Apocalipstick [Paperback]

Sue Margolis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2003

From the author who brought you Spin Cycle and Neurotica comes a hilarious new novel about falling in love, hating your job, and getting what you want out of life---without ever mussing your lipstick!

When it comes to men, beauty columnist Rebecca Fine always seems to be on the scruffy end of the mascara wand. But all that changes the morning she meets Max Stoddart, her new colleague at the Daily Vanguard. With his upscale suit, Hugh Grant hair, and obscenely sexy good looks, he’s a single woman’s dream come true. Finally, her grandmother can stop surfing the Net for eligible Jewish males. But is Max the catch of the decade---or just a major babe magnet?

Meanwhile, Rebecca’s old high school nemesis has resurfaced, a former blond bombshell called Lipstick who is now engaged to Rebecca’s widowed dad. And it’s good-bye to articles on toe cleavage when a hot tip sweeps Rebecca to the center of the Paris cosmetics world, where a miracle anti-wrinkle cream is about to be launched. That is, until she blows the whistle on a scandal that could set the beauty business---and the future of world peace---reeling. Will Rebecca win the recognition---not to mention the Pulitzer---she yearns for...and get the man of her dreams? Stay tuned.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Thirty-two-year-old Rebecca Fine wants a few changes in her life. Tired of her mindless beauty column in a weekly London magazine, she hopes to break into investigative reporting; but when her boss asks her to relinquish her work area for a desk in the corner to make way for the new golden-boy reporter, Max Stoddart, Rebecca feels as though she'll never move beyond mascara and eye-shadow commentary. As for her personal life, her overbearing grandmother won't stop setting Rebecca up on blind dates, and her father, Stan, becomes engaged to Lipstick, one of Rebecca's old schoolmates. But soon handsome Max asks Rebecca out, and a hot tip regarding fraud in the cosmetic industry sends her off to hunt for the hidden dangers behind a new skin cream. Will Rebecca fall flat on her face in skin-cream secrecy? Is Lipstick marrying Stan for his money? Is Max faithful? Margolis combines light-hearted suspense with sharp English wit and romping Benny Hill humor in this entertaining read as her heroine, like Bridget Jones, manages to survive many embarrassing situations. Michelle Kaske
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Review

“Quick in pace and often very funny.”
--Kirkus Reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 309 pages
• Publisher: Delta (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038533656X
• ISBN-13: 978-0385336567
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,878,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sue Margolis is the author of nine books, which have more than half a million copies in print from Bantam Dell. She lives in England, where she's at work on her next novel.

Visit Sue Margolis' website at www.suemargolis.com

Customer Reviews

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh....I loved it!, January 16, 2003

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A. Lively "self proclaimed girly girl" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apocalipstick (Paperback)

I was such a fan of Spin Cycle, that I was so excited to see this new novel.
I was not dissapointed at all! This book was hillarious! It was a little slow in the first few pages, but you will find yourself laughing and smiling until the last page.

I will rate it along with two of my favorite reads "Confession of a Shopaholic" and "The Autobiograpy of Vivian"

It's*that*good!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fun, Light Read!!, November 9, 2004

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Kristi Ahlers (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apocalipstick (Paperback)

This was a fun and rather fresh addition to the genre of "Chick Lit" that I highly recommend if you are looking for a fast read that will have the reader laughing out loud, and playing arm chair investigator along side our funny but ditzy heroine Rebecca Fine.

Rebecca Fine is a journalist and she is looking for that one article that will shoot her off into journalism stardom. Problem is, she writes a beauty column and there just really isn't a huge chance of there being some dangerous and dastardly plot revolving around lip liner or lip-gloss. On top of that she has just found out that her father has a new love interest that just so happens to have been her childhood nemesis "Lipstick" and said love interest is now (temporarily anyhow) going to be her roommate. Oh, and yes and she just so happens to be embarking on a new relationship with Max Stoddart who has it all, looks, talent, and he just so happens to be working on a story that could make his total career. Everything is going great in the romance department but the rest of her life has gone into the rubbish bin, or at least she thinks so until she gets a huge break with a possible scandal in the cosmetic industry that will lead her straight to Paris, and perhaps the Pulitzer...okay maybe that's asking too much, but still she now has a chance to prove that she does have what it takes to be great. Now if she could only smooth out the bumps of her relationship with Max. It looks like she has competition from another source, and Becks doesn't know exactly what to do now? Should she trust him, or walk away and hope for better later?

This was a fun story with great charismatic characters. Becks is a times a little loopy and doesn't think things fully through before acting, but then again that's human nature at times. Thankfully this is not a re-occurring theme with her behavior throughout the story. The relationship between Max and Rebecca is fun entertaining, but does not take front and center as far as the storyline goes. In actuality there are several different sub-plots working at the same time with quite an eclectic cast of secondary characters, which keep this story from slowing down. The ending is fun with a satisfying conclusion for a storylines introduced. This is the first time I've ever read Ms. Margolis and it honestly won't be the last. For a fun light read I highly recommend this author.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars cute and oddly entertaining, December 9, 2004

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K. Desruisseaux "love the books" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apocalipstick (Paperback)

This book was entertaining... it was light, fun and very easy to get through. As chic-lit goes, it won't be at the top of my list but nonetheless it's okay by me. I liked the characters, but I thought it odd that Max would tell her the lie about the "goddaugther", the reason for it didn't really grab me..that was a bit far fetched. Still it's fun.. pick it up and see what you think.