Play-Survive-Win

REVIEW: The Prada Paradox by Julie Kenner

Dear Ms Kenner, Two years ago I got swept up in your Play.Survive.Win world. The scavenger hunt plot with death as the booby prize for those who lost plus smart protagonists sucked me in and didn’t let go until the last page. “The Prada Paradox” closes the three book story arc and, while not as(…)

REVIEW: Prada Paradox by Julie Kenner

Dear Ms. Kenner: I started becoming a Julie Kenner fan with the The Givenchy Code whose title was not only a clever play on the blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, but also a creative take on the chick lit oeuvre: a heroine who loved shoes and code breaking. In The Prada Paradox, the last in(…)

REVIEW: The Givenchy Code and The Manolo Matrix by Julie Kenner

Dear Ms. Kenner, So far, I’ve enjoyed both of your novels in this trilogy. The plot, that a megalomaniac billionaire who developed an addictive online reality game called “Play. Survive. Win.” has somehow managed to have it brought to life and played out the streets of Manhattan, is great. Yeah, you take a few liberties(…)