In the world of "chick lit," New York City is the hottest place for the setting of a book. Also, for one of these books to have success, the main character has to be tall, thin and gorgeous, and it also doesn't hurt if she has a killer job.

In Everyone Worth Knowing -- the latest book by Lauren Weisberger (2003's The Devil Wears Prada) -- the main character, Bette, has the job of a lifetime: party planner. Bette originally starts out at a desk working 80 hours a week at a dead-end banking job where her bosses overuse the word "pow wow" and end each e-mail with a lame, uninspiring quote. Thankfully for Bette, her two gay uncles come to her rescue and set her up with Kelly, the latest twenty-something to enter the Manhattan PR scene.

It isn't long until Bette becomes accustomed to the late nights at such posh clubs like Bungalow 8 and is seen around town with the hottest playboy to come out of England.

Unfortunately, all good things for Bette come at a cost.

Her late-night partying has caused a riff in her relationship with her best friend Penelope and even with her uncles who helped her get her job.

What works in Weisberger's second novel is the struggle that Bette begins to feel between her brand new job and her old life.

She struggles to find a good guy, but can't seem to shake the English playboy who won't leave her alone.

Bette finds love in Sammy, a bouncer at Bungalow 8, but it's Weisberger's clever wit that keeps these two apart, but in love. She has you rooting for Bette to catch her man, but Weisberger keeps putting up walls between the two that force you to keep reading.

As everything in Bette's life takes a dramatic turn, Weisberger manages to keep you on your toes guessing, as her life becomes the talk of the town.

It seems as if through all of Bette's late-night partying, party planning and a few sneak moments with Sammy, someone is spying on her.

Weisberger introduces new characters that make you think they're spying on the main character, but it's the huge twist near the end that throws the reader for a huge loop.

As the late-night partying starts to wear on Bette, and the gossip columns start publishing pictures of her late-night adventures, she starts to wonder if the price she's paying for this new life is truly worth it.

However, as the reader reads on through the book, you'll find that picking this book up was definitely worth it.

Grade: A

-- Reviewed by Erika Jarvis