obstinateheadstrongcurl 's review for:

Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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There’s a lot about this book that hasn’t aged well (fat phobia, homophobia, slurs, racism) and I couldn’t fully get past most of it. I did love the side characters and enjoyed April’s and Jack’s relationship even more than Blue’s and Dean’s. It was funny reading a contemporary from the early 2000s because fashion and décor are talked about a lot and I could so clearly visualise all of it (and cringe, we were not doing ourselves any favours back then). This is a fade-to-black book, which isn’t my favourite. Overall, a fine read, but I don’t know that I’m anxious to read more by Phillips.