Today i'm reviewing Sophie Kinsella most recent book "I've got your number".
Poppy Wyatt, Sophie Kinsella newest character is engaged. Her knight in shining armor is Magnus Tavish an accomplished lecturer/TV personality and author. He could not be more perfect! (so she thinks). Poppy goes to an event at a hotel with her friends, they gush over her engagement ring and take turns to try it on until a fire drill sets the guests in a panic and everyone rushes out except for Poppy who is now combing the place with a fine tooth comb looking for her engagement ring.
Already dismayed and distraught over the loss of her ring, in the height of her panic a person in a hoodie riding a bike swiftly bikes past her a grabs her phone. Poppy has no ring and no phone and her life according to her is now unraveling at the seams as her mobile phone was the number she was giving everyone in the hotel as a contact should they find her engagement ring. In disbelief Poppy sits in the hotel and observes a party of guests while sweeping her eyes across her surroundings and notices a mobile phone randomly sitting in a bin. She reaches in and pulls the discarded phone out checking for damage. She finds that she can use the phone and feels that she has small hope as now she has a number to give to the hotel staff as a contact again, until the phone rings.........And Poppy's whole life is changed.
The beginning of the book was a bit slow but as you continue to read and get a few chapters in, the story picks up pace. By the tail end of the book I was unable to put it down...lol.
Poppy Wyatt reminds me a little bit of Becky Bloomwood from Sophie Kinsella famous Shopaholic series. Their similarities are found in such things as their inability to confront their difficult situations and their outlandish approach (reasonable rationalization in their eyes) to solving their problems. It's funny and annoying at the same time. You want to shake them and say grow a backbone! But these are the things that make up their character and keeps your nose in the book.
My favorite parts of the book was when Poppy engages with the man on the other end of her new found phone. I like how the chemistry between them is introduced and nurtured towards the end.
This book had it's moments when you just want it to get to the point but if Sophie Kinsella uses this book as a foundation for a second book I think i'll enjoy the second book more.
Happy Reading!!!
sounds good!
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