High Maintenance

Jennifer Belle

"High Maintenance is a book that I believe was leant to me. I had asked a girlfriend, "Oh, do you have anything good that you've read lately?" And I got like a stack of books back. So finally when I got around to reading it, I didn't really think much of it, and this book was just funny. The main character was like quirky, and she says random things, and gets herself into random situations; and it was a little off, and I appreciate stuff like that.

The story is about a young woman in her mid to late 20's who gets divorced and lives in Manhattan, and she has to find a job, and she is looking for a boyfriend and is just trying to figure out her life post-divorce. She decides that she's gonna become a real estate agent in the big bad city. There's just a whole slew of events that kind of go along with that.

There is a story about the guy that she's interested in and some ear biting that is absolutely hilarious. The whole book is worth reading just for this one part. It's so funny.

A lot of like chick lit books that you read, it's all about finding Prince Charming at the end and everything being all duckies and bunnies; and this one it was just kind of like it just ended where she was at. There is no knight on a white horse; it was just kind of like a story of a situation or a period of time in her life and what happened during it. And it wasn't like everything was all sewed up neatly and tied with a little bow at the end. If you're maybe having a hard time with like the opposite sex, this is kind of a fun little read. I'd give it four out of five stars."

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