Beware of the cat

Early thirties, Maggie is licensed to ArgoNet Software, a startup in Silicon Valley. While waiting to find a job, she spends her time reading romances in a bookstore Used Books, Used Books Dragonfly. To try to put his foot in the stirrup, his best friend Dizzy introduced into a staid reading club led by a rich entrepreneur.
The common reading imposed that day is the DH Lawrence novel: Lady Chatterley's Lover. The same modern edition is submitted to participants, but no offense to the organizer and moderator Avi, Maggie arrives with his own old version unearthed at Dragonfly.
She was to spend the night to read the novel, but it is mostly swept away by a mysterious handwritten correspondence discovered in margins between two strangers: Henry and Catherine.

If the novel focuses therefore trying to find out who were these mysterious Henry and Catherine magnet interposed messages, the story takes many other ways to the point of completely forgetting these two contenders (to return quickly to the end).

The plot is not so as to unravel this enigma (the resolution also very flat and disappointing) that reveal the passionate character of Maggie for books, and to accompany him on his personal journey to his professional achievements , while soothing his volcanic relationship with her mother.

Do not dwell on the pretty cover and cat ears back showing an imminent annoyance, it's not because we're talking books and cat must be immediately think of the happiness the fire, the stack to read on the armrest of the chair and the purring cat on her lap. Nay, no blanket novel as I have read here and there, and Grendel cat is a dirty beast psychopath who has no other activity than flay all who pass too close to the row of books on which it would be installed. Temple Guardian, yeah.

For me the novel is mainly due to the personality of Maggie, the hard road that it crosses to find its way and assertive, with secondary characters also horniest around him, far more than any love books. While some titles are cited, historical romances for most, but failed to enthuse me. The reading club is only a pretext to start, it does not become a regular event. The cat is used against type, and large chain bookstores debate / small independent trade is not entirely sketched the real subject either. Actually, this Dragonfly, I would not attend with her boss and employees all over frappadingues one than the other.

I found the chatty style and scattering in all directions too, I would have preferred a more sober and temperate story, even if that style attached to the person of Maggie makes the salt of the novel.

The fact remains that I am a bit disappointed, probably deceived by the pitch too promising from the 4th cover. Playful and exuberant, perhaps a little too attractive despite everything, a good novel for relaxing summer holiday on the edge of the pool.