This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.
Reviewed by Victoria Sutton
I must confess that the book snob
in me was quite horrified to receive a copy of He’s The One by Katie
Price to review. It’s not that I have anything against Katie Price in
particular but I do find it frustrating to see people get published apparently
because of who they are rather than what they write. However, I do know that
Katie Price is a very successful Number 1 best-selling author and I was secretly
pleased to actually read one of her books at last and find out what all
the fuss was about…
Liberty Evans is an aspiring actress/model who is a single mother to her three-year old daughter Brooke. She works as a waitress to support them but is fiercely ambitious and determined to make a better life for her daughter. In the summer of 1999 she meets and falls in love with young rich American Cory and for a while their love affair seems perfect until reality gets in the way…
Fast-forward to 2013 when Liberty is a successful actress in LA, married to her producer Zac and living in a sprawling LA mansion with her beautiful, slightly spoilt, daughter Brooke who is now approaching eighteen. Apparently she is living the dream but Liberty is not happy and she decides to return to the UK, much to Brooke’s dismay! Liberty has never forgotten about Cory and still feels as strongly for him as she did all those years ago. But could it be possible that he might still feel the same way for her after the way he thinks that she betrayed him?
There is no doubt that Katie Price has an insight into an industry that many want to know about (okay yes, me too, celeb gossip mags are a sometime guilty pleasure of mine!) and it is brilliant for her fans that some of the stories she has to tell can be told through her novels. I know that Katie is open about the fact that she works with Rebecca Farnworth on her novels and I was struck by how well the novel truly does have Katie Price’s voice. If Katie ever does decide to branch into acting then I could totally imagine her in Liberty’s role!
I found He’s The One to be a fun read, light-hearted and entertaining. It proved an ideal holiday read which was easy to pick up and get straight back into after one of my children had demanded my attention. I was absolutely rooting for Liberty and Cory from the outset and the mother-daughter relationship was also interesting to read. I found myself racing towards the end to find out what would become of them all! It is quite possible that I have found myself a new guilty pleasure…
7/10