The Chocolate Run

by Dorothy Koomson

Amber Salpone doesn't mean to keep ending up in bed with her friend Greg Walterson, but she can't help herself. And every time it 'just happens' their secret affair moves closer to being a real relationship, which is a big problem when he's a womaniser and she's a commitment-phobe.

While Amber struggles to accept her new feelings for Greg, she also realises that her closeness to Jen, her best friend, is slipping away and the two of them are becoming virtual strangers. Slowly but surely, as the stark truths of all their lives are revealed, Amber has to confront the fact that chocolate can't cure everything and sometimes running away isn't an option . . .

The Chocolate Run is a delectable tale of lust, love and chocolate.
Who needs love when you've got chocolate?

Genres: Romance, Chick Lit, Fiction, Contemporary, Adult, Interracial Romance, Adult Fiction

336 pages, Paperback

First published March 25, 2004

About the author

Hello, my name's Dorothy Koomson and I'll try to make this bit that's all about me as interesting as possible.
I wrote my first novel called There's A Thin Line Between Love And Hate when I was 13. I used to write a chapter every night then pass it around to my fellow convent school pupils every morning, and they seemed to love it.

I grew up in London and then grew up again in Leeds when I went to university. I eventually returned to London to study for my masters degree and stayed put for the following years. I took up various temping jobs and eventually got my big break writing, editing and subbing for various women's magazines and national papers.

Fiction and storytelling were still a HUGE passion of mine and I continued to write short stories and novels every spare moment that I got. In 2001 I had the idea for The Cupid Effect and my career as a published novelist began. And it's been fantastic. In 2006, third novel, My Best Friend's Girl was published. It was incredibly successful - selling nearly 90,000 copies within its first few weeks on sale. Six weeks later, it was selected for the Richard & Judy Summer Reads Book Club and the book went on to sell over 500,000 copies. Oh, there I go again, this is meant to be about me, not my novels.

Okay, back to me. I recently spent two years living in Sydney Australia, and now I'm back in England. But I can't say for how long I'll be in the UK for because I've been well and truly bitten by the travel bug

Reviews

[Cen]

Fue una lectura muy rápida y amena, en partes no podía soltar el libro. Este libro es el eterno recordatorio del porque nunca esta bien presentar amigos entre sí o esperar que tu novio se lleve bien con tu mejor amiga, o que tu mejor amiga se lleve bien con el mejor amigo de tu novio.
Puntos extras para el libro porque aunque tiene romance, la trama deja crecer muy bien al personaje. Es la primera protagonista de este tipo de libros, así muy "girly" (aunque no estoy de acuerdo con el término) que no me dieron ganas de gritarle y decirle "pero que hace?"
Muy probable que volviera leer material de esta escritora con todo y que el lenguaje (inglés británico) es muy coloquial y tuve que buscar muchos términos y por lo mismo, me perdí de muchos chistes.

[Diana Hernández]

Okay okay okay okay! Me enganchó DEMASIADO! Y como que sentí mucho por todos los personajes jajaja me enojaron, me conmovieron, me irritaron y me hicieron reír. Este libro me tuvo suuuper atrapada y pensando constantemente en qué iba a pasar! La amistad de Jen y Amber ciertamente es... Fue... Ugh. Greg es un idiota pero a la vez me sacó lágrimas con todas su pendejadas. Eric es un sol, de hecho, la familia de Amber es lo mejor del libro! Amber, amiga, eres un desastre y eres súper cansona e irritante. Igual me caíste bien, entiendo tu manera de pensar. En resumente, me gustó el libro!