Chick Lit Classics is a regular feature on Chick Lit Reviews where we highlight the books we feel are classics of the chick lit genre. Feel free to discuss our choices in the comments section!

This book might only be 3 years old, but I think it’s a great read and one worthy of the ‘Chick Lit Classic’ position this week! It is author Jane Fallon’s debut novel, and really came to promenence because of it being featured of Richard and Judy’s Book Club in 2007, and that’s how I found out about it. It sounded perfect for me, and I quickly got a copy from the library and I loved it. It’s the story of Helen and Matthew, a couple who have been having an affair for several years, but their relationship is turning a bit stale. Helen decides to get rid of Matthew but it isn’t as easy as it seems. It’s a very different view point of an affair, and I surprised myself in feeling sorry for the mistress as well as the wife in this tale! Brilliant reading, recommended by me.

“What to do if Matthew, your secret lover of the past four years, finally decides to leave his wife Sophie and their two daughters and move into your flat, just when you’re thinking that you might not want him anymore . . . PLAN A Stop shaving your armpits. And your bikini line. Tell him you have a moustache that you wax every six weeks Stop having sex with him Pick holes in the way he dresses. Don’t brush your teeth. Or your hair. Or pluck out the stray hag-whisker that grows out of your chin. Buy incontinence pads and leave them lying around PLAN B Accidentally on purpose bump into his wife Sophie Give yourself a fake name and identity Befriend Sophie Actually begin to really like Sophie Snog Matthew’s son (who’s the same age as you by the way. You’re not a paedophile) Buy a cat and give it a fake name and identity Befriend Matthew’s children. Unsuccessfully Watch your whole plan go absolutely horribly wrong Getting Rid of Matthew isn’t as easy as it seems, but along the way Helen will forge an unlikely friendship, find real love and realize that nothing ever goes exactly to plan . . .”

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