The Ex Files - Softcover

Jane Moore

3.44

1,174 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767916026 ISBN 13: 9780767916028

Publisher: Broadway Books, 2004

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Fay decides to have one last fling, one brief encounter, before she ties the knot for better for worse the following weekend. And the wedding itself will be just as unorthodox, for, in a bid to be modern and grown up, the bride and groom invite a potentially explosive mix of ex-boyfriends and girlfriends, as well as several irritating in-laws. Fay is determined to have a good time, but there's one person present who has other ideas ... Jane Moore's antennae are perfectly tuned to what men and women really think of each other in the noughties. THE EX-FILES is a bracing, witty look at contemporary relationships that will make you laugh and, possibly, make you think as well.

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Review:

The wedding day scenario in Jane Moore's second novel, The Ex-Files is brilliant. "Take a bride and groom, several relatives, four 'exes', mix with alcohol, and stand well back. Boom." Add in wickedly funny asides from a gay best friend and "explosive" doesn't even begin to cover it. So it's hardly a surprise that high-flying, high-maintenance model Fay Parker's dream of her big day doesn't quite go according to plan.

From the very first page it's clear that things in the matrimonial garden are far from rosy. Fay is indulging in a little pre-wedding infidelity: "She fumbled with his shirt buttons," and 10 seconds later regretted it: "what exactly was she doing?" So the gorgeous stranger with the intriguing X-factor is sent packing. But be assured we haven't seen the last of him, he turns up at the wedding weekend in a very compromising position.

Fay's intended is the lovely Mark, and his "exes" are Jenna, a sweetheart from school, and "feisty, opinionated" Kate. Mark and Kate lived happily together until the stress of Mark's job (as a chef) got in the way. He moved out "wondering if he'd done the right thing". But then he met beautiful, perfect Fay and fell head-over-heels in love. Or, at least he thinks he has. Needless to say Fay and Mark have unresolved issues, especially when the identity of Fay's handsome X-factor stranger is revealed. Cue tears, tantrums and some much-needed emotional honesty, before all is resolved. But who marries whom? Now that would be telling. --Eithne Farry

Review:

"We laughed out loud at Jane Moore's debut novel Fourplay, and her ear for the ludicrous nature of 21st-century relationships is also employed to great effect in The Ex Files. It's a brilliant bridal bun-fight" (Heat)

"A witty, provocative tale about modern relationships" (OK!)

"Cracking good yarn, told with pace and humour" (Sunday Express)

"Moore's take on relationships is contemporary and complex ... full of blistering one-liners" (Glamour)

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