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Vanity
Following on from Lucy Lord’s brilliant debut novel, Revelry, comes Vanity. Oozing with sex, wild partying and scandal join Bella and best friend Poppy as they continue to navigate the world of being young, fun and (almost) carefree.
Glamorous Poppy seems to have it all, and after a long tough year she is damn well going to enjoy it. But as Poppy’s career in New York goes from strength to strength, her husband, Damian’s takes a nosedive and she begins to wonder if love really can survive anything.
In London, Poppy’s best friend Bella is basking in that new-couple glow with her boyfriend Andy. But, not everything is as perfect as it seems, and Bella can’t help but be a little jealous of her best friend’s Big Apple adventures. Meanwhile, their arch-nemesis, shallow but beautiful Ben, is in Hollywood to make his name on the silver screen, and annoyingly, is doing rather well at it!.
From St Tropez to New York, LA to the impossibly chic Paris; join Bella and Poppy and their friends as they face the reality of friendships pushed to the limits, and embark on a road trip that they’ll never forget…
Glamorous Poppy seems to have it all, and after a long tough year she is damn well going to enjoy it. But as Poppy’s career in New York goes from strength to strength, her husband, Damian’s takes a nosedive and she begins to wonder if love really can survive anything.
In London, Poppy’s best friend Bella is basking in that new-couple glow with her boyfriend Andy. But, not everything is as perfect as it seems, and Bella can’t help but be a little jealous of her best friend’s Big Apple adventures. Meanwhile, their arch-nemesis, shallow but beautiful Ben, is in Hollywood to make his name on the silver screen, and annoyingly, is doing rather well at it!.
From St Tropez to New York, LA to the impossibly chic Paris; join Bella and Poppy and their friends as they face the reality of friendships pushed to the limits, and embark on a road trip that they’ll never forget…
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400 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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March 16, 2019
Loved it!
Once again, a really good, enjoyable story with familiar characters and a pacey, witty and interesting plot. I loved it!
Once again, a really good, enjoyable story with familiar characters and a pacey, witty and interesting plot. I loved it!
July 17, 2013
I absolutely LOVED Lucy Lord’s first book, Revelry, and as soon as I had finished I could not wait for the next instalment. So with bubbling excitement, I eagerly started Vanity.
If you’ve read Revelry, you will have already met Poppy and Bella. And if you haven’t yet then although you could get away with just reading Vanity, as it could be read as a standalone, please read Revelry first. This is because the story will make so much more sense that way as by the time you get to Vanity, you will already know these characters, their backgrounds and what has happened so far, so it is a joy to pick up Vanity and be reunited with them. Plus, I always find it exciting to have a few books in a series, as it gives you more to delve into and more time to enjoy reading about these characters and what they get up to.
In Vanity we join up again with Poppy and Bella. Poppy seems to have it all, she’s in New York and her career is going amazingly, however, her husband Damien’s isn’t going quite as well and Poppy begins to wonder how much their love can survive. Across the ocean in London, Bella is feeling very loved up with her boyfriend Andy, but she can’t help being a little bit jealous of her best friend Poppy. Throw their arch-nemesis into the mix too, and things are a about to get explosive as their friendships are pushed to the limit…
I thoroughly enjoyed Vanity! I was so keen to be back in the lives of Poppy and Bella, and I was so immersed in their world that I finished the book in only a few hours! Wow. If you thought the first book was great then let me tell you, you are all in for a treat! Vanity is so addictive, I couldn’t bear to be parted for it and spent a few glorious hours escaping into this wonderful novel.
The settings in the novel are perfectly chosen and the descriptions are stunning. I honestly felt as though I had been transported to New York and St Tropez whilst I was reading. I could picture every scene clearly in my mind and it felt as though I was there watching every scene unfold in front of me. I admit, it made me eager to go abroad on holiday and spend some time travelling around the world!
I loved being back with the old characters and I was always desperate to read on as I wanted to know how Poppy and Bella would progress throughout the story. However, I also really liked meeting the new characters too! I enjoyed getting to know Sam, Natalia, and Lars in particular. They made me want to read more as I genuinely cared about what happened to them as well, so it was almost like meeting a new bunch of best friends!
Vanity is funny, sexy, glamorous, and there is a lot of adventure and fun to be had for all! I genuinely can not wait to read more from Lucy Lord, and I am, ever so excited about her future releases! Vanity is the perfect summer read, and is ideal for relaxing in the garden with – so buy yourself a copy, pour yourself a drink, and enjoy escaping into this fantastic novel.
If you’ve read Revelry, you will have already met Poppy and Bella. And if you haven’t yet then although you could get away with just reading Vanity, as it could be read as a standalone, please read Revelry first. This is because the story will make so much more sense that way as by the time you get to Vanity, you will already know these characters, their backgrounds and what has happened so far, so it is a joy to pick up Vanity and be reunited with them. Plus, I always find it exciting to have a few books in a series, as it gives you more to delve into and more time to enjoy reading about these characters and what they get up to.
In Vanity we join up again with Poppy and Bella. Poppy seems to have it all, she’s in New York and her career is going amazingly, however, her husband Damien’s isn’t going quite as well and Poppy begins to wonder how much their love can survive. Across the ocean in London, Bella is feeling very loved up with her boyfriend Andy, but she can’t help being a little bit jealous of her best friend Poppy. Throw their arch-nemesis into the mix too, and things are a about to get explosive as their friendships are pushed to the limit…
I thoroughly enjoyed Vanity! I was so keen to be back in the lives of Poppy and Bella, and I was so immersed in their world that I finished the book in only a few hours! Wow. If you thought the first book was great then let me tell you, you are all in for a treat! Vanity is so addictive, I couldn’t bear to be parted for it and spent a few glorious hours escaping into this wonderful novel.
