I'm loving chapter one! I love the whole idea, i just wish there was more.... I only had one problem, when the girls where sitting at the café/resturant the dialog between them, got a little bit comfusing. Now I would just like to know more about mystery grumpy man living opposite Honey. Can't wait. And Good Job on you first chapter.

Great opening chapter Jodie,this is my sort of book - will pop it on my WL and return when you upload more. Michelle - 43, Primrose Avenue Highly starred

From what i have read so far, this has the makings of a side splitting story. I love the characters the setting and the pace. Don't leave it to long to upload the next chapters. Sarah J Ryan

Hurry up with the other chapters! ;-) Anyone on Authonomy knows full well its easier said than done. However, Honey's voice has such "sass" and gumption that she could go right through to the end. And with that I'm one to talk! Aby thoughts on Summer Of 1989 would be awesome. Wishing you every success, MJG

Jodie, although I would never be a fan of this genre of book, I think this is superb. I couldnt stop reading it at one point but had to as I ran out of book!!! You tell the story well and use the characters well to demonstrate your humour. So well done for this and i am loving it. So well done. Sean Connolly. British Army on the Rampage. (B.A.O.R) Please consider me for a read or watch list wont you? Happy New Year. Sean

Hi Jodie, It's too bad you only uploaded two long chapters so far. I can't wait to read the rest of Honeysuckle Jones. I noticed you have another book, so I'm off to reading it now. 6 stars and watch-listed, assuming that I'll be able to read the rest of it soon. Best wishes, Lucette- Ten Deep Footprints

Right, You have no more time to eat or sleep. :) Keep writing! I'm waiting eagerly for more of this one. I really love your writing style. Brilliant Cheryl x

I really loved this [one] chapter. You managed to pack a lot of humor and personality into this [one] chapter. I would like to read what happens next after this [one] chapter. ☺ Please post more. You should be on more bookshelves, girl! I've watchlisted your other book to read, as well. Lotsa luck with both! You're a very talented writer. ♪ Nina ♪

What a fun read! I enjoyed it. I am not a massive fan of very 'girly' shrieky laughter type fiction, so I was wary at first, but it won me over very quickly. The relationship between the girls feels very real and you tell us a lot about them, without us noticing, which is very clever. I think the switch to Hal's viewpoint works well. He changes the novel from something very frothy into something with more depth and I was desperate to know more about him. Throwing in the line about him losing his sight was well-timed - suddenly he's not just a grumpy drunk - and made me itch to find out more. Post more asap, please! Kerry (from the chicklit thread) Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Stop teasing and post some more! The opening at the sex shop is a great attention grabber, full of fun but also demonstrates the differences in the three. The traffic light comparison works so well. You had me won over on Hal with the whole dishevelled Jonny Depp thing. There's already tension between these two and the light start is starkly mirrored by the final line of the chapter, and the depression that Hal is clearly in. I want to read more - to find out who Hal is and what's affected his sight. One suggestion on the LP - give away less about Hal. He's a dark, brooding mystery in chapter one and I'd like that to be teased out a bit more, rather than the pitch telling me about the accident and the life he's lost. Looking forward to reading more.

Honeysuckle Jones. I liked the pitch, it intrigued me. I'm a middle child, a middle sister and a middle friend. I felt like the book was about me. I also liked the beginning, it was so casual, and thats so important in a book. You write well and your words flow wonderfully making this a very comfortable read. Your characters seem very real, you have presented them well, and I found no flaws. I found it very amusing when they were purchasing the vibrator in the sex shop, and the dialogue was great. The story reminds me a little of an old film in which Doris Day played an interior decorator, and she shared a phone line with a male neighbor who she hadn't seen. He was a bit of a rogue with the ladies(Rock Hudson - who was gay!). They ended up together after a lot of arguements on the phone and a few dates, with him using a different name. It was a great film! I hope this book continues to be just as interesting and as humorous. I look forward to reading more in the future. Ruby Middleton (From the chick-lit thread) 'Will Ryan'

Iam very happy to have come across this its right up my street. I love the opening lines I was engaged in the story straight away. You have some brilliantly witty dialogue and some interesting characters I also like the pace of your writing. I can't wait to see how the story unfolds for the three sisters you really need to put the rest of the chapters on here I really can't wait to read more. On my watchlist sprinkling of stars for you.

This made me laugh and I hope you're planning on uploading more. Best of luck!

You have a good start here, and a great hook. I look forward to reading more. Morgan H

Well written. Different story. The whole middle child or girl getting a lot of grief was a real to life idea. I can relate to that. Love the title and your MC name. Good work. Shelby Z./Driving Winds P.S. Please take a look at my pirate adventure Driving Winds.

Very funny, can't wait to read more!

Pitches: SP: Honeysuckle Jones is always in the middle. The middle sister. The middle friend. But the middle is about to become a lot more interesting… ~ I don’t get why being in the middle is the ‘thing’. She’s not going to be in the middle of something. I think the Orgasm Gene should make it into the SP. It’s an awesome hook. LP: Happy go lucky Honey likes sex as much as the next girl - she was just born without the orgasm gene. Which is all fine and dandy, until her best friends Tash & Nell find out and make it their personal mission to find the perfect man to show Honey exactly what she's been missing. Honey is more concerned by the fact [delete] that her job as manageress of a charity shop is under threat unless she can raise the money to save it, along with the OAP home it is attached to. Life suddenly becomes hectic [delete] As she juggles blind dates with protest marches, she's almost too busy to pay much attention to her grouchy new neighbour. Almost. Hot shot chef Benedict Hallam, Hal to his friends, is furious. A snowboarding accident has robbed him of everything he loves - his celeb packed restaurant, his Ferrari, and his fiancée. His new world in a tiny borrowed flat is dark and unfamiliar. He doesn't want this life. He wants his old life back. Until then there is only whisky, and an infuriating woman in the flat next door... ~ Good Stuff. CH1 – Opening with the sex shop is fun and appropriate considering the orgasm angle. And moving to the bar the next door, fine. The bacon sandwich burning smoke alarm episode is perfect though, since Hal’s a now blind ex-chef. Honey – I like her. I like the boho heroine. Hal – I love him already. I can already see his heightened sense of touch coming in very handy. :) Write the rest and I’ll read it with pleasure. Cx

Just had a quick read of this and think it's excellent! Really like Hal growling from his mancave ...the traffic light description of the friends...having a 'specific'...Loads of great stuff, and I hope you keep going with it. And soon!

After just coming out of hospital having had a hysterectomy and looking for reads to aid my recovery, your first chapter made me cross my legs and my eyes watered. I love it, very very funny,love the best boyfreind line please hurry up and upload more before I get better and have to do some house work! Karen. Faking it in France.