There are not enough words to describe how much I loved this book! It was the perfect combination of everything you could ask for it a great chick-lit book! It was insanely funny and just straight up adorable. The authors create such a unique plot with brilliant characters. I was hooked the entire time! The writing, the characters and the plot just made me want to jump in and join this hilariously fun story. Not only is this a perfect read for the summer, it's just the perfect read all-together. I fell in love with this story from the moment I started... and I'll tell you why!

First off, the plot is just do darn adorable, exciting and filled with awesome drama. We follow three characters, Zahra being our main one. Her parents are divorced, but she has great boyfriend who is Rico. Zahra being Pakistani/Scottish, she has had her family troubles. Her grandparents didn't like the fact that their daughter married out of their ethnicity. One thing lead to another, and Zahra's parents got a divorce. It devastated her and her sister, but Zahra clings to the fact that she has her boyfriend by her side. He's everything she could ask for in a guy, and she is thrilled that she finally met someone who plays the role of her rock.

After the divorce, Zahra is sent to group counseling to help her with her parent's divorce. There, she meets two other girls, Kali and Syd. Kalu is flirtatious and spunky, while Syd is tougher and more of the vintage-vixen. All three girls knew they had one thing in common; their parent's separation. However, they soon discover that they share the same boyfriend, and has been three-timing them all at the same time! Meet Rico/Rick/Eric. The guy who made up two different names to date three girls.

Zahra is devastated beyond belief. She feels horrible for not figuring it out, and seeing the signs. She wonders how she could have been so stupid to believe that he actually liked her. Kali feels just as bad, she thought she had something special with him. However, Syd feels the worst. She actually had a history with Eric, and two think he cheated on her with two other girls makes her hurt beyond belief.

What the girls decide to do changes the whole course of the novel. They want revenge. It ends up going so well, that people want the tree of them do do it to their exes. Soon, they have clients wanting relationship advice, match-making, revenge and help on the all so complicated, four letter word, love. They are the go-to girls to solve all relationship problems.

And that is how Love, Inc began its business!

I highly recommend this adorable and fantastic read! I loved everything about it! The characters are like no other. It's highly entertaining and just so great. Need I say more?

5/5
2011-027

this book had me howling with laughter. It was very well written and sometime you could see where things were going but it was still a fund ride and sometimes you just need a book that will make you laugh. The crazy meddling grandmother was the best. The authors really made you love and hate her all at the same time. That to me is good writing.

I've been really looking forward to reading Love, Inc. ever since I first heard about it and after loving Girl v. Boy, Sandy and Yvonne's previous collaboration together, I just knew I would enjoy this novel... and I was so right. And don't let the light, happy cover fool you because there is definitely more to this novel than meets the eye!

When Zahra, Kalie, and Syd first meet in group counseling, sent there to help deal with their parent's failed marriages, they don't expect to have anything in common... and least of all, not the same boyfriend. Angry and out for a little bit of revenge, the three girls band together to serve some justice to the boy who broke their hearts. So when Project Payback is a mission success, the girls think that's that and will attempt to move on... but word travels fast and soon the girls have clients in need of some relationship help. Reconnaissance, mediation, revenge and even match-making... these girls will do it all, for a certain fair price of course.

Zahra, Kali and Syd have such different personalities yet their friendship is completely palpable. It was wonderful to see their friendship bloom over the course of the novel from complete strangers to a close knit of friends who were just like family. Kali's fun and flirty, and although seeing her mother's many divorces have stopped her from having a true relationship with someone, she's always the hopeful, bubbly one. Syd is more of the tough girl, but behind this facade, she's lonely and throws herself into art with passion while also caring for her dog Banksy. And then there's Zahra with her dreams of one day becoming a celebrity pastry chef ... and she's sort of the middle ground between them all.

The story is told solely from Zahra's point of view and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Compared to Kali and Syd, she sort of thinks of herself as just an average girl even though she's anything but; she's struggling with her own identity and heritage as she deals with a broken heart. She believes that a great deal of why her parents separated were their two completely different cultures; her father's Scottish background and her mother's Pakistani one. And with her mother's parents visiting from Pakistan and staying at their home, she feels this is the case more than ever. She feels torn between two worlds and is unsure how to stick true to herself without disappointing anyone. Watching as Zahra slowly comes to accept herself was just another aspect I thoroughly enjoyed about this novel!

Moving on to something lighter... there is some pretty awesome relationship advice given in this novel! Kali, Syd, and Zahra may have had their own problems with love but they're sure good at giving advice to others. And I must of course mention Brody... his steady bantering with Zahra was a source of constant amusement for me! He also offered some useful and insightful advice to the girls as well, proving he was much more than just a pretty face.

Love, Inc. goes beyond being just a light read. It may be humourous with plenty of laugh out loud moments, but it's also a novel about the tribulations of love and family... and how friendships can arise from the most unexpected circumstances. It really does have a bit of everything!

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