Featuring a hard-partying Manhattan milieu and descriptions full of designer names, Walsh’s entry in The Interns series earns its stripes as chick lit. However, its four protagonists aren’t just wearing the trends. As interns at a Vogue-like magazine, they’re creating them. Their assignments tend to be unrealistically exciting, but Walsh writes convincingly about the industry’s Devil Wears Prada intensity, while delivering distinct, entertaining conflicts for her characters. Teen fashionistas, and readers who enjoy vicariously experiencing an exclusive summer job will want to jump right from here to the simultaneously released sequel, Truth or Fashion.
