As their fantasy starts to fade, they discover just how different their personal worlds are. Things seem to be perfect.īut then their real identities-Ava and Matt-must return to London. The two embark on a baggage-free, whirlwind love affair, cliff-jumping into gem-colored Mediterranean waters and exploring the splendor of the Italian coast. When the neighboring martial arts retreat is canceled and a few of its attendees join their small writing group, Ava, now going by “Aria,” meets “Dutch,” a man who seems too good to be true. She’s determined to finish writing the novel she’s been fantasizing about, even though it means leaving her close-knit group of friends and her precious dog, Harold, behind.Īt the retreat, she’s not allowed to use her real name or reveal any personal information. So after a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes to a writers’ retreat in remote, coastal Italy.

She believes in feelings, not algorithms. The book sounded fluffy, easy, and I recalled that Kinsella wrote really snappy dialogue so with all that in mind, I picked this one up expecting to breeze right through it and be left satisfied and happy about romance! Summaryįrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Owe You One, an utterly delightful novel about a young woman who ditches her dating app for a writer’s retreat in Italy-only to find that real love comes with its own filters.Ĭall Ava romantic, but she thinks love should be found in the real world, not on apps that filter men by height, job, or astrological sign. But those early books really engrained Sophia Kinsella as an author that I enjoy so when I saw that she had a new book (not Shopaholic related) coming out, I knew I had to read it!

I love seeing that the series has continued with nine more books, but as I said I only read like the first two but it wasn’t for want of trying-I just got on to another book and/or series and forgot about the Shopaholic books. I laughed so hard many many times and I remember thinking how much I had in common with the main character, especially at that time being a young college student. I read the first book when it was released back in 2000 and I recall LOVING IT.

I have only read Sophia Kinsella’s Shopaholic books and even then, I have only read like the first two.

Love your life by sophie kinsella