Synopsis – How to Be Fabulous
Family, fashion, fiascos—this is how to be fabulous. 💃🏼
Busy mum. Fashion guru. Domestic disaster waiting to happen?
When Annie Valentine agrees to help her best friend Svetlana pull off a charity fashion show, she thinks it’ll be a breeze. After all, no one knows couture quite like Annie, so how hard can it be?
Answer: very. With no venue, no clothes, and definitely no showstopper, Annie’s in danger of her first ever fashion fail.
And just when the wardrobe rails are about to collapse, her family life does too. Daughter Lauren is home from New York with a broken heart, son Owen is off to university with an empty wallet, and Annie is hanging on by a thread.
But when a mystery donation arrives to save the day—and Annie—it feels like she might just pull it all together. That is, until Owen goes AWOL and everything unravels.
Author Bio
Carmen Reid is the bestselling author of numerous women’s fiction titles including the Personal Shopper series starring Annie Valentine. She lives in Glasgow with her husband and children.
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My Review
How to be Fabulous: The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud tale of family chaos and couture from Carmen Reid for 2026 by Carmen Reid
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another fun Annie Valentine book
This is my second book in this Annie Valentine series. I have not read them in any order since they all work as standalones.
The story is very cute and the writing is light and engaging. I chuckled several times at the capers of this family.
I enjoy the quirkiness of the main character with her non traditional family. I intend to go back and read others in this series.
If you enjoy fashion these books will speak to you. I’m not a fashionista and I don’t picture things as I’m reading well so some of the fashion descriptions at the start of each chapter went right above my head but they were a very minor part of the story.
Overall, this was a cute, fun read.
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