Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella

Lara Lington thinks of herself as a fairly hip twenties girl, living in the 21st century. But the last thing she expects at her Great Aunt Sadie's funeral is for Sadie herself to appear and demand for the whole thing to be stopped. Lara thinks she's going mad: how on Earth can she hear and see a dead person? It turns out Great Aunt Sadie is actually a ghost and a ghost with a mission: to track down her missing Dragonfly necklace. Sadie eventually manages to convince Lara to help look for the necklace. Can they find it, and can Sadie ever rest in peace? I received Twenties Girl way back in July just before it was released but never thought of picking it up ...  Read the complete review

Now I don't normally write reviews on books so bare with me! I am a big fan of Sophie Kinsella, especially her creation of Becky Bloomwood and the Shopaholic books. I read most of the shopaholic series first so when her book Can You Keep A Secret? came out in between the shopaholic titles I was really looking forward to reading it. I was quite disappointed though and simply couldn't get into it. When Kinsella wrote other books that didn't feature my favourite spending queen Becky I was wary of wanting to read them, fearing I would be disappointed again (Remember Me? and The Undomestic Goddess)..I wasn't - and thoroughly enjoyed both books, so when I read that ...  Read the complete review

Lara Lington is fairly happy with her life - she part-owns a (sort of) successful Recruitment business, and is determined to get ex-boyfriend Josh back. What she doesn't count on is the ghost of her recently deceased 105 year old Great Aunt Sadie to suddenly appear in her life and shake up everything Lara thought she knew. Sadie can't help but interfere in Lara's life, and is determined that she won't disappear until Lara has found one of her old pieces of jewellery. Lara decides she has to find the jewellery if she is to get rid of Sadie asap, but she doesn't count on becoming quite fond of Sadie. Together the pair set off on a treasure hunt, but uncover a lot more than ...  Read the complete review

I have been a big fan of Sophie Kinsella for many years now, having first discovered her Shopaholic series and her stand alone books Can You Keep A Secret, Remember Me?, and The Undomestic Goddess. Kinsella has clearly conquered the chick-lit world and remains one of my favourite authors, but I find her stand alone books a bit hit and miss - although I enjoyed Can You Keep A Secret even more than the Shopaholic series, I found Remember Me and The Undomestic Goddess rather disappointing. That said, it was always a given when her new book, Twenties Girl, was released that I would be eager to read it. When Lara Lington finds out her 105 year old Great Aunt Sadie ...  Read the complete review

After reading pretty much everything that Sophie Kinsella has written now, when she released her latest book I really wanted to read it, but a busy summer and lack of funds meant I didn't get to read it until 2 months after its release and in the end got it from the library. Looking at this hard back cover book with 400+ pages, I was a little sceptical if I was going to enjoy it or not, this was down to the plot, which seemed a little out there, and the one reason I liked Sophie Kinsella in the past, as she allows the audience to relate to the characters, how can you relate to someone who is talking to her great aunt, who happens to be a ghost? Below is a bit ...  Read the complete review