Sophie Kinsella is well-known for her easy-to-read-breezes and hilarity
throughout her novels -- this exactly what is brought to the table in her novels such as Twenties Girl and Can you keep a Secret.
Clever, funny, and genuine, both the books has all of the characteristics of basic "chick lit" category.
♥ Twenties Girl♥
Synopsis:
Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is
losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don’t get visited
by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara’s great aunt Sadie – in
the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl – has appeared to
make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie
simply can’t rest without.
Lara’s got enough problems of her own. Her start-up company is
floundering, her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa,
and she’s just been dumped by the love of her life.
But as Lara spends time with Sadie, life becomes more glamorous and
their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing and romantic. Could
Sadie’s ghost be the answer to Lara’s problems and can two girls from
different times end up learning something special from each other?
My Opinion:
If you've ever read Sophie Kinsella, then I don't need to tell you
Twenties Girl is laugh out loud funny! This is a story of Lara Lington
whose dead great-aunt Sadie, shows up to have Lara
find her missing dragonfly necklace so she can rest in peace. Sadie
appears as a twenty something year old spirit and throws Lara's already
out of control life into a tailspin.
Lara wants nothing more than to
have her feisty fun loving spirited great-aunt leave her be! As Lara
embarks on a quest for looking for a necklace, she ends up learning a
lot about life and love from Sadie.
This book was so much fun to read. I loved both Lara and
Sadie. Sadie at first seemed to be such a bother (though fun to read),
but she really opened up Lara's eyes to seeing who she could be and to
love life. Lara is even able to return the favor to Sadie as she
stumbles upon the truth behind the darkest days of Sadie's youth. This
is definite read.
♥ Can You Keep a Secret?♥
Synopsis:
Emma is
sitting on a turbulent plane. She’s always been a v. nervous flyer. She
really thinks that this could be her last moment. So, naturally enough,
she starts telling the man sitting next to her – quite a dishy American,
but she’s too frightened to notice -all her innermost secrets. How she
scans the backs of intellectual books and pretends she’s read them. How
she does her hair up like Princess Leia in her bedroom. How she’s not
sure if she has a G-spot, and whether her boyfriend could find it
anyway. How she feels like a fraud at work – everyone uses the word
‘operational’ all the time but she hasn’t a clue what it means. How the
coffee at work is horrible. How she once threw a troublesome client file
in the bin. If ever there was a bare soul, it’s hers.
She survives the flight, of course, and the next morning the famous
founding boss of the whole mega corporation she works for is coming for a
look at the UK branch. As he walks around, Emma looks up and realises…
It’s the man from the plane.
What will he do with her secrets? He knows them all – but she doesn’t know a single one of his. Or… does she?
My Opinion:
Can You Keep a Secret is one of the most
funniest, entertaining books I have read in a long time. Basically,
this book is about a young entry level marketing rep who ends up
spilling all of her secrets to a male stranger on a plane, when she
thinks they're going to crash and die as a result of strong turbulence.
Well, they don't crash, and this "stranger" ends up being the owner of
the company she works for but who no one has ever seen-until after that
flight. The book then proceeds to ponder the question, Should we keep
secrets? And is there a price? in a most hilarious way.
