Lucy Sykes

Jo Piazza

Discovering that her young former assistant is plotting to steal her job and transform their fashion magazine into an app, editor-in-chief Imogen Tate is challenged to find her inner geek to save her career and the magazine.

The Knockoff

Chelsea White

** spoiler alert **
           I just marathoned this book because HOLY CRAP. I got it as an audio book, so I listened to it just about whenever I could. Eve is one of the best crafted evil characters I have ever read/listened about. At first I wanted to root for Eve, since I was convinced Imogene was over exaggerating things. As the book went on I began to root for Eve's downfall because she's straight up evil. I was honestly just whooping really loudly when Imogene had finally started giving Eve exactly what she deserved. As a millennial it was so interesting to hear about the technological advances of this century from the perspective of an older person, especially in the rapidly changing world of fashion magazines. Imogene quickly became someone I aspired to be: polite, charming, warm and assertive. Although I couldn't imagine why Imogene let Eve's abuse continue for so long with minimal input, I could understand why other things in her life had taken a priority over glossy.com.

I definitely recommend reading The Knockoff for a quick, enticing read, especially if you like fashion, technology or just juicy stories.

Jessica 

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  As a note, a printed galley of this novel was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not effect my opinions in any way. 


Oh, I was so looking forward to The Knockoff but felt let off short at the end of the day. Lucy Sykes and Jo Plazza’s novel was good–it really was, and HILARIOUS about 98% of the time but the truth is I wanted to love it more than I actually did. I don’t want to say it was forgettable but it wasn’t as high on my list as I thought it’d be.

It was a solid 3.5 on my scale which is a pretty damn good rating. I just wanted more from it, I guess. The Knockoff simply wasn’t my favorite read of the year nor was it my least.

Where do I begin? Lucy and Jo write stylishly. Oh, this is SO undeniable: quick wit and descriptive and indulgent and fashionable. I’d like to see more fiction penned by them because I have a feeling it will just keep getting my better.

Standouts! There so much humor in it that it’s going to appeal to a lot of women (and men) who may not typically read beyond magazines. The Knockoff has a lot of things going for and against it (sometimes it felt like it was going in circles) but its humor and style is the biggest standout of it all.

Did I mention it’s hilarious? 

Continued @ BOOKEDJ.

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