When her perfect boyfriend – college hoop star, certified hottie and young hotshot legal eagle Itos Ongpauco – decided call it quits, 23-year-old Monica, barista by day and dreamer by night, found herself stepping out from behind the coffee counter and out of her comfort zone-into the mad world of magazine publishing. While starting out at the bottom of the food chain as the overworked, unpaid intern at M magazine can obliterate any trace of a self-esteem, anything – including bitchy bosses, temperamental photographers, rather dull but oh-so hot male models – is a welcome balm to Monica’s pains.

Never mind that her freebie-obsessed boss treats her like an on-call, 24-hour proxy service. Never mind that, sometimes, when she’s had too much alcohol, male models become irresistible. Never mind that, despite having just had her heart broken, the possibility of love presents itself again.

I first tried to read this book because it was written by Maya Calico – I knew her as Candy Mag’s EIC then and I was interested in seeing how she’d do as a novelist. Secondly, I was intrigued by the diary-style of the book.

Overall, I’d say that the Breakup Diaries would make girls currently experiencing their own heartbreaks say “I can so totally relate”. The ending’s cute, too.