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A review by ateachersguidetoreading
On a Night Like This by Lindsey Kelk
3.0
"Humanity is happiest when people stay in their boxes..."
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Fran's life has been in a rut for longer than she can remember so to try and breathe some joy back in to it she decides to take a mysterious PA job to a very high profile celebrity, Juliette. Fran's main job is to get Juliette to the Crystal Ball, a secret party that caters for the world's most rich and famous in Italy. It's on this night that things will forever change for Fran. Can one night really can change your life?
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"Every time I saw him was like the first time. The spark, the rush, the pull..."
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I adored Lindsey's I Heart series and other books, so when I seen this on NetGalley I had to request it! It was definitely a cute read, a modern twist on the Cinderella story, but I just couldn't connect with it as much as I wanted to. I loved the premise of it but it was claimed in reviews to be 'wildly romantic' and I just wasn't feeling it. I felt there was a lack of chemistry between the love interest and Fran. Also, the Crystal Ball is hyped as this star studded secret party and the only people Fran meets at it are horrible and snobby. It would have been cute to have an interaction with a famous person, even a fictional one on similar standing to Julliette. Fran was definitely settling with her lot in life so I did like to see her personal transformation, putting herself first.
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"Normal is subjective. What’s normal to you might be totally fantastical to someone like me..."
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Fran's life has been in a rut for longer than she can remember so to try and breathe some joy back in to it she decides to take a mysterious PA job to a very high profile celebrity, Juliette. Fran's main job is to get Juliette to the Crystal Ball, a secret party that caters for the world's most rich and famous in Italy. It's on this night that things will forever change for Fran. Can one night really can change your life?
*
"Every time I saw him was like the first time. The spark, the rush, the pull..."
*
I adored Lindsey's I Heart series and other books, so when I seen this on NetGalley I had to request it! It was definitely a cute read, a modern twist on the Cinderella story, but I just couldn't connect with it as much as I wanted to. I loved the premise of it but it was claimed in reviews to be 'wildly romantic' and I just wasn't feeling it. I felt there was a lack of chemistry between the love interest and Fran. Also, the Crystal Ball is hyped as this star studded secret party and the only people Fran meets at it are horrible and snobby. It would have been cute to have an interaction with a famous person, even a fictional one on similar standing to Julliette. Fran was definitely settling with her lot in life so I did like to see her personal transformation, putting herself first.
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"Normal is subjective. What’s normal to you might be totally fantastical to someone like me..."