3fat women vow to lose weight. Nora creates Belinda for a advice column and pretends she's her. Cute. ( )

This was a very fun read. The struggles with weight loss and the success was realistic, amusing and something we can relate to in one way or the other. ( )

The Cinderella Pact, by Sarah Strohmeyer is a cute book. From the cover, to the title, to the love story, it appeared to be basic chick lit. I don't say that in any derogatory way. I love chick lit. I read it, I write it, I enjoy it. It's take the place of the good old fashioned bodice rippers and I have to say that for the most part it's a huge step in the right direction.

As for The Cinderella Pact, something was different. The normal formula was followed with a twist. Nola, the main character, was overweight. So were her friends. After the three friends were discriminated on because of their weight, the ladies decided to form the Cinderella Pact, which was to lose weight.

Each lady approached it differently. The book hit on topics such as gastric bypass, counting points at Weight Watchers, personal trainers, and falling off the wagon. I hadn't read a book, a novel at least, like this one before. You don't see overweight main characters too often. Even by the end of the book, she wasn't skinny, but she was healthier and that's the point.

There were a few different sub-plots going around. The Cinderella Pact itself was only one part of the story. Nola found herself in a situation at work that was her own fault really. Her attempts to get herself out of it were cute. She also fell for a mystery man named "Chip" who turned out to be the last person she expected.

Anyone who's tried to lose weight will relate to a good part of this book. Because of that I found it hard to read at times. Sometimes the things Nola was going through hit a little close to home. ( )

An updated fairy tale, complete with transformation of a funny and smart heroine. ( )

This was an interesting book for a couple of reasons. It's a cinderella story about a fat girl who loses weight but it isn't those easy weight loss type stories where the girl starts walking dogs and loses all this weight. She actually excercises, sort of does Weight Watchers, [...], suffers, cuts calories, and...it takes a while.

There is this whole other story of Nola who is also Belinda who is a writer for this magazine who is skinny, fab, and British and who doesn't exist. Nola made her up to get a column that the magazine won't give to her because she doesn't have the right look so she makes up Belinda. Nola has to face her childhood demons and has to face her relationship with food. All in all a pretty good book. ( )