
Nights at the Circus
Book
Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake? Courted by the Prince of...

Gorgeous
Book
Sophie has tried to stay out of trouble, but tonight trouble has found her. On a lonely stretch of...

Book Divas (227 KP) rated Surviving the Camp of Death in Books
Jul 12, 2019
The sad story of Sophie and Abby can be enjoyed by people of all ages and I can only imagine the bright future that's ahead for this writer.

The Vampire's Quest
Book
After escaping from the Otherworld Crime Unit, Kellen Falcon came to Nouveau Monde to crack a rare...

The Evening of the Holiday
Book
Passionate undercurrents sweep in and out of this eloquent novel about a love affair in the summer...

Peaky Blinders - Season 5
TV Season
After getting rid of both Luca Changretta and Alfie Solomons, Tommy is encouraged to take a break...

St. Osmunds (2013)
Movie
A film crew putting together a documentary on an abandoned insane asylum finally get permission to...
Horror

The Doll Maker
Book
A body turns up in a field. She’s blonde and her eyes have been gouged out. DI Sophie Whitton...
Lesbian Murder

BookInspector (124 KP) rated The Secret Bridesmaid in Books
Jul 1, 2021
I enjoyed the narrative thoroughly. The plot is filled with not only the weddings and crazy demands, but also with Sophie’s past life and relationships. I really liked these different parts of Sophie’s life, presented to the reader. I liked all the little twists and turns that this book had to offer as well. The topics discussed in this book were romance, breakups, friendships, the life of the rich and many more.
The writing style of this book was superb! I really enjoyed the added messages, bizarre emails and crazy stuff that Sophie has to deal with on a daily basis. The atmosphere of the book constantly changes, depending on the situations. The chapters have a medium length, but the pages just flew by for me, I was absorbed with Sophie’s life and her stories. Even though the ending of this book was quite predictable, I really liked how this book was rounded up.
So, to conclude, this book is a great mood booster, filled with characters that are full of personality and charisma, as well as the plot that shows different sides of Sophie’s life, it is laugh out loud funny and very enjoyable. I was very hooked from the first page, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone who needs something easy, fun but at the same time very well written and playful.

Eleanor Luhar (47 KP) rated Billy and Me in Books
Jun 24, 2019
Despite the gooey topics, this book was easy to sit and read through. The writing was good, though some of the speech didn't feel particularly authentic. My main problem was how cliche this was. A young woman who loves classic literature andworks in a tea shop meets a movie star without realising who he is and falls in love... Yeah, it's kind of a stereotypical romance. I hate this sort of thing. It's tacky and just ugh. But there was more to it than just the romance, which was very good. Sophie had her own issues to deal with, stemming from childhood grief and caring for her mother. It even had a really tragic moment toward the end, that didn't involve the actor - Billy - much at all.
As I mentioned above, the language wasn't always particularly fluid. It sometimes felt like Fletcher was trying too hard to make it more romantic and emotional. Billy was pretty much 'perfect' and extremely romantic, probably extremely unrealistically so. He was likeable, still, just not very realistic.
Sophie herself was a bit... not annoying, but she's not my favourite protagonist ever. She was trying too hard to be unique and strong and independent and it just irritated me. I get what Fletcher was going for (I think) but I just didn't love Sophie that much at all.
Like most other contemporary novels (not that I've actually read many of them), Sophie's life comes together perfectly at the end. Well, not quite perfectly, but the ending was sickly sweet. But I'm a bit of a cynic. You might like this more than me.
Despite the genre and gross cutesy lovey stuff, I think this deserves 3.5 stars. The writing was good and I did actually enjoy reading it.