The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte was pure escapism for me. Hilariously funny book, with mischievous colourful characters and an outrageous storyline that’s not to be taken seriously but to be entertained.

Sasha likes hard centre, I love soft centre… we can be friends. And I am talking chocolates, what did you think?

I am not off my head with champagne and devilishly delicious pastries and gateaux or am I?

If you are looking for a yummy fairy tale for power girls (women), look no further. Sasha Torte’s memoirs is the book for you.

Your head will spin from all the colourful Tasmanian history (when I say colourful, I do not mean just colours of the foliage), kaleidoscope of fashion, jewellery, desserts, lovers, trysts, intrigue and vigilante heroics.

This book is an amazing concoction that could have taken place only in this very young country of ours. Anything could have happen in Tasmania in the early 20th century and anything and everything did. Tasmanian tigers walked on estates, drunks quoted Shakespeare, whores dubbed in magic and gentry walked the tightrope (literary and figuratively).

I absolutely love Sasha Torte. I am as in love with her as I am in love with dark chocolate (that’s a lot). She is an amazing character. Even when she is on drugs she is adorable. Sasha is lovable through all her bipolar episodes. She is a very strong, determinate and… through everything that happens to her, she is very content with everything that happens to her and around her.

This book is truly a fairy tale for grown up strong women of this world. It’s a nice escape and a revelation. It’s a gift and a surprise on every page.

I absolutely loved the book, pastries and ghosts and all.

A slightly off-kilter tale that throws up a cast of wonderfully absurd characters, with all the ingredients for the making of an entertaining story of a woman who refused to be shackled to life's social mores. A sweet and salacious read.

I had a fun, whimsical ride with this one! What a hoot. I will post more of a review soon, but this book was completely enjoyable.

I'm struggling to get through this book. I'm sorry to say that it doesn't inspire me to continue reading. This rarely happens with any books I've picked up; this would be the third in my life. I just feel that I've taken too long to get feedback in and I hope that I can revisit this book and re-review it (is that even a word?) in the future. My apologies.

From Australia to London and France and Vienna, I totally enjoyed all of Sasha’s escapades. The descriptions of the food had me drooling as I could almost taste each morsel and imagine washing them down with a swish of champagne. The characters were all unconventional and colourful and this made for entertaining reading. A great mix of lust and debauchery with some murder as well.