Legally Blonde - Amanda Brown

Elle Wood, University of Southern California sorority president and sociopolitical jewelry design major, is blonde, spoiled, creative and desperately in love with her college sweetheart, Warner Huntingdon III. But when Warner announces he's off to Stanford Law School, and that while there he aims to find a girl 'more serious' than Elle to be his wife, Elle and Underdog, her pet Bichon Frise, hatch a plan to follow him so that he will marry her like he's supposed to do. Elle's Stanford misadventures are distinctly unpromising from the outset, and it seems that the one place where blondes definitely don't have more fun is law school. But then she's made an intern on the Murder of Malibu case, defending one-time fitness queen and apricot blonde Brooke Vandermark from the charge of murdering her billionaire husband. In a courtroom triumph, Elle vindicates Brooke and all who are blonde at heart with a tip any Cosmo girl should know.


I didn't know what to expect from this as I haven't actually seen the film apart from the odd clip and I have to admit I thoroughly enjoyed it. Unable to put it down I read it in less than a day which to me means that it is definitely a good book. I instantly became fond of Elle's character and felt empathetic towards her on several occasions. Towards the end of the novel I also began to like Sarah (Elle's rival) when she began to be nice to Elle. The tactics Elle uses to get Brooke off of her murder charge were fantastic, there's only a lawyer like Elle that would be able to use that sort of information to get somebody off of a serious crime. 
The way in which Brown wrote this book added to it's excellence, with the very short chapters making it easy to read without getting boring. At first I wasn't convinced by this technique but towards the end I realised it was working very well and the chapter's were telling us all we need to know without dragging on. 
As I enjoyed the book so much I am about to purchase the films as if they are anywhere near as good they'll be a winner. I'm definitely going to add some more Amanda Brown to my reading lists.