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A review by brooke_review
Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
4.0
I picked up Sophie Kinsella's Love Your Life because I am taking part in PopSugar's 2020 Reading Challenge, and one of the prompts requires you to read a novel by an author who has published more than 20 books. I had no idea that Kinsella had such an extensive backlist, having never read her novels aside from a few from the Shopaholic series in the early 2000s. I must say that I am pleased with my pick and found Love Your Life to be just the light-hearted and funny read that I needed at the end of this tumultuous year.
Ava's friends may be just fine with finding love on dating apps, but Ava prefers to make a connection the old-fashioned way - in person. So it is no surprise that she falls for a guy insta-love style at a writer's retreat that she attends in beautiful and romantic coastal Italy. To make her whirlwind love affair even more heady and mysterious, none of the retreat participants are allowed to use their real names or share any personal information with each other, so Ava and her new love interest only know each other by "Aria" and "Dutch."
Alas, all good things must come to an end, and Ava is sad to eventually see the retreat (and her newfound romance) come to a close - can she and Dutch keep the spark alight long distance? So imagine her surprise when she learns that Dutch actually lives in London too ... and his real name is Matt! But love in the real world comes with its own entanglements. It turns out Ava and Matt are complete opposites and keep bumping heads over a myriad of issues, including flats, friends and family, pets, art, and hobbies. Should they try to make their new relationship work or is their love affair bound to be over as quickly as it started?
Love Your Life is a refreshing entry in the chick lit/romance genres. It was nice to read a story where the main character and love interest don't exactly click and have to realistically work through relationship problems that most of us face in the real world. I found Love Your Life to be a convincing portrayal of the complications that arise in new relationships between people "with baggage," and shows both the pros and cons of working through your differences vs. abandoning the relationship altogether. This book is entertaining and humorous, and will appeal to readers in their late 20s and 30s, as well as those who are on the dating scene.
Ava's friends may be just fine with finding love on dating apps, but Ava prefers to make a connection the old-fashioned way - in person. So it is no surprise that she falls for a guy insta-love style at a writer's retreat that she attends in beautiful and romantic coastal Italy. To make her whirlwind love affair even more heady and mysterious, none of the retreat participants are allowed to use their real names or share any personal information with each other, so Ava and her new love interest only know each other by "Aria" and "Dutch."
Alas, all good things must come to an end, and Ava is sad to eventually see the retreat (and her newfound romance) come to a close - can she and Dutch keep the spark alight long distance? So imagine her surprise when she learns that Dutch actually lives in London too ... and his real name is Matt! But love in the real world comes with its own entanglements. It turns out Ava and Matt are complete opposites and keep bumping heads over a myriad of issues, including flats, friends and family, pets, art, and hobbies. Should they try to make their new relationship work or is their love affair bound to be over as quickly as it started?
Love Your Life is a refreshing entry in the chick lit/romance genres. It was nice to read a story where the main character and love interest don't exactly click and have to realistically work through relationship problems that most of us face in the real world. I found Love Your Life to be a convincing portrayal of the complications that arise in new relationships between people "with baggage," and shows both the pros and cons of working through your differences vs. abandoning the relationship altogether. This book is entertaining and humorous, and will appeal to readers in their late 20s and 30s, as well as those who are on the dating scene.