Macy's fiction is all reader-friendly surfaces and sheen, and "Spoiled" comprises nine chronicles of preppy women gone off the rails. The ruthless acuity of Macy's social observations puts "Spoiled" a notch -- a slender notch, mind you -- above those books with pink covers and martini glasses. Most telling sentence: "The woman quoted amicably that oft-repeated epigram about nannies in New York, that the good ones always got passed along." Oh, right, that oft-repeated epigram. (From the WASHINGTON POST, July 8, 2009) ( )

Great reviews. A truly horrible book.