The settings in the novel are perfectly chosen and the descriptions are stunning. I honestly felt as though I had been transported to New York and St Tropez whilst I was reading. I could picture every scene clearly in my mind and it felt as though I was there watching every scene unfold in front of me. I admit, it made me eager to go abroad on holiday and spend some time travelling around the world!
I loved being back with the old characters and I was always desperate to read on as I wanted to know how Poppy and Bella would progress throughout the story. However, I also really liked meeting the new characters too! I enjoyed getting to know Sam, Natalia, and Lars in particular. They made me want to read more as I genuinely cared about what happened to them as well, so it was almost like meeting a new bunch of best friends!
Vanity is funny, sexy, glamorous, and there is a lot of adventure and fun to be had for all! I genuinely can not wait to read more from Lucy Lord, and I am, ever so excited about her future releases! Vanity is the perfect summer read, and is ideal for relaxing in the garden with – so buy yourself a copy, pour yourself a drink, and enjoy escaping into this fantastic novel.
January 25, 2013
Last year I read and enjoyed Revelry by Lucy lord. It wasn’t perfect but it was an escapist read and for the most part I liked it so when I saw the second book was out in January for the bargain price of 99p I pre-ordered it immediately, for 99p you can’t really go wrong, can you? Well, as it turns out, you can. Because Vanity was absolutely, utterly nothing like Revelry and, worse, it wasn’t even better for it.
For me though Vanity was a poor sister to Revelry. The writing style did a 360 degree turn and there were just way too many stories and characters to follow. Everything was to excess. Every single character took drugs and got drunk and slept with whomever they fancied. It was borderline obscene. It seemed to say that the only way to have fun was to be drugged up. I’m not saying there should have been zero drug use but it didn’t have to be the driving force of the novel. Lord was incapable of writing a drug free scene and it was that noticeable. I wouldn’t even know where to buy drugs, but they seemed to be available on tap to whomever wanted them in Vanity and it was all too much.
Even the characters were different. Poppy was her usual self – entirely full of herself, in fact – but that actually works for Poppy, and I felt we didn’t actually see enough of her in Vanity. The novel was too focused on everybody else, when as far as I’m aware, the novels are meant to be about Bella and Poppy. Bella was just not the same at all. She’s in a relationship now, has succumbed to coupledom with Andy, and it just felt weird. I thought Bella was a stronger person than to have to ask someone else if she’s allowed to do something. Even the horrible Ben turned out to not be so horrible – how terribly convenient and Chick Lit! It all seemed so forced. Even Sam, who I felt was a welcome addition, was stero-typical.
The novel was full of itself. Everyone was self-congratulatory and it was a waste of my time. That probably sounds really harsh, and I don’t mean to sound so harsh, but I just don’t get it. I don’t understand how characters can change so much in a matter of months, of how Lucy Lord thought it would be an EXCELLENT idea to switch the writing from first-person (which worked) to third-person (which so badly didn’t, what with all the shoe-horned in new characters and plots and things to follow). It was off-kilter in third-person, there was just too much going on. It’s like she tried to fit a trilogy in just one book. It’s quite ridiculous, and it got to the point where I just didn’t care about these people any more, they’d become caricatures of themselves. I was disappointed, and I will take a long hard think before I decide if I read Treachery.
For me though Vanity was a poor sister to Revelry. The writing style did a 360 degree turn and there were just way too many stories and characters to follow. Everything was to excess. Every single character took drugs and got drunk and slept with whomever they fancied. It was borderline obscene. It seemed to say that the only way to have fun was to be drugged up. I’m not saying there should have been zero drug use but it didn’t have to be the driving force of the novel. Lord was incapable of writing a drug free scene and it was that noticeable. I wouldn’t even know where to buy drugs, but they seemed to be available on tap to whomever wanted them in Vanity and it was all too much.
Even the characters were different. Poppy was her usual self – entirely full of herself, in fact – but that actually works for Poppy, and I felt we didn’t actually see enough of her in Vanity. The novel was too focused on everybody else, when as far as I’m aware, the novels are meant to be about Bella and Poppy. Bella was just not the same at all. She’s in a relationship now, has succumbed to coupledom with Andy, and it just felt weird. I thought Bella was a stronger person than to have to ask someone else if she’s allowed to do something. Even the horrible Ben turned out to not be so horrible – how terribly convenient and Chick Lit! It all seemed so forced. Even Sam, who I felt was a welcome addition, was stero-typical.
The novel was full of itself. Everyone was self-congratulatory and it was a waste of my time. That probably sounds really harsh, and I don’t mean to sound so harsh, but I just don’t get it. I don’t understand how characters can change so much in a matter of months, of how Lucy Lord thought it would be an EXCELLENT idea to switch the writing from first-person (which worked) to third-person (which so badly didn’t, what with all the shoe-horned in new characters and plots and things to follow). It was off-kilter in third-person, there was just too much going on. It’s like she tried to fit a trilogy in just one book. It’s quite ridiculous, and it got to the point where I just didn’t care about these people any more, they’d become caricatures of themselves. I was disappointed, and I will take a long hard think before I decide if I read Treachery.
December 13, 2013
Definetly not as good as the first one... expect to be dissapointed. It's just so much different to Revelry and it took me a while to get use to. Still worth a read though as their are some good parts. For example, I really loved the ending! Was really sweet. Can't wait for a girl called summer to be released to see what thats like! A while to wait yet though:(
January 7, 2013
excellent
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