The God of Good Looks
- Author Breanne Mc Ivor
- Narrator Varia Williams, Alexis Rodney
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 10 hours and 41 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Contemporary romance, Cosmetics, hair and beauty, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Social issues.
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What to expect
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A joyously satisfying will-they-won't-they love story about a young woman finding her feet and forging her own destiny, set against the backdrop of the Trinidadian beauty industry.
Bianca Bridge has always dreamt of becoming a writer. But Trinidadian high society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government minister is a sure-fire way to ruin your prospects. When Obadiah Cortland, make-up artist and legend in the island's beauty scene, offers her a job as a lowly assistant, Bianca reluctantly accepts that working on his beauty magazine is the closest to her dreams she's going to get. But Obadiah has a reputation for being aloof and tyrannical, and it will take all the strength her mother taught her to endure it.
'The God of Good Looks' may be as fierce as she'd been warned, but there are surprises to discover in Bianca's new role: unexpected friendships, the art and artistry involved in make-up, and a revolution in her idea of what it really means to be beautiful. Most surprising of all, she begins to suspect there might be cracks in Obadiah's carefully crafted façade. Could it be she's not the only one who knows how easy it is to tumble down the social ladder?
Sparkling, big-hearted and life-affirming, The God of Good Looks is a story about prejudice and pride, the masks we wear, and what we can become if we dare to take them off.
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'Full of characters whose struggles you feel to your bones-and will be rooting for all the way through. Bianca might just be one of my all-time favourite heroines. Fresh, smart, and packed with razor-sharp social commentary-a perfect blend of page-turning and thought-provoking' CAROLINE MACKENZIE, author of One Year of Ugly
'Phenomenal! A book worthy of a standing ovation. I will never forget how this novel made me feel. It's effortlessly beautiful' LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN, author of Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
©2023 Breanne Mc Ivor (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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Bianca Bridge is a heroine to root for … A punchy romance with plenty to say about Caribbean class, poverty and sexism … Unexpectedly riveting
Observer -
A will-they-won’t-they tension ensues as Mc Ivor uses the metaphor of make-up (there’s an awful lot of it) to examine privilege, corruption and truth. It’s wickedly funny … Bianca is a hugely endearing heroine
Daily Mail -
McIvor shines in this pitch-perfect narrative of power imbalances … McIvor combines tight plotting and strong character development … This makes for a winning story of comeuppance
Publishers Weekly -
I loved it
India Knight, Sunday Times Style -
Likened to Bridget Jones…. It does have that same kind of wonderfully comic voice, as well as a protagonist to adore and root for
Anna Bonnet, Three Books to Read in June -
After an affair with a married government official ruins her prospects of becoming a writer, Bianca takes a job with an infamous make-up artist in this warm, Trinidad-set novel
The i Paper, Best Books to Read in June
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