His Other Lover [Paperback]

Lucy Dawson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 2009

To Mia, the devastating proof is right there on her boyfriend's cell phone. In the dead of night she discovers Pete—her lover, her soul mate, her future—is having an affair. Instead of waking him with accusations, Mia begins to look for answers. What woman wouldn't want to know everything, after all? But her desperate search only begins a frightening series of lies and deceptions.

Everything important to Mia may be on the line, but she's also about to cross it. Desperation, obsession, and heartache can only lead to catastrophe, and if the cold, hard truth is not what Mia imagines, pursuing it could be the worst mistake she has ever made.

Just how far is too far?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In Dawson's disappointing sophomore effort (after His Other Lover), Alice, a freelance photographer living in London (she's 28 but seems closer to 13), becomes swept up in the world of her party girl client, Gretchen Bartholomew, a minor celebrity, and Gretchen's brother, Bailey, a captivating hunk with all the emotional complexity of a porn star. At best, Dawson's characters are uninteresting; at worst, they're mustache-twirling clichés of pure evil. The writing is overmodified ("She smiled and waved cheerily"; "I saw a tear unmistakably") and saddled with faux insights ("I just sat there wondering whether being evasive with the truth was the same thing as lying"). The story, ostensibly about a love triangle formed after an attempted suicide, takes so many detours into unnecessary shopping scenes or dialogue that restates what we already know, that it ends up making light of the subject. This is a gossip magazine in novel form, filled with shallow clichés. (Dec.)
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Review

Funny, dark and very surprising - a compulsive new breed of chick-lit Louise Candlish Lucy Dawson's debut novel puts every woman's nightmare into words ... You'll identify with the character, regardless of the choices she ends up making. You'll feel her distress, you'll turn pages in anticipation ... His Other Lover is dark, compellin Heat ***** --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 259 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (August 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061706256
• ISBN-13: 978-0061706257
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,808,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A case of missing ending, January 29, 2010

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This review is from: His Other Lover (Paperback)

So what's a girl to do when she finds out her significant other has a whole other side to himself? When Mia finds out her boyfriend is having an affair, she's understandably crushed. As she looks for proof to confirm her suspicions, she becomes enraged to the point of no return. She chooses not to confront her man, but instead searches for the other woman. What transpires over the next week is a series of rather unbelievable events, all of which are fueled by Mia's obsessive need for revenge and her conviction that she can "fix it" and win her boyfriend back. The book is quite a page turner, but then... nothing happens. As the last sentence of the book reads, "nothing at all". The ending doesn't even fall flat, it's simply not there.
Yes, it's a quick read, good for a long car/plane ride, but not very satisfying after all.