SynopsisFrom Kinsella (Shopaholic & Baby, 2007, etc.), a rags-to-riches fable with a twist.Self-proclaimed "sucker" Lexi Smart has a thankless job and a boyfriend known as "Loser Dave." When the book opens, our plucky-in-spite-of-it-all heroine is wrapping up a night out with gal pals in London. Struggling to find a taxi in the rain to take her home, Lexi slips on the slick pavement and wakes up with retrograde amnesia three years later. Seems Lexi has been busy in recent years - too bad she remembers none of it. When she opens her eyes, she's in a first-class hospital room, the victim, doctors say, of a car wreck in her Mercedes. No longer a working-class drone, Lexi now has a Louis Vuitton handbag, and her previously humdrum body is toned and tanned. As she switches into freak-out mode, her sister notifies Lexi that she is also married - to a square-jawed, hunky millionaire. Talk about getting lucky! Hilarity ensues as Lexi attempts to reclaim her past and negotiate her dazzling present, while contemplating an even more wondrous romance with a black-jeans-clad architect. That Lexi discovers that her transformation from worker to boss turned her from good buddy to bitch adds a bit of morality-tale vinegar to this sugar-shock tale.Cute.
My View
I loved this, we see a new character from Sophie in the shape of Lexi Smart, I was a bit dubious at first wondering if she could top the Shopaholic and Domestic Goddess and whilst I don't think she has done better with either of those here this was still a fabulous read!
Yes maybe the story is a little too far fetched but, thats why we read isn't it to escape from real life? Its funny, it moves you and its easy to read. The characters were great and added to the story.
The book has had lots of mixed reviews but, personally I loved it I think its probably one of those books you will either love or hate.
Date read: August 31st 2008.
2 comments:
Y'know, I didn't love or hate this book, but I didn't have the gotta-find-out-what-happens-to-Lexi, like I did with Becky in the Shopaholic series, either. I think it was just so-so, which is unfortunate because I throughly enjoyed the Shopaholic books as well as the Undomestic Goddess.
well, i think for the ending of the story was very unsatisfied.
but the good thing is the novel is very easy to understand,very funny, and romantic as well.
this is my first time to read this kind of story and i proved it that it was great so, Sophie you are a witty!!!
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