With undertones of a Shakespearean love-romp, love's true course gets a distinctly bumpy ride in this, oddly named, fifth novel from Jill Mansell. While the action centres around the court (Bristol-based mansion) of ex-rock star and former alcoholic, Jaz Dreyfuss, his ex-wives, current bubble-head and a selection of their relatives and friends, the lead role and heroine of our tale is taken by feisty, wise-cracking, ex-wife number two, estate agent extraordinaire, Suzy. Suzy's mother, recently departed for designer-heaven (as in the sky, not Bond Street), has left Suzy and her siblings to discover a skeleton (with skin and blood still attached) leaping out of the family cupboard.

While the summer bookshelves groan with an ever-growing mountain of books charting modern girl¹s search for "true lurrve", Good At Games is a well-executed example of its genre, with a bunch of characters you can actually care what happens to and a plot that, although you know exactly where it's going, makes you want to keep reading until the very last word. --Carey Green

2008-06-26 Another Brilliant Book By My Favourite Chick-Lit Author

The title of this review says it all really. I loved this book. At first i wasnt sure about Suzy, i didnt think i would like her as i have other Mansell characters, but i quickly did grow to love her. And the things she got herself into, well you wouldnt believe! You will have to read for yourself to believe them, lol. I loved her friends and family too. The only characters i werent mad keen on were Celeste, Harry or Julia (although i found Julia quite funny)

Harry was a strange character for me because i wasnt sure whether he was supposed to be liked or not, but later in the book he was so childish and stupid i would of hit him. And of course my fave character was the devilish Leo! Harry's brother. I was in love with him much like i was with Ross from her book 'Solo' hehe.

Anyway, there's nothing much more i can say without giving anything away. Although i will say that unlike other reviewers, who say Jill's books are predictable, i didnt realise how this book was going to pan out till i was past half way. Maybe i was too naieve or something! But it doesnt matter if you do work things out in her books, they are still brilliant.