Unsuitable Men by Pippa Wright

Unsuitable Men

by Pippa Wright

Unsuitable Men is a hilarious romantic comedy from Pippa Wright, author of Lizzy Harrison Loses Control and The Foster Husband.

After eleven years of coupled-up domesticity, Rory Carmichael is single for the first time in her adult life. Even she would admit that her ex-boyfriend Martin wasn't the most exciting man in the world - let's face it, his idea of a rocking night was one spent updating his Excel spreadsheets - but Rory could rely on him and, having watched her mother rack up four turbulent marriages, that's what matters. But when she discovers that her supposedly reliable Mr Right is a distinctly unreliable cheater, she's forced to consider the possibility that everything she knows about relationships is wrong.

In an effort to reinvigorate both her love life and her lacklustre career at posh magazine Country House, she sets herself a mission to date as many unsuitable men as possible. Toyboys. Sugar daddies. Fauxmosexuals. Maybe the bad boys she's never dated can show her what she's been missing in life. But if Mr Right can turn out to be so wrong, maybe one of her Mr Wrongs will turn out to be just right . . .

Reviewed by Leah on

3 of 5 stars

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This one was just a 'meh' book for me. I was hoping for a hilarious read, but it only made me chuckle on a couple of occasions, instead I just got bored. The whole Unsuitable plot line was interesting, but there weren't enough unsuitable men for starters and the ones there were, were utterly insane. Where have all the normal men gone, eh?

I also didn't like the way Ticky was written. I loved her as a character, but I hate when authors write posh characters the way they actually speak rather than just using the actual word. Half of the words didn't actually make any sense to me, which is always awkward.

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