The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: Surprise Me
AUTHOR: Sophie Kinsella @ sophiekinsellawriter
Publisher: Dial Press @ thedialpress
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐
Published: February 13, 2018
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- Sophie Kinsella is one of my fav authors. I had this one on my TBR for awhile so I was excited to get to this one.
💜 What I liked:
- Kinsella has a unique author voice. This book is written true to her fashion. There are a lot of hijinks and mishaps which keeps the story interesting.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- The book lagged in the middle for me. While the basic storyline was fun, I felt like the movement of the plot as well as the character’s journey lacked momentum.
💁♀️ The Characters:
- Sylvie and Dan are married and looking to spice it up.
🚦 The Ending:
- It’s cute.
💬 The Narrator:
- I always listen to books at high speed. In spite of the accent, I could understand Fiona Hardingham perfectly.
💭 Consider if you like:
- The author’s other works.
All thoughts and opinions are my own.
📘 Summary:
After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage; they have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly, they finish each other’s sentences. However, a trip to the doctor reveals they could live another 68 years together… and panic sets in. They never expected ‘until death do us part’ to mean seven decades.
In the name of marriage survival, they quickly concoct a plan to keep their relationship fresh and exciting: they will create little surprises for each other so that their (extended) years together will never become boring.
But in their pursuit to execute Project Surprise Me, mishaps arise and secrets are uncovered that start to threaten the very foundation of their unshakeable bond. When a scandal from the past is revealed that questions some important untold truths, they begin to wonder if they ever really knew each other after all…