Twenties Girl: A Novel

The first 100 pages seemed like every Kinsella novel and I wondered if it was worth reading. After all, how many 20 smomething, down on their luck Brit girls can she write about? She was able to write about a new one with a unique twist with the ghost of the aunt. Lara and Aunt Sadie are to characters you will fall in love with - enough to want to find a good nightspot to dance at like they did!

Lara’s great aunt Sadie passes away at the age of 105, but her spirit remains as a 23 year old flapper who is now haunting Lara. Sadie is looking for fun and her favorite necklace, which has gone missing. This was a hilarious book with fun characters and a good mystery. It also had enough drama to make it quite poignant at times. The banshee routine got a little old after a while. And Lara’s penchant for telling lies, even to herself, began to annoy me, but she did grow as a character towards the end. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It moved at a good pace, and I could hardly put it down.

Audio-This was not the funny story I have grown used to from Sophia Kinsella. It had it's funny parts, but it had a feeling of melancholy through much of the book. Perhaps because I saw myself in the characters flaws. Lara is a nice young lady with her own business and a fabulous boyfriend. Everything is going her way. Till her fabulous boyfriend dumps her, without saying why. Her partner leaves town, and all their clients that she was to take care of. She has no idea how to handle this side of the business. Her parents and friends thinks she's gone 'nutters' texting her ex constantly. To to it off she is being haunted by her Great Aunt. (What a mess.) Sadie is her Great Aunt, she has just died at the age of 105 in a nursing home. She wants something, something that was hers and now it's lost. She in a funny lighthearted character that shows up in her twenties. The two of them engage in all kinds of craziness. The search opens many new doors, and slams a few others closed. Lara has a chance to learn of her heritage and learn her own heart in this journey. Perhaps even give up her obsession with her ex ? I enjoyed this book immensely. It was so close to my own life, with her job, her partner, her love, her obsession. I can't wait to read another book from this author.