An easy read. Light and fluffy.

This is the first and only book I have read written by Jill Mansell and I found the book to be easy to read and was instantly hooked. I instantly loved the main character, Lola, who was in the worst possible situation at the beginning of the story - keep your boyfriend or have £10,000... Lolca decides to take the money and run, something which I had a bit of a shout about when I was reading that part of the book.... I definately formed a lot of opinions throughout reading this! Would recommend t...

I love Jill Mansell. She gives me exactly what I want when I ask for it. Superb chick lit writer, one of the best in my opinion. I don't know how she does it, but I always fall in love with her characters, always care what happens to them, and even if I can sometimes predict who will end up with who, I don't care. Laugh out loud funny in so many places... another jem Jill x

A fun summer read. Just what I needed!

The main couple of the book not only bored me, but apparently they bored the author as well. No effort was spent on their relationship being developed, and all the effort was spent on EVERY OTHER PAIRED OFF COUPLE. It was like, if you saw that everyone else was happy, clearly, the main two will be alright. And even if he did discover, did he really PINE after her for ten years? A cute notion, but I think a bit unrealistic. however, it was a cute read, so it gets three stars. Would I read again?

Well it wasn't bad, just not as good as JM's others. The big complaint, Lola should not have wound up with Doug at the end. I wish she would have met somebody better. Yep, she did break up with him at 17 for money, let's face it - two teenagers, one wealthy and the other not and the wealthy one with a mum who is quite willing to do anything to get the girl out of her son's life - the odds are good the relationship isn't going to work out and the girl really needs the money to save her family so

Awful.. such a painfully disappointing and dull read! It was pure torture reading it through, which is even worse, since I was so interested by the plot that I went to great efforts to order it online, buy it have it delivered, and all for such an irritating and boring, undeveloped, low quality novel which just dragged on and on! I'm not prejudiced against chick lit, I like it, there are some authors I love : Sophie Kinsella, Melissa Nathan, Marian Keyes, etc, but this one definitely put me off

Please note that I gave this book 3.5 stars and rounded it up to 4 stars on Goodreads.I read two Mansell books back in the day and told myself that maybe those two books should be enough. Both a lot of her works were available via my library and I decided to try again to see if I like any of these books much better. The answer is, I did and I didn’t. What grabs me a lot about this book is that I loved every character in this book except for the main character Lola. Lola is annoying and if she ha...

If you have ever worked in a bookstore and either a)find chick lit remotely tolerable or b)are such an anglophile that you can overlook overt chick lityness if it's balanced by overt Britishness, this book is spectacularly funny. I personally fall more into category b than a, and therefore will concede that it's a ridiculously girly book, but massively enjoyable, a bit like chocolate.But really the best part is the, "Oink."

A really, really fun book! If you're in a bad mood, it'll cheer you right up! And don't make plans --I read it in one sitting.So...what about it...Lola really never, ever, gave up on trying to get Dougie back -- even when he kept throwing daggers at her and quite frankly it was hilarious! Don't worry, you don't have to be a sadist to appreciate the way Doug shuts her down, you just can't not enjoy it with Lola being Lola! Plus, you have to admit, that from Dougie's point of view, he could have b...

From the back of the book:"Young Lola, under duress, accepts a huge bribe to break up with her boyfriend. The worst part is, the bribe is from his mother. Ten years later, when they meet again, her feelings for him are as strong as ever-but how is she going to win him back without telling him why she broke his heart in the first place?"My thoughts:My thoughts on this book can be summed up in one sentence: "What a fun read!" Seriously, it really was a fun read and I ended up enjoying this book im...

My head hurts from rolling my eyes so many times. I just couldn't get into it; the characters lacked depth and especially Lola frustrated me to no end: she has to be the most immature, selfish and shallow character I've ever come across. Just, no.

Bleh. Really, I should have known better than to read this. I loathe books where the entire plot revolves around some secret the main character can't divulge, thus creating all sorts of complications. But I read it, partly because I had enjoyed a previous Jill Mansell book, and thought that this would be as fun and quirky, too. Nope. Instead, I slogged through 400 pages of a bad plot and obnoxious characters.Lola was an immature, shallow, self-centered brat, plain and simple. She talks about how...

The best way to read this is to think of it as a healing journey for the h. She had a bad breakup with her first love, and she needed closure. After the book ends, they break up, because they are just not the same people they were.

You just can’t go wrong with a Jill Mansell book. Only reason it took me so long to read is because I’ve been so busy with barely any time to read.Loved Lola. She has such a big heart and so loyal to her step-dad. Loved her friendship with Gabe and Sally. Couldn’t help but feel her frustrations with Doug and that inevitability when she realises she’s wasting her time. It all comes good in the end and ultimately, that’s what it’s all about with Jill’s books. Loved it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This novel follows Lola, a 17 year old who is offered £10,000 to dump her boyfriend – by her boyfriend’s mother. She believes Lola isn’t good enough for her son Dougie and that she dresses like a cheap tart. Lola shoots her down, but then discovers she needs the money to help her step-father get out of trouble. Her father took loans from different people and the total sum was 15,000 pounds. She promises her father to tell no one about the money, or why she took it, so she writes dougie a letter

Oh this is a traditional Jill Mansell, from the book cover to the story itself. It delivered what I expected which was some light reading. Its been a while since I read this book and I prefered her other books, but still a good example of chick lit

This book kind of sucked balls. There were too many characters, and they were all dreadfully boring characters at that. Too many twist and turns, all boring. And if this is supposed to be a rekindling romance between Lola and Doug, maybe they should actually spend some time together. Just my opinion. They were barely together in the story, maybe two or three time at the most and even then there was no flirting or stolen glances. Nothing happened in this book and it was all over the place.

Review originally posted on Diary of an EccentricWhen Lola was 17, her boyfriend’s mother made her an offer she couldn’t refuse–a ton of money to stop seeing her son. Dougie was Lola’s first love, and Lola wanted to tell his mother to stick her money where the sun doesn’t shine, but she takes it, even negotiates a higher amount, to keep her family together. Distraught over the end of her relationship with Dougie, she flees the country.Ten years later, Lola is living in Notting Hill as a bookstor...

An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell is witty, charming, engaging, and Chicklit to the max.For a reviewer this was a treat to find in a book, this is definitely how many of us feel about books and reading, and reading these lines instantly cemented my attention to this book.Lola is a young girl in love with a boy, Dougie, whose family is wealthy and whose mother hates her guts. His mother makes her an offer that she can't refuse, so she takes it and says goodbye to the love of her life in a...