My only quibble with the book is that, as a sequel to Harris's earlier novel, Miss Media, it frequently refers to the events of that book (on which Lola based Pink Slip) without ever giving a full recap of them. We learn that Lola's earlier sleuthing revealed some sort of corruption by her former employer, but never what sort, exactly — so if you haven't read Miss Media, the references to the Ovum, Inc. (heh) affair are confusing. I'm sure Harris didn't want to spoil the earlier book for readers like me, who picked up Death By Chick Lit first, but I still think the references to it could have been handled a little more deftly. Having said that, if the worst thing about this book is that it encouraged me to read another Lola Somerville novel by Lynn Harris, well, maybe I don't have any quibbles with it at all.
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1 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net , which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States, and to Boston.com. Nice work!
2 - Tracy van Cort
I didn't know Lynne Harris was BreakupGirl! She just got ten times more awesome! Thank you for a great review, Kate, and especially that particular scrap of information, which apparently I had missed until now, perhaps by being hidden under a rock somewhere. Made my day --- and now I look forward to this bit of summer reading even more than ever. Yay!