#PleaseRetweet

by Emily Benet

'The best fun I’ve had with a book' – Liz Loves Books

Social media whizz kid, May Sparks has landed her dream job. Well, not quite, but the salary is great and all May has to do is handle the online profiles of Z – list celebrities who have the tendency to say inappropriate things. Easy, right? #wrong

May’s clients include an ex big brother star (who she's definitely not going to sleep with #neversaynever), a disgraced TV presenter (who wants May to sort out his marriage as well as his Twitter account), and a woman who once flashed her boobs on X-factor. They're all relying on her to turn them into stars. But they're not going to make her job easy.

As May is sucked further and further into her job she begins to lose her grip on real life. Her friends don’t `like’ her Facebook posts anymore and even her gorgeous neighbour, who once seemed to be on the same wavelength, criticises her career choice. Worse, May’s clients start getting trolled by an annoying tweep, who May happens to agree with.

Then May’s secret online identity is leaked, causing her to start trending on Twitter. It looks like the status update is over. Unless May can leave the superficial social media word behind and find her own voice again…

• ISBN13: 9780007594580
• Publish Date: 27 August 2015
• Publish Status: Permanently Withdrawn
• Out of Print: 21 April 2022
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: One More Chapter
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 390
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[Leah]

I really enjoyed this. It was so much fun and totally current, completely on-trend for the time we live in. It definitely has me wondering which real life celebs can't be bothered to tweet (in fact, I don't think any of them do except Stephen Amell whom I trust implicitly).

I loved getting to know May, although she was SO obtuse when it came to Alex (or is it Adam? I've had a stressful month and my recollection part of my brain has fallen to pieces. I'm almost sure it's Alex though - either way, it's a four letter fellas name that begins with A). I almost wanted to smash her in the face she was so stupid, especially since this is a girl who doesn't deny how pretty she is (vain came to mind in one scene in particular).

But overall this was a fun, quick read. I liked May, and it was a nice insight into the social media mad generation (of which I used to be part of, but like Alex/Adam I couldn't really care less about any more). Inevitably, like most things, social media gets old (but it does get addictive first) but it's just really never what you want it to be, and I don't miss it.

Emily Benet is such a fun author, and this book is a gem.