Girl Before a Mirror by
Liza Palmer
Published: January 27,
2015
Format: copy via Edelweiss
Challenge: 2015 NetGalley/Edelweiss
Publisher: William Morrow
Paperbacks
Rating: 4/5
Synopsis
An
account executive in a Mad Men world, Anna Wyatt is at a crossroads. Recently
divorced, she’s done a lot of emotional housecleaning, including a self-imposed
dating sabbatical. But now that she’s turned forty, she’s struggling to figure
out what her life needs. Brainstorming to win over an important new client, she
discovers a self-help book—Be the Heroine, Find Your Hero—that offers her
unexpected insights and leads her to a most unlikely place: a romance writers’
conference. If she can sign the Romance Cover Model of the Year Pageant winner
for her campaign—and meet the author who has inspired her to take control of
her life—she’ll win the account.
For
Anna, taking control means taking chances, including getting to know Sasha, her
pretty young colleague on the project, and indulging in a steamy elevator ride
with Lincoln Mallory, a dashing financial consultant she meets in the hotel.
When the conference ends, Anna and Lincoln must decide if their intense
connection is strong enough to survive outside the romantic fantasy they’ve
created. Yet Lincoln is only one of Anna’s dilemmas. Now that her campaign is
off the ground, others in the office want to steal her success, and her
alcoholic brother, Ferdie, is spiraling out of control.
To
have the life she wants-to be happy without guilt, to be accepted for herself,
to love and to be loved, to just be—she has to put herself first, accept her
imperfections, embrace her passions, and finally be the heroine of her own
story.
My Thoughts
This is my second
Liza Palmer experience all I can say is it just gets better every time. Anna is
my new favorite character I loved that she is flawed and in a sense a mess
right now in her life. She is divorced and trudging her way through life. She is
focusing mainly on her career right now trying to make a niche for herself in
the man’s world of advertising. While she is focused on her work she is pushing
her personal life on the back burner until she goes on a work trip and meets
the mysterious Lincoln. Thinking she will let loose this one time she has a
good time with him while she is there thinking nothing will happen after that. However
Anna isn’t that type of girl she’s always thinking ahead and never really
living in the now. I think that is why I so identified with Anna so much because I’m
the same way. I love all or nothing. My problem has always that I can’t just
live in the now I’m always thinking 20 steps ahead which has always been my
downfall.
The other thing I loved
was the surprise friendship between Anna and her new coworker Sasha. Two people
who don’t really have much in common on the surface but who indeed have way
more in common than they even know. I love when there is a solid female friendship
because sometimes in life we don’t see that. There tends to be this “mean girls”
mentality at times and I for one don’t understand why we can’t support each
other instead of tearing each other down. Liza Palmer is a wonderful writer whose
characters are always off or imperfect but that’s why I love and gravitate
towards them. I love real life people rather than that perfect story book type, that’s what I connect with I like to see myself in them. I highly encourage
everyone to read this book it’s funny, it has characters you will definitely relate
to plus a little romance thrown in for good measure.
Oooooh, I want to read this one, Monica! Thanks so much for the review; I hadn't seen this one and it sounds great! Hope you have a good weekend and enjoy the Super Bowl!
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