How To Meet Cute Boys by Deanna Kizis
It’s so hard to follow your own advice, isn’t it?  You know what you are supposed to do, but actually doing it isn’t so easy.  Just ask Benjamina Franklin, the hip dating scene authority for L.A. ’s Filly magazine.  On paper she seems to have all the answers, but she’s pretty much a disaster when applying her advice to herself.

How to Meet Cute Boys is set in hip, happening, L.A. , where fabulous parties and star sightings are just par for the course, especially for up and coming journalists and other movers and shakers.  Yet despite the cool job, hip neighborhood, and nonstop social events, dating is still hell.  Ben may have a more glamorous lifestyle than most of us girlfriends, but she is easy to relate to as she struggles to understand men (or in this case – cute boys) and their seeming aversion to commitment (a.k.a., The Fear).

When we first meet Ben, she has recently ended a dull but steady relationship and is hoping that the perfect guy is out there for her somewhere.  When she does meet the boy who could be the one, she is stunned to discover that he truly is a “boy” as he flashes a fake i.d. at a club.  Dating is never easy it seems.  But Ben’s BFF and editor, Kiki, is always there to lend an ear to her whining and obsessing about where the relationship is or isn’t going, and Ben’s other good friend and therapist-in-training, Nina, tells it like it is even though Ben doesn’t want to hear it.  Also part of the mix is Ben’s savvy, sarcastic mother who gets more dating action than she does and her perfect Martha Stewart-wannabe little sister who is soon to be married.  Through it all, Ben’s insecurities and hopefulness will strike a chord with most of us as she tries to sort out this crazy little thing called love.

The book is also peppered with fun little extras – articles, quizzes and advice tip sidebars that you’d find in your typical girl magazines.  My favorite was the horrorscope chart filled with love warnings from the stars.  Be the first among your girlfriends to read this new chicklit novel to be released September 28.

About the author:  Deanna Kizis is the West Coast editor of Elle magazine.  She lives in Los Angeles, California .

  How To Meet Cute Boys by Deanna Kizis