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My Best Friend's Girl

by: Dorothy Koomson

2008; 480 pages

Rating: 1.5

It's never a good sign when an author needs to make the story more interesting and exciting. Well, that's what happened in "My Best Friend's Girl". About half way through the book, author Dorothy Koomson decides that there needs to be a little more action. Never mind that the main character's (Kamryn) best friend dies of cancer and Kamryn is faced with raising her daughter as her own. Never mind, as well, that this daughter of the so-called best friend was fathered by Kamryn's finace while they were still engaged.

No. That wasn't exciting enough. So, Koomson decides half way through the book that Kamryn is black, and Tegan is white - thus adding even more dramatic fodder to the piece. Really, just decide from the beginning.... There's no need to suddenly add that in just for the sake of more drama.

That aside, I really thought that "My Best Friend's Girl" had promise. It had some food for thought points for thinking and discussing in it. However, Koomson didn't deliver on these. I never really felt that compelled to think about how I might respond in a similar situation because I never really felt as if I could relate to (or even really care about) any of the characters. But, hey, it was a free book, and it's hard to pass up on free.