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Ralph's Party Lisa Jewell list price $12.95 Plume (January 2000) ISBN: 0452281636 288 pages average review: Reviews: This gets: a from eryka: This book is sort of billed as yet another Bridget Jones or Melissa Banks deal. Yet it follows the lives of six residents. (Sort of a London-based Singles, although they're not all single. Okay, the only reason it's like Singles is because they're looking for love and live in the same building.) It follows their trials and travails as they look for love -- or try to hold on to it. A fun read, although the characters need just a little more development. From the back cover: Meet the residents of the London brownstone on 31 Almanac Road who together weave a tangled web of romance. Ralph, a ne'er-do-well artist, suddenly realizes he's head over heels in love with his new flatmate Jem, the most fun and sensible girl he's ever encountered. Unfortunately, Ralph's best friend, Smith, has already won Jem's affections, although Smith has not entirely given up his passion for the femme fatale, Cheri, who lives upstairs. Across the hall, Karl and Siobhan have been happily unmarried for years, until Karl gets a smashing job as a London rush-hour DJ and momentarily gets tempted into Cheri's cozy lair. These six star-crossed tenants become more enamored, and more confused, as the story progresses-until their true destinies are revealed on one crucial night-the evening of the extravaganza that is . . . Ralph's party. This wonderfully hip new novel was an instant popular success when it was first published in England, and American readers are sure to be captivated by the debut of a talented new writer. eryka.com scale: So good you just can't stand it. Almost that good. Sort of good. Generally a waste of time. Destined for the recycler. If you'd like to review this book, or another, click here Similar books by category: uk fiction| women writers Go home | Go to reviews home © 2002 eryka.com. All rights reserved.