(I received a free eARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.)

I think this book has the potential to be a helpful guide, but it needs a lot of editing first. Even ignoring the countless comma splices, typos, and excessive rhetoricals (“don’t we all?”) a lot of the personal anecdotes seem like fluff: entertaining to read, but told in much more detail than necessary to prove the point. (That said, Vazzana is a pretty good storyteller!) A lot of the advice and transitions are presented with cliched phrasing — “be yourself“ features prominently, as well as multiple reminders to dress to impress, plan ahead, network on social media as well as IRL, no risk no reward, etc, etc — all summarized neatly at the end, leaving me wondering why I took the time to read the book in full and whether I really got anything beyond some entertaining mini-stories.