Size 12 is Not Fat
Avon Trade, January, 2006.
Trade paperback, 345 pages.
ISBN: 0060525118
Subgenre: mystery, chicklit
Heather Wells was the Britney Spears of her day -- a teen idol,
she had money, a pop star boyfriend and adoring fans. But then
her mother and manager absconded with her money, she caught her
boyfriend in flagrante delicto with rival a pop tart and
her record label dropped her when she wanted to perform her own
material. Now Heather is out of the music business and living
in New York City. Her new job is being the assistant director of
the undergraduate residence hall at Manhattan's New York College.
She pays rent to the ex-boyfriend's brother, a decent (and quite attractive) sort who
works as a private eye. When students start showing up dead
in the elevator shafts after supposedly partaking in the latest
thrill rage of elevator surfing, Heather isn't buying it. After all,
girls don't elevator surf -- but the police ignore her. So Heather
decides to investigate on her own, while fending off her crazed
ex-boyfriend, people who accuse her of looking familiar
and trying not to become the next fatality of the elevator killer.
An engaging protagonist, a hilarious narrative style and
Meg Cabot's unique take on the world make this an outstanding
debut in what is sure to be a popular ongoing series.
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This review was published in the April, 2006 of The Internet Writing Journal.
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