Review: Outrageous, romance, comedy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2012
At first I thought how could so many misspelled words get by a proofreader and then it came to me, like a cloud floating by, that I was reading a book by author `across the pond' and I was intrigued even more by the story and my good fortune to be chosen by this author to review her book. I think we read and don't think about the author behind the story and I realized that at that moment, the reading world opened up as a place to unite authors and readers from all over the world.This was a story that could have been plucked straight from the streets of London or small town USA. It's funny. It is heart breaking, and it is honest.Sophie is living life on her own terms. She has a great job at a newspaper, best friend who keeps her grounded, and a long-term boyfriend."I really, really meant to pop that question over the weekend. You know, propose." "But you know what? I forgot the ring." He let that hang for a few seconds, trying to gauge my reaction. ...How was I supposed to react to that?..."So anyway, I forgot the ring and you can't propose to the woman you love without a ring. And so that's why I didn't. I thought you might like to know."...Inwardly, I screamed...Why TELL me such a thing?"And, then there is Dan. Sophie has loved Dan, a member of the rock band TUSK, since she was a teenager. She first met him ten years before when she wrangled her way backstage after a concert.Since then, life has gone on and Sophie is in a long-term relationship with Tim, who at some point, Sophie hopes will propose to her.About the time that Tim finally gets his act together and proposes, Dan re-enters her life. Sophie soon finds herself engaged to both men and is face with the decision of figuring out who and what she needs to make her happy."And so it came that I, Sophie Penhalligan from Newquay, changed into an expensive silky black dress and a string of pearls in the back seat of a black stretch limo outside one of the poshest hotels in the world.We picked up where we had left off at the Royal all that time ago: gazing at each other communicating by looks rather than words."It is a modern-day romance that any girl might like to find herself embroiled. As Ms. Wells says - "find out how Sophie gets into such an impossible situation and how she turns it around". It is a delightful "chick-lit" book; definitely one you will not be able to put down.