I've Got Your Number: A Novel
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher and Love Your Life comes "a rollicking page-turner . . . It's funny. It's clever. It twists and turns. . . . Sophie Kinsella has yet another winner." (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) "Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter."--Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver of Stars and The Last Letter from Your Lover Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her "happily ever after" begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill, but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect! Well, perfect except that the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn't agree. He wants his phone back and doesn't appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life. What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other's lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents, she soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life. "Fresh, fast-paced, and fiercely funny . . . Kinsella pens her most lovably neurotic protagonist yet. . . . A laugh-out-loud comic caper."--Publishers Weekly
"Poppy is easily as charming and daffy as shopaholic Rebecca Bloomwood."--Kirkus Reviews
"A screwball romance for the digital age."--The Star-Ledger
"Poppy is easily as charming and daffy as shopaholic Rebecca Bloomwood."--Kirkus Reviews
"A screwball romance for the digital age."--The Star-Ledger
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4.5 stars! I've Got Your Number was so much fun! I laughed out loud and even teared up at times. It may be my favorite Kinsella so far, even though I was a bit late to the party. I've had this one on my tbr for a long time, but finally picked it up on a whim. I'm so happy I did. I loved Poppy. I loved Sam. I loved how they met, their text messages to each other, and how they made each other see themselves differently. It's a fun, light read with heart!
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This book was a romp! I hadn't read Kinsella before, but I will definitely look for other books. The premise of this book was like a British comedy sketch... a young physical therapist loses her engagement ring at a hotel party during a fire alarm, gets her cell phone stolen as she is sitting on the curb and fortuitously spots a cell phone in the garbage on her way back in to look for the ring AGAIN. The phone ends up connecting her unwittingly to corporate backstabbing and a whole cast of characters she identifies from the tone of their texts and emails. Poppy's life gets increasingly complicated, but she manages to face everything with the plucky aplomb you'd expect of a modern British 20-something. Hilariously told partially through text messages sent back and from from Poppy and Sam, the ostensible owner of the cell phone (as the boss of the former employee who tossed the company phone in the trash).
Quick read - fast paced dialogue - fun caricatures throughout.
Quick read - fast paced dialogue - fun caricatures throughout.