Kristin Billerbeck

Ashley Stockingdale, 28, has a respectable (read: boring) job in Silicon Valley as a patent attorney. Ultimately, Ashley finds that what a girl wants and what a girl needs aren't always the same thing. Join Ashley for the first of two lighthearted books about a single-girl's bumbling but lovable quest for meaning.

What a Girl Wants

Ever felt like the last item left on the clearance rack? As a successful patent attorney, Ashley Stockingdale has all the makings of a perfect catch: the looks, the brains, even a convertible. But at 31, she's beginning to wonder if she's been passed over for good. Deciding to adopt a new attitude, Ashley suddenly becomes the romantic interest of three men within a matter of days. While her heart enjoys turning the tables on the dating game, the rest of her previously predictable world is being turned upside down. Is it more than Ashley can handle? Or is it exactly what she wants? Award-wining author Kristin Billerbeck combines comedy with spunk to create a memorable story in What a Girl Wants—an all-too-realistic picture of a single girl's search for being content with who she is . . . with or without a man.

A Novel

Kourtney

I am struggling between giving this book 2 stars vs 3 stars. Here we go again with another book that had all the makings of a book I should love. The protagonist is "just like me" - she's 31, in a job she worked hard to get but isn't sure she wants, isn't married, has no prospects on the horizon and has friends who are all getting married and having babies. But then the story takes a deep left turn and now we see WHY she's single. Shallow as all get out, selfish like no one else, and rude beyond belief but then believes it's ok to be that way because God is on her side (and here I must point out that we have lost the just like me vibe!) And that is where the story starts to go haywire for me. The secondary characters all seem wooden and not very well thought out. If I read one more label I was going to scream ("I threw my Prada in the car...I asked the cop where my Prada was...I held up my Burberry scarf...my Jessica Mclintock dress is off the rack - but it's ok because I'm in Vegas...look at my Jimmy Choo shoes. WE GET IT!) This is now the second Christian chick lit book I have tried and both times (2 different authors) I walked away with the vibe of "I'm better than you because I pray to God so now I'm going to sit here and tear you down because you don't wear designer labels or have a great job like me. And AMEN God has my back so I can do what I want!" And come to think about it? The author insulted administrative assistants and then tried to backtrack by saying to be nice to them because they have more power than you think..after typing this out I'm downgrading this review to one star.

What a Girl Wants

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