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Book Review: For Internal Use Only by Cari Kamm
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Book Review: For Internal Use Only by Cari Kamm

I received a copy of For Internal Use Only by Cari Kamm in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
Chloe Kassidy has just been accepted into one of Manhattan’s most exclusive art exhibits, Love Through Light. However, with her singular dedication to her career, she soon realizes that in sacrificing her personal life, she has never been in love. A hopeless romantic who is terrified of heartbreak, Chloe begins to enlist the help of her circle of friends to learn about love through their very different stories and experiences.

In Chloe’s emotional rollercoaster to having the greatest love story ever told, she’ll learn that like her photography she must use the negatives in life to develop and prove that she’s a strong woman who found her way to love through light.

Inspired by the notion that women grow up with ideas of true love and destiny, For Internal Use Only approaches those ideas with a decidedly twenty-first century viewpoint. A humorous love story with an edgy and dramatic twist, For Internal Use Only is a vastly entertaining novel that gives each of us a new fairy tale to look forward to: our own.
Review:
I have reviewed Fake Perfect Me from Cari Kamm and highly enjoyed that novel, so I was looking forward to reading For Internal Use Only. Again I thought there was a strong heroine that can have readers’ emotions all over the board, and it’s always a good thing to feel so much while reading a book. There is a complicated and almost dizzying relationship going on in Chloe’s life that I was constantly trying to figure out even while not reading. There is a lot of drama, questions, confusion, and heartbreak filling up the pages. I enjoyed Chloe’s supporting group of friends, especially in the end of the novel, and her passion for photography was quite interesting to read about. Sometimes I found myself a little lost here and there with the relationship and the oddity surrounding it, but overall I enjoyed this novel and will continue to look forward to reading her novels.
4 stars

February 19, 2013
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Fake Perfect Me by Cari Kamm
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Fake Perfect Me by Cari Kamm

I received a copy of Fake Perfect Me in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
Isabella Reynolds has the perfect life … or does she? Maybe there is a grand illusion behind all the glamour.
Isabella Reynolds seems to have it all–the former Southern belle with big dreams is the head of her own skin care company and is the self-proclaimed queen of all things beautiful in New York City. Then her world comes crashing down, and she is stripped of everything she loves–her man, the Italian litigator ”Saint” Santo; her company, and even her beloved dog, Potato. With her penchant for bingeing and purging, how can she turn her life around when she still feels the need to maintain her ”perfect” facade?
Fake Perfect Me, author Cari Kamm’s heart-warming–and often heartwrenching–tale of a successful New Yorker and her inner circle, offers an inside look at a world of excess. Isabella Reynolds may seem unlike anyone you’ve ever known, but at her core, she’s instantly recognizable. Her trials and tribulations, her ups and downs, are much the same as anyone’s. Her world may have a high price tag, but its true value comes from its losses and lesson… to love one’s self.
Review:
I had a fabulous time reading this book. Isabella and I might not be anything alike, but she didn’t turn me off at all. I thought it was fascinating to read about her lifestyle choices. She was clearly a little lost, and even though from the outside it could seem she has it all, behind closed doors it’s a different story. She battles heavily with binging and purging, and it seemed so normal for her that it took me second to realize that she actually had a serious disorder. The synopsis says that at the core Isabella is a normal person, and I definitely saw that. She was dealing with a lot of personal issues – a break up, a bust business, and who could forget her puppy Potato – awesome name by the way. I was hooked by her story and found the plot to be quite compelling. I would recommend to chick lit fans!
[Rating: 4]

November 2, 2012
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In My Mailbox: Week of December 18
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In My Mailbox: Week of December 18

In My Mailbox: Week of December 18

Title: Someone Else’s Fairy Tale
Author: EM Tippetts
Received: From EM Tippetts
Synopsis: Jason Vanderholt is Hollywood’s hottest actor. Chloe Winters is a college student who hasn’t bothered to see most of his movies. When he decides she’s the one, it’s like a fairytale – or it would be for most women. For Chloe, it could be her worst nightmare as her past, attracted by the bright lights of the media, comes back to haunt her.

Title: Touchable Love
Author: Becky Due
Received: From Becky Due
Synopsis: Love will always conquer fear and Christy has much to fear. When she enters the lives of two men, they teach her everything she needs to know about love. However, while dealing with her past issues and trying to treat her body like the temple it is, she teaches them a thing or two in return.

Title: Fake Perfect Me
Author: Cari Kamm
Received: From Cari Kamm
Synopsis: Isabella Reynolds has the perfect life … or does she? Maybe there is a grand illusion behind all the glamour.

Isabella Reynolds seems to have it all–the former Southern belle with big dreams is the head of her own skin care company and is the self-proclaimed queen of all things beautiful in New York City. Then her world comes crashing down, and she is stripped of everything she loves–her man, the Italian litigator ”Saint” Santo; her company, and even her beloved dog, Potato. With her penchant for bingeing and purging, how can she turn her life around when she still feels the need to maintain her ”perfect” facade?
Fake Perfect Me, author Cari Kamm’s heart-warming–and often heartwrenching–tale of a successful New Yorker and her inner circle, offers an inside look at a world of excess. Isabella Reynolds may seem unlike anyone you’ve ever known, but at her core, she’s instantly recognizable. Her trials and tribulations, her ups and downs, are much the same as anyone’s. Her world may have a high price tag, but its true value comes from its losses and lesson… to love one’s self.

December 19, 2011
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