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Tags : The Morning After Memoirs [Kate Michaels] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A smart, irreverent slant on modern dating, Kate Michaels’ sexy, laugh-out-loud debut reimagines the world of Sex And The City with the biting realism of Lena Dunham’s Girls. Twenty-nine-year-old Jess wakes up on New Year’s Day a touch hungover and a whole lot confused. The man in bed next to her is not her boyfriend,Kate Michaels,The Morning After Memoirs,Ago Publishing,099325800X,FICTION Contemporary Women

The Morning After Memoirs Kate Michaels 9780993258008 Books Reviews

The Morning After Memoirs is a cross between Bridget Jones' Diary and Sex in The City with plenty of humour, adult issues and poor choices to keep a reader guessing whats next. I found Michael's writing style interesting and the British humour really refreshing. The Morning After Memoirs really highlighted that I don't get to read enough British literature!

Jess goes from being a stable woman in a long term relationship to someone who has a drinking problem and a long succession of one night stands. She moves back home, starts drinking more than usual and meets all sorts of new characters. Over time Jess gets a new job, new place and begins to find a new normal after her disastrous New Years Eve. We see Jess make a lot of really terrible decisions that only makes her situation worse and lots of hilarious things happen along the way.

I really loved how Jess' story goes full circle from the night everything goes to hell, to the night Jess begins to get back on track (sort of) -- both of which are New Years Eve. A night for rebirth and renewal, how fitting!
The Morning After Memoirs is a novel you cannot take seriously. It's not about life lessons. It's pure comedy and entertainment.

I found that in order to really enjoy The Morning After Memoirs I needed a bottle of wine and the company of a good friend. I'm not saying that the novel required alcohol and friendship, but it helped me initially get on board with the humour. I was often frustrated and annoyed with Jess and her completely atrocious behaviour. I think I needed a friend to help me to stop taking Michael's work SO seriously.

I really wasn't amazed by The Morning After Memoirs mostly because I feel like the focus of this novel is for a much younger readers. I feel like I'm well past the age where drunken stupidity and one night stands are part of life so I often felt like Jess was focused on things that I am not. Perhaps this is just because Jess is a complete screw up with some serious responsibility problems, but I would suggest readers in their early twenties for this novel and not readers nearing thirty.

This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy comedic relief with their chick lit, British humour and novels with plenty of adult material. I would not suggest this novel to those who are easily disturbed because there are plenty of cursing, sexual situations and derogatory comments (all made in good fun, though).
**I received a free copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review**

Jess makes a stupid drunken mistake that results in her ending up single. This leads to a year-long disastrous (and sometimes funny) challenge to find love again.

I had to persevere with the story as I just couldn’t warm to Jess. She seemed obsessed with getting drunk and finding a man and would, more often than not, sleep with a man the minute she found one. It wasn’t really a story about finding love. It just seemed like a constant inebriated sex hunt, with no real storyline to it.

Jess became a little more likeable as the story progressed, but it was the supporting characters that I enjoyed reading about. Jess’ parents caused a few laugh out loud moments.

I was guessing that Jess would find love with a particular character (I won’t say who) but when I got to the end I was surprised. The ending, if you can call it that, didn’t feel right as it seemed the author had just thrown Jess into yet another one night stand, albeit with someone briefly from her past.

Another reason I was disappointed with the book was because I found the dialogue strange. It wasn’t set out with new lines for each character’s speech like most books are – it was all in the same paragraph. At times this was confusing as I found myself rereading sections to understand who was talking. I was quite a long way into the book before I got used to it.

I’m usually a fan of chick-lit and like a good giggle along the way but unfortunately this book just didn’t do it for me.

All in all, this chick-lit story was easy to read, non-taxing, and would be an ideal book for someone in their twenties to take on holiday to read on the plane or at the beach. I’m guessing if you’re a fan of Sex and the City, then you’ll probably like this.

Reviewed by Jodie, at Whispering Stories Book Blog
Twenty-nine-year-old Jess is still trying to get over the break-up with her ex-boyfriend Ben. She knows the best way to get over someone is to just get out in the field again, but things aren't as easy as they might seem, especially when it turns out the best guys have already been scooped up by someone else. However, Jess has the support of her friends and numerous glasses of wine to keep her going, and she's not yet ready to give up on love, no matter what it is planning on throwing her way.

'The Morning After Memoirs' focuses on modern-day dating and main character's Jess experiences after she has broken up with her boyfriend. The book is described as a mix of the two popular TV shows 'Sex and the City' and 'Girls', and perhaps that's where it went wrong for me, because I'm not really a fan of either of those shows. The story really revolves around partying, drinking, and sleeping around, and it seemed to lack any kind of plotline. It just felt like random events happening in the protagonist's life, without any real main storyline to come back to, which is why it was difficult for me to remain interested in both the story and the characters.

The book is quite a short read with roughly 260 pages, but it did take me a few sittings to finish it, mainly because it just wasn't really my type of read. Even though there was a lot of narration in the book and hardly any dialogue, which I really missed, I do think Kate Michaels' writing has potential and perhaps another read of hers will fit me better. I'm afraid I just didn't connect with this novel, not on any level, but I'm sure other readers will be able to enjoy this.
Just a great read!