Love is the new Black
Author: Chrissie
Keighery
Publisher: Hardie
Grant Egmont
Piper Bancroft has been thrown a lifeline: her godmother
has set her up with a job at a top fashion magazine in Melbourne. Having ruined
her chances of getting into uni, Piper is ready to grasp this opportunity with
both hands.
But when Piper starts her new job, she’s as out of place
as her face Marc Jacobs handbag. Piper’s determined to do a great job and prove
she’s got what it takes to make it. But there’s one very large distraction
getting in her way: her completely gorgeous, and completely off-limits, boss.
He’d be the perfect man- of only they’d met in another lifetime.
My review
Thoughts on the
book: Love is the new Black is the young adult version of The Devil Wears
Prada and I absolutely devoured it. The story centres around Piper Bancroft who
had her life all mapped out, a straight-A student once smashing her final
exams, Piper and her two best friends Sarah and Ally would move into a house in
Brisbane together and start their dream uni course, creative writing and
editing. That was all good in theory but it things didn’t exactly happen that
way. Piper met Dylan during her final year and found it was more important to
spend time with him than do study for her exams (as Dylan was older). Fast
forward to results time and Piper was right on the cusp of either being let
into the course or not. Luckily for her she has an amazing quirky godmother
(who loves animal prints) who gets her a job at the top fashion magazine, Aspire.
It’s not exactly what she really wants to do with her life but it might be a
great stepping stone for her.
Love is the New Black had many characters that you fall
in love with and a plot that was really easy to follow and flowed really well.
I felt that, I personally, could relate a little to Piper as during my last year
of high school I met my husband and I didn’t study for most of that year as
much as I should have and ended up not doing as well as I should have. I also
was on the cusp of getting into the course that I wanted to do at the time
(nursing). I however got in but had to defer as I was pregnant and a couple of
years later ended up pursing Accounting and loved it. Like Piper if I had gone
straight to uni and done what I thought I wanted to do I wouldn’t have actually
found what I really wanted to do, besides reading and reviewing of course.
A few issues got brought up that are regularly discussed
these days:
·
One was about celebrities that are in the
spotlight and how they don’t have much privacy from the world. Every move and
decision that they make is scrutinised by the public, and such as in this book,
many celebrities feel that they can’t be themselves, that they have to project
a character to the world so that everyone won’t be disappointed.
·
Another was about homosexual people and how hard
it is for a lot of them to be able to come out to not only their family and
friends but to the whole of society. Some homosexuals don’t believe that people
will accept them for whom they are and instead feel that they need to put on a
front and play straight because that is what they believe everyone wants.
·
Lastly there is the issue about models and how
skinny is too skinny and whether fuller figure people should be able to model.
I found the authors views on modelling very interesting and would love to read
some other people’s views on this.
I also loved the whole drama surrounding Vivian. I don’t
want to give too much away on the subject but will mention the article that was
printed in the magazine. It was entitled ‘Sheer Sense’ and Piper had been
playing around writing one day and had written in. The next thing she knows it
is printed in the magazine but not under her own name, under Vivian’s. It seems
Vivian had stolen back into the office and stole the article from Piper’s
computer and made sure there was no trace left onto the computer so that it
couldn’t be traced back to Piper.
Favourite
character: CONTAINS A SMALL SPOILER
I think my favourite character would have to be Piper.
She goes through so much throughout the book and comes out so strong on the
other side and (in the end) with an award from an article that she had written
herself about something that she felt passionately about. Even though she
doesn’t take the path that she always though that she would, she ends up in a
better place doing something she loves with someone who she not only loves but
loves her in return and can’t be lead astray.
Favourite
part/quote: I loved this scene in the book.
Piper’s heart
pounded. She moved forward, and felt his hands slip around her waist. He leant
towards her, and kissed her.
His kiss was soft
at first- no more than a flutter. Then, his lips were firm on hers. Piper
closed her eyes. His tongue found hers, and the kiss became urgent.
He lifted her
against the wall and a moan escaped her. Mason pressed her body into the bricks
and she felt him, big and hard against her. She ran her hands over his chest,
wanting to rip off his shirt.
Adrenaline coursed
through her, making her every nerve ending in her body stand to attention.
Piper had never
felt anything like this before. She wanted him, right here. Now.
She fumbled with
the belt of his trousers, and felt him grow even harder as he groaned. His lips
moved down her neck, his hands on her breast. His teeth bit softly into her
shoulder. His hands were under her dress, moving up her legs.
‘Oh god. I want
you, Piper,’ he whispered.
Rating: 5/5
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