This was my first Sophie Kinsella book, and to be honest, I wasn’t disappointed, haha. The story starts with Poppy, who is scurrying around a hotel looking for her engagement ring, which was a family heirloom given to her by her fiance, Magnus. And when she takes a 5 minute break outside to answer her cell phone, it gets stolen. Yeah, she’s about as lucky as a … well she’s just not lucky. Period. Until, she finds a cellphone in a trash bin in the hotel. Totally relieved, she’s starts handing out the number to her friends and the hotel staff, in hopes that one of them may have found her ring. However, that cell phone had a string attached and his name was Sam Roxton. Horribly blunt, and short coming with emotion, Poppy’s first impression of Sam leaves her shaking her head in distaste. However, as the story unfolds, the truth comes to light, new friendships are formed, relationships are broken, and a mystery is solved.

Really well written, and, though some parts of the novel are pretty heavy, Kinsella manages to keep a light tone throughout her novel. I really love the characters she depicted in this novel, especially Poppy’s quirky and over exuberant personality. I also loved the idea of Sam and Poppy getting to know each other through texting each other, eventually actually meeting one another and finding that neither are as bad as the other thought. Really great concept and well written (Through regular story form, text bits, emails, and footnotes). Her variation of types of writing really added to the personalities as characters, and the footnotes helps readers understand Poppy more, and her views on everything that’s happening (more so than the narration itself presents). Really fun and great read, I definitely think I’ll be reading more from her soon~

Plot: 5/5
Characters: 4.5/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 4.5/5
GoodReads Rating: 3.90/5

-review by Between Printed Pages