Customer Reviews
Disappointing - By: Glamour Girl, 29 Jul 2008 
I love this genre & was reallly looking forward to reading Platinum. But the concept - the hooker, the maid & the lady - is far more interesting than the execution. I found the book unoriginal & bland. The characters weren't especiallly distinctive, despite their vivid back-of-the-book labels, & the writing was downright dreadful in places - so much explanation of how each character was feeling that I skipped page after page at a time to get on with the story. The sex scenes lacked passion - no one does it like Bagshawe in Career Girls - & the romance between the wet Frankie & Alex never came off the page. How anyone can compare this to Jackie Collins is beyond me.
Very over-hyped - I was generous giving it 3 stars only because it was easier & more fun to read than Tasmina Perry's interminable Guilty Pleasures.
Raunchy, gripping and great fun - By: E. Robinson, 26 Jun 2008 
A great read, full of excitement & raunchy bits. You cant put it down because you just want to see what happens to each character. Well written. Cant wait for Jo's next book. I hope they make a movie of this one.
Phew, what a scorcher! - throughly recommended - By: Hector Parkinson, 24 Jun 2008 As a man, one of the guilty pleasures was always picking up your girlfriend's bonkbuster on a summer holiday & having a sneaky read. You soon realised what you were missing out on, good writing, unabashed entertainment, characters with the morals of skunks, but man, did they have a good time!
The best of them were pacy, raunchy & endlessly funny. Over the last decade, the fun seems to have gone out of good quality commercial women's fiction. Perfectly good books, but a lot of angst-ridden, self-obsessed heroines chasing rather drippy men who reallly needed a good slap. Dull, dull, dull...
Enter Jo Rees & PLATINUM, like a bullet.
Here is a sassy, sexy & rollocking-good read, full of dramatic turns & wickedly funny scenes. Thank god!
Three women - a blonde, a brunette & a redhead - it had to be - alll out to get the same villain. Written with real vim & a sharp turn of phrase & nice plotting, the grande dames of this genre, better hold on to their girdles as Ms Rees is about to come roaring through.
Rees reinvents the novel for our generation & pull no punches. A real star-turn. Thoroughly recommended fun for gals & guys. A must for your summer hols.
Absolutely brilliant!!!! - By: Michelle Bailey, 23 Jun 2008 I loved it!!! It's the kind of book that you can't stop reading. It is reallly exciting & fresh. +++
Hot Summer Read! - By: RTodds, 03 Jun 2008 This is a cracking, page-turner. Tough, sexy women taking on the men at their own game & winning. Couldn't put it down. Perfect for the beach.
