Review: Picture Imperfect

Synopsis


Chloe Dixon is a struggling artist in her early thirties.  She’s lived with her boyfriend Mark for almost two years and things seem to be going smoothly. Then one day Mark unexpectedly announces that he’s going on holiday to Greece for a week with an old friend – and a couple of girls. 

And suddenly the Picture is far from Perfect.  Mark insists the holiday will be quite innocent.  And Chloe trusts him. But can any woman really trust her boyfriend cavorting around a Greek island with another woman?  And is she being unreasonable to think that this might not be a very nice thing to do to your girlfriend?  As Chloe completes her latest canvas, she starts to wonder if this is the moment to take Mark out of the picture completely? 

Review

What would you do if your boyfriend of two years decided to a take a holiday with his mates and couple of girls? Remember YOU ARE NOT INVITED. 

This might not seem like much of dilemma but  it could potential ruin a relationship. Its always the simple questions that break up relationships, not the socks in the living room or the ever present ex girlfriend but the simple dilemmas that leave you gasping for air wanting out of a long term relationship. 

Don't be deceived by the pretty pink cover. This isn't your typical ChickLit (Thank God). Chick Lit is inundated with hopeless heroins obsessed with shoes and shopping and tedious boys. Nicola Yeager's Picture Imperfect is in part a book about a woman trying to map out her life in the Art world but also a book about relationships and what happens when two years down the line the relationship turns stale. 

Who do you listen to when faced with such a dilemma  your overbearing mother, the know it best friend, the kooky but randy boss? Who knows best? And are you making a mountain out of a moor hill? These were the questions Chloe was asking herself. 

We meet Chloe at her lowest , broke and unhappy living with her boyfriend of two years. This is a modern tale on relationships. Nicola Yeager is an intelligent author in that she managers to stay true to the characters, without the typical ending as in the author meets the hero and set off into the cozy sunset with her perfect man. I was happy with book doesn't end with a fairy-tale.  

I was so bawled over by how good this book was.  I wished it was a full length novel. Chloe is a fantastic character, she's real, intelligent and unlike other ChickLit characters, she has a brain. This book isn't filled with nonsensical dribble about nothings, It is intelligent and well thought out.   I look forward to reading Nicole's books in future. She surprised me more has any other author has in a very long time.