to it as an audio book, something I would reccommend to any keen reader. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Gilly
3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to her usual standard but still worth a read
I was so disappointed in this book. I love Wendy Holden's books usually, but this wasn't up to her usual standard. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Flick-M
2.0 out of 5 stars It promised so much...
I bought this novel as a bit of light relief after I had finished my degree in English. Years of reading serious literature had taken their toll and chick lit most welcome. Read more
Published 12 months ago by HannahLeSpanner
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny!
I adored 'Marrying Up' - it's extremely funny, beautifully written, and very well put together - a satirical fairy tale with echoes of Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' and of Cinderella. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Book Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent fun!
One of the best books of Wendy Holden!

Really good fun, I liked it much better than previous one, Gallery Girl :)

Read it overnight, couldn't let it go so... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Alex
4.0 out of 5 stars Cynical view of the ruling classes.
It would have been funnier if Alexa had won through to her hearts desire, instead of constantly failing in her determination to bag the good things of life without inheriting them,... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Angela
2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing
Have always enjoyed Wendy Holden's books, they are a nice light read, and very amusing, and I always look forward to a new title. Read more
Published 18 months ago by ruths
1.0 out of 5 stars Silly story, wet characters, teenage fiction style.
I have read all Wendy's books, some are much more fun than others, but generally they have gone down since the first three. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Paula J
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