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Mar 22, 2019Valancy1 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is one of Sophie Kinsella's best stand-alone novels. Fixie Farr is one of her best heroines and one of her most realistic ones. There are many women like Fixie, who are anxious to please other people and who don't want to rock the boat. Fixie is smart and has great instincts, but she lacks the confidence to assert herself. It was a delight to watch Fixie develop and grow in this novel. Fixie's naive crush on the totally reprehensible and vile Ryan was also completely believable and realistic. This story was light, charming and breezy like all of Kinsella's books, but it was not quite as funny as some of her other books. This one had a bit more substance to it. I really liked the storyline about the family business. I also really liked how this story was about regular people and had far less obsession with brand names and material things. Fixie's brother is the person in this book who is obsessed with brand names and image and he is shown to be shallow and superficial. I found this story had a bit of a slower pace than some of her others, but it all built towards a very satisfying and delightful conclusion.