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'Nobody does it quite like Alexandra Potter' -- Daily Mirror 'A touching, funny love-story' -- Company magazine 'Always perceptive, often funny, never dull' -- Heat magazine 'Sharp, witty dialogue' -- The Scotsman 'Slickly written and often very funny' -- The Times 'This warm and funny story... appeals to the romantic lurking in all of us' -- Sunday Mirror on CALLING ROMEO 'A cracking summer read' -- Heat magazine on CALLING ROMEO 'Essential reading' -- Company magazine on CALLING ROMEO PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS ALEXANDRA POTTER TITLES: 'Feel-good fiction full of unexpected twists and turns' -- OK! magazine
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'I wish I could get a seat on the tube...I hadn't eaten that entire bag of Maltesers...I could meet a man whose hobbies include washing up and monogamy...' Heather Hamilton is always wishing for things. Not just big stuff - like world peace or for a date with Brad Pitt - but little, everyday wishes, made without thinking. With her luck, she knows they'll never come true...Until one day she buys some heather from a gypsy. Suddenly the bad hair days stop; a handsome American answers her ad for a housemate; and she starts seeing James - The Perfect Man who sends her flowers, excels in the bedroom, and isn't afraid to say 'I love you'...But are these wishes-come-true a blessing or a curse? And is there such a thing as too much foreplay?
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3.6 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Check out the amazon.co.uk!, April 29 2008
By Fani "avid reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Be Careful What You Wish for (Paperback)
The reviews in the english branch of amazon, are very very good (4 1/2 stars) and from a lot of readers too. I really can't understand why this book has not been rated at all. Maybe because it's pure british chick lit (although the male character Gabe is american). This is in fact a very nice book, very nicely written, fun, fast pacing and manages to set a couple of questions, like what if indeed every wish we made came true, would that necessarily be a good thing? Yes, I loved the twists of the tale and Heather's transformation as she realises what is important and what is not in her life.The story of the book is as follows: Heather buys a lucky heather from a gipsy. Suddenly she realises that every wish she makes becomes true: she finds a seat in the subway, a place to park in front of her apparment, someone to sublet her flat, the last pair of the shoes she fancies in a great sale and most of all, her neighbor from across the street that she fancied all along takes notice of her. Could there be a hitch in all these wonderful things? It appears that there is.
It's not perfect, but it sure is a nice, funny, interesting book with a storyline that is after all different from your usual chick lit. It's chick lit of course, not Tolstoy, and a few relaxing hours is what it will offer. I certainly enjoyed reading this and will check for anything else that Potter has to offer.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Only so- so, Nov 1 2007
By christine "ckeatg" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Be Careful What You Wish for (Paperback)
I had read Alexandra Potter's book "Do You Come Here Often?" and thought this would be just as good in the chick lit department. This book was not as well written and the characters weren't as complicated or interesting. I guess I was expecting something better...
4.0 out of 5 stars
Laughed out loud so many times, Nov 29 2009
By C. Pouw - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Be Careful What You Wish for (Paperback)
I happened to come across this book at the airport in Japan, read the back cover and a couple of pages, and was hooked! I bought it and finished it on the ride back to the States. The people sitting around me on the plane were giving me odd looks because I kept snickering.Alexandra Potter is brilliant and she writes genuinely- which is tough to find in authors these days.
I have lent this book to several of my girlfriends and they have thoroughly enjoyed it as well.
Keep an open mind- it is fiction, and it is chick lit! Have fun and happy reading :)
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