The synopsis of this book promised a fun and exciting chicklit and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. I was, however, rather disappointed when I've gotten through the first few chapters and the book did not appear to live up to my expectations.

McCormack was very funny and very witty. I enjoyed all the quirky little comments embedded throughout the novel. Unfortunately, that was about the only thing I liked about it.

First thing I noticed about the book was that there really wasn't anything interesting that happened. We knew the friendship was doomed because it said so on the back cover, so I was expecting to feel the tension building up with each chapter. But the tension never happened. The girls never really fought until the end, even the fight between Bess and Marcus was shortlived (and the only had one spat). There was nothing to carry me from one chapter to the next.

Although McCormack had devoted a lot of effort in character development by providing the readers ample details on Bess and Maxi's personalities and their friendship, I found her characters and their relationships with each other lacked substance. It was as if I was looking watching their lives through a glass window. None of the characters were able to grab my senses and draw me into the book. It almost felt like McCormack was trying to write a book about an ordinary girl that everyone can relate to but she went a little too far. Bess was too ordinary; she was a little boring to read about.

I also thought the ending was unrealistic. Maxi came across as spoiled and selfish but I thought her tandrum at the party leading to the demise of their friendship was a little farfetched. This brings us back to the lack of tension throughout the book. While Maxi showed small signs of jealousy prior to the party, I did not feel that her resentment towards Bess was strong enough to warrant a broken friendship. Every friendship harbours some degree of jealousy and resentment at one point or another; no friendship (or relationship for that matter) is perfect. The ending of a long friendship is a very traumatic event and I found it hard to believe that Maxi would so easily throw all of that away because she blew up at Bess, once. Had Maxi been acting like a crazy jealous maniac throughout the book, thus creating tension between the girls, then this ending would have been more appropriate. Also, with the climax in the last 5 pages of the book, it felt the ending was very rushed and poorly thought out. In the end, it almost felt as though Bess was not overly bothered by her broken friendship with Maxi; that is also hard to believe because Bess was portraited as someone who love with all her heart and will forever stand by her loyalty to her friends. I expected her to be completely broken hearted at the lost of her bestfriend of 16 years.

Finally, all the references to Toronto was a little annoying. At first it was fun, but after awhile, it felt like McCormack was trying too hard to impress.

Overall, I am not giving this book a great review. However, I think McCormack deserves another chance because I believe she has a lot of potentials. She's very witty and her humour was really the highlight of this book. I will definitely read another book written by her in the future.