Eh. I can honestly say I didn't love this book. For the most part, it's normal chick lit. Very lightweight romance. But I had a problem with one major piece of the story line.
Jemima Jones is fat. She admits it herself in the beginning of the book. She hates how she looks, she wishes she was thin, but she has an addiction to food.
Jemima is in love with Ben, her coworker at a local newspaper. Ben doesn't notice her. Because she's fat.
Jemima meets Brad online. She tells him that she's thin and beautiful. He believes her. He wants to meet her.
Jemima drops over 100 pounds in 3 months. See, she trades out her food addiction with an exercise addiction. Then, she, for the most part, stops eating.
Here's my problem with the storyline. It practically glorifies eating disorders. It doesn't show how Jemima would really be feeling if she stopped eating more than one meal a day and exercised three times a day. She wouldn't be feeling fabulous and beautiful. Chances are, she'd be feeling rather weak and run down.
Sure, it ends with a happily ever after, but I wasn't a fan of this.
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