The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella

It's rare that I find an author that I HAVE to read, but Sophie Kinsella has always been a favourite of mine. To date she has written six books under her own name, and a number of others under a pseudonym. The Undomestic Goddess is about a high flying lawyer called Samantha. She is 29 years old, living alone, working eighteen hour days and even going into the office at the weekend because she really doesn't have any life. Samantha is the typical spinster stereotype who would rather choose her career over a personal life, or even happiness. Coming from a family of lawyers, she really hasn't had much choice but to end up in the career path she ...  Read the complete review

I'm a great lover of romantic comedies and Sophie Kinsellas' books seem to hit the nail on the head every time. The Plot ~~~~~~~~ Samantha Sweeting is a first class lawyer working in one of the most prestigious law firms, Carter Spink. She has one clear dream of becoming a partner and she will do whatever it takes to get there, even if it means working day and night. However, working yourself so hard only leads to mistakes and Samantha makes the mother of all mistakes and sees her life ruined in an instant. Running out of the office, she jumps on the first train and finds it stops in the middle of nowhere. Turning up a big house, Samantha's ...  Read the complete review

It's well known that I love Sophie Kinsella. All of her Shopaholic books are great as well as her stand-alone novels. I wasn't planning to re-read The Undomestic Goddess but I read the first page and found it so funny I decided to carry on reading. It tells the story of Samantha Sweeting, a lawyer about to make partner at her firm, Carter Spink. One day, whilst tidying up her desk she realises she's made a huge, career-altering mistake and panics. She leaves the office, finds herself in Paddington Station, takes a train and finds herself in the middle of nowhere. She stops at a house to ask for some water and is mistaken for an interviewee for a housekeeping ...  Read the complete review

I have loved Sophie Kinsella's books ever since winning a copy of Remember Me? in a competition last year. I've now read the entire shopaholic series, so was pleased to get a copy of The Undomestic Goddess from readitswapit. ~The Story~ Samantha Sweeting is a top lawyer working in London. All she has ever wanted since she can remember is to become partner in her firm, Carter Spink. She works hard, often through weekends and all night and doesn't get much time to herself, but she's not too bothered as work is her life. On the day Samantha finally finds out she is going to be made a partner, disaster strikes. She finds a document on her ...  Read the complete review

As you'll see if you read my reviews of the Shopaholic series, I can be quite harsh on Kinsellas characterisation of her "heroine" Becky Bloomwood. Despite loving the Shopaholic book series, I often find Becky an irritating protagonist and was eager to move on from Becky and discover a new Sophie Kinsella heroine. A friend suggested I try "The undomestic Goddess". SYNOPSIS Samantha Sweeting is an ambitous and extremley hard working young lawyer on the verge of partnership at the prestigious London law firm Carter Spink. But then uncharacteristically, she finds she's has made a terrible, costly error resulting in the los of millions ...  Read the complete review