Louise Pentland
Hardcover | Pages: 385 pages Rating: 3.7 | 4186 Users | 537 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Wilde Like Me |
| ISBN: | 1785762931 (ISBN13: 9781785762932) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Robin Wilde #1 |
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Meet Robin Wilde! You'll make a friend for life and she'll take you on a journey you'll never forget ...Single mum Robin Wilde adores her six-year-old daughter and loves her job as a make up artist's assistant. She has a wonderful best friend and an auntie who is bonkers, yes, but loves her to the moon and back.
But Robin has a secret. Behind the mask she carefully applies every day, things just feel ... grey. And lonely. She struggles to fit in with the school mum crew. Online dating is totally despair-inducing, and she worries every day about raising her little girl with self-confidence, courage and joy.
What Robin longs for is someone (over the age of six) to share with - someone who's always on her team.
After 4 years (2 months, and 15 days!) of single-mum-dom, it's time for Robin Wilde to Change. Her. Life.
Exciting new opportunities are about to come Robin's way ... Perhaps a man, perhaps the chance of a lifetime ...
What will Robin do with the possibilities she creates for herself? And what potential will she unlock if she takes the leap?
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| Title | : | Wilde Like Me (Robin Wilde #1) |
| Author | : | Louise Pentland |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 385 pages |
| Published | : | June 28th 2017 by Bonnier Zaffre |
| Categories | : | Contemporary. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Fiction. Romance |
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Ratings: 3.7 From 4186 Users | 537 ReviewsWrite Up Containing Books Wilde Like Me (Robin Wilde #1)
This was a typical chick-lit style book featuring Robin Wilde, a 20 something year old woman stuck in a rut in her life and looking for a way out. A single mother to her daughter Lyla, she was feeling more and more out of place as her daughter grew and she had more time to herself. With a push from family and friends, she throws herself further into her career as a make-up artist's assistant and begins looking for a man to share her life with.There was nothing particularly new here but thereI love you Robin Wilde. I feel like you get me and you make me feel okay about my greasy hair days and eating too much frozen and fried food. Such a brilliant series for every mother everywhere, not just the bad-ass single ones.Spoiler below:P.S I read this book last, I dont know why but its the first in the series. If I could change one thing, I probably would have had Robin punch Theo in the face.
I love Louise. I do. I think she's refreshing, honest and relatable as a Blogger/YouTuber. But when it comes to being an author, I think she's still got some way to go.My main problem was that the character of Robin just wasn't someone I'd easily warm up to. The constant self-pitying and self-deprecating really grated my nerves. Robin had lovely, supportive friends, a loving aunt and an amazing daughter and while I understand that most people long for a partner, I just felt like Robin took it
I purchased this book from the kindle store for 98p as Id heard a lot about it and saw it on the bestsellers list. My first problem with this book is that there didnt really seem to be a real plot. It felt very much like the character Robin Wildes daily journal as she navigates being a single mum. Theres nothing wrong with this, if youre interested in it, but thats not how this book was billed. Problem number two: As someone who has watched many of Louises vlogs and is very familiar with her
I think I am one of the few people who didn't find Robin Wilde "delightful". Yes, I get it being a single mum is hard, trying to carve your way in life is hard, loneliness is hard. The universal truth is life is hard. Admittedly, it is unusual for a book to use this as a jumping off point and to describe those feelings and I did think the term "The Emptiness" was a wonderful description - so much better then "the black dog".However, I could not warm to the main character at all. I know how
I can't remember the last time a book made me laugh like this. If you know Louise or watch her YouTube channels then you will spot her personality coming through the pages of this debut novel. Louise is already planning book two as well. It was a fun, easy read and it's a book that would be great to read during the summer as a holiday read.
Well that was dull.I bought this on impulse because...honestly I don't remember. I must have liked the sound of the blurb. Anyway apparently this is written by a lifestyle blogger turned author. Oh if I had known that when I was browsing in the bookshop I would not have bought this because this book screams of a less than polished writing style. It lacked the wit and heart that I expect from this genre of book with simply no artistry to the writing. Not for me. one star
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