Bookfanatic reviewed on 8/31/2007

Helpful Score: 2

Wonderful and believable story. I enjoyed this book. I read it in one sitting. I got it thinking it was just another chick-lit story but it was more enjoyable than your typical beach book. Emily Giffin writes well. Not many books of this genre capture the mood and atmosphere of a law school but Emily managed to do it. This made me almost nostalgic for my own law school days and not many books do that! :)

Rachel is a lawyer in a big NYC firm. She is smart, sweet, attractive, and likeable but she has never felt quite as beautiful, charming, or confident as her lifelong best friend, Darcy. Darcy is the poster child for passive-agressive behavior. From the time they were children, Darcy has tried to one-up Rachel. After her 30th birthday party, Rachel ends up sleeping with Darcy's fiancee, Dex, who is Rachel's law school friend and the story takes a life of its own from there.

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