Book Review: The Dirty Book Club by Lisi Harrison

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M.J. Stark’s life is picture-perfect—she has her dream job as a magazine editor, a sexy doctor boyfriend, and a glamorous life in New York City. But behind her success, there is a debilitating sense of loneliness. So when her boss betrays her and her boyfriend offers her a completely new life in California, she trades her cashmere for caftans and gives it a try. Once there, M.J. is left to fend for herself in a small beach town, with only the company of her elderly neighbor Gloria and an ocean that won't shut up.

One afternoon, M.J. discovers that Gloria has suddenly moved to Paris with her friends to honor a fifty-year-old pact. And in lieu of a goodbye, she's left a mysterious invitation to a secret club—one that only reads erotic books. Curious, M.J. accepts and meets the three other hand-selected club members. As they bond over naughty bestsellers and the shocking letters they inherited from the original club members, the four strangers start to divulge the intimate details of their own lives...and as they open up, they learn that friendship might just be the key to rewriting their own stories: all they needed was to find each other first.

Review: 

This was a cute book about a group of women who become unlikely friends. This book showcases women who are all in different parts of their lives. One is a at crossroad. One is facing a difficult decision and one has her life mapped out when everything changes. The book starts out with women from a different era and I loved how it intertwined with the women in the present. Back then it was unheard of women not wanting to get married. It was unheard of women to talk about sex in public. Women were supposed to act prim and proper, get married, have kids and always be happy. These are the reason why they started the book club to begin with, it was a place for them to vent their frustrations. I liked that the women in this story supported each other throughout the story. There wasn’t judgment and they offered advice and help as needed. That’s the kind of tribe I want in my life. The story was told in third person point of view but I would have liked first person better. Sometimes I did get a little confused. The ending in my opinion was a little rushed but it had a nice wrap up. This is my first time reading anything by this author and it was a good read. I will definitely read another book by this author.

About The Author:

Lisi Harrison is the author of the #1 NYT Bestselling Clique, Alphas, Monster High and Pretenders series. Her first adult novel, The Dirty Book Club will be released October 10, 2017. She was senior director of Development at MTV and also served as head writer for MTV Productions.
Lisi lives in Laguna Beach, California and has been a proud member of her own dirty book club since 2007.

She posts a new blog every Wednesday at LisiHarrison.com