Millie’s Fling by Jill Mansell
February 25, 2011 by Samantha
Filed under British Lit Review, Chick Lit Review
Millie Brady unexpectedly befriends best-selling novelist Oral Hart the afternoon that Millie gets dumped. Orla, suffering from a writing slump after a scathing review of her latest novel, decides Millie is just what she needs to get her creative juices flowing again. She proposes an idea to Millie regarding her next novel, and makes an offer Millie can’t refuse. As the heroine of Orla’s next romance novel, Millie’s needs a man- or two or three- to spice up her love life.
Millie’s Fling by Jill Mansell is light-hearted and comical. This novel follows all the chick lit guidelines, which made it a tad predictable, but there were some interesting plot twists to keep me on my toes. There was one major reason why I can’t say I love this book. For the first half, the story is told in Millie’s point of view- and only Millie’s. But then suddenly, everyone’s views were in the book! Orla, Millie’s mom, friend, and love interest, were all getting to speak their mind. I was thrown through a loop because I didn’t understand how suddenly I was out of Millie’s head, into Orla’s, then back out again. And there was nothing to break up the POV’s, not a new chapter or even a break in the story. The editor in me was screaming no, no, no!! If it wasn’t for that, I would have rated the book higher, but with conflicting POV’s I just couldn’t do it.
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Haha, busted! I always write multiple vp but like to get the reader properly into the main character’s head first. In this case, I do switch to Orla’s viewpoint by page 96, so not quite half-way, but appreciate that it may come as a shock if you aren’t expecting it. I shall pay more attention to this in future now!
And many thanks for the nice comments too. Your blog is great.
Best
Jill
Thanks Jill! I’m glad you stopped by. This was the first book I’ve read by you, so I will keep in mind the multiple vp’s for when I read more