Ava and her four girlfriends have an ongoing debate to find the perfect guy. While Ava dabbles in online dating she has yet to find that guy. Whereas her friend, Siraka, has a deal-breaker list as long as her arms to weed out the one she doesn't think is compatible with her. Ava went on a writing retreat to try and complete her book, but her attention was taken by Matt who was there for a martial art retreat.

I find Ava extremely juvenile for her age. She is in her mid-thirty yet her attitude is of a teenager. She starts a project and never finishes it. Finally, she's in a relationship with Matt, yet she tries to change him and get frustrated when it didn't go her way. She dislikes everything about him besides sex and how he looks. The book is focused on Ava and just her attitude alone makes me cringe and was very put off reading it. The struggle is within Ava and has nothing to do with the relationship. I don't think Matt and Ava's relationship has truly developed even at the end. The only characters I loved were the supporting characters, Ava, and Matt's friends. Now I want to know more about their stories. They were colorful and had spirits. I love Sophie Kinsella and I've read every single one of her adult fiction. However, this story was not what I expected and was disappointed.

Thank you to Random House Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a hot mess of a book and sadly it did not work for me. Initially I was hooked by the premise and I had really liked a lot of Sophie Kinsella's other works, so I thought that this would be right up my ally, but oh boy how wrong I was. Reading this was like watching a reality tv show where two people hook up and then immediately date, aka: red flags everywhere. Barely spending a week together, they both decide they love each other without knowing anything about the other person. Once they get back from the retreat and actually begin a relationship and learn about the other it is road blocks everywhere because: duh you both don't know a single thing about each other. Ava was immediately obsessed with Matt, to a worrying degree, and was in denial about how much they were incompatible with each other. Reading their interactions and conversations just made me cringe and want to scream: just break up, you both are better off. Ava is exhausting, she is over eager and a bit unhinged, while Matt is just a tepid and lukeworm love interest. They both keep brushing off all these things that they dont like about the other and barely talk about the main issues in their relationship. Every chapter is just Ava being annoyed at Matt or Matt just brushing her off. ( If I'm being honest I was more invested in Topher and Nell than Ava and Matt). I cannot find the chemistry between these two. 83% and they finally recognize just how bad they are together. The ending just conveniently wraps up everything and suddenly everything is okay again. So, all in all, this book was not for me but I want to thank Netgalley for sending me a arc anyways.

This book was a quick fun read. The book is about finding romance with someone who you might have different interests. I struggled with some of the cringe worthy parts of the book. Also, the book seemed fairly negative because the main characters don't agree on a lot throughout the book.

Thanks to Random House Publishing Group - Random House and NetGalley for a copy on exchange for an honest review!

I have long loved reading Sophie Kinsella. She has such a wonderful sense of humor about life, love, and friendship. Love Your Life was fab. Absolutely endearing, sweet, hilarious.....I loved the characters and how they meshed or conflicted with one another. Ava is a treat! She reminds me a bit of myself.....the bit about books needing a home. Oh my! I even have a naughty but devoted dog. No Matt, though, but we do our best. Friendships are so well represented here. This was one I couldn’t put down. In fact, I went to pick up my son early from football so I could sit and read. Literal laugh out loud moments abound! One of her best to date!

Love Your Life was just the romance book I've been searching for. With great, adorable characters and a romance to swoon over this book had me flying through it. I definitely will be buying a copy for my library.

Sophie Kinsella is one of my go to authors. A cute, easy to read story about finding love. Ava was easy to like but you soon learn that she has a lot more "deal breakers" than she originally thought, which leads to lots of laughter and some "oh no's!" Her friends are comical and quirky and I found the group chats very entertaining.

A great escape. Kinsella has been hit or miss with me, but this was just a good old fashioned hit. All the right punch lines at all the right moments. Living for a time with charming, goofy, friends. Love Your Life never gets too deep, which is a relief because we all need some humor in our lives at this time.

I wanted to like this book more but I found Ava to be exhausting. I also felt that the friends were the more interesting characters. I also didn't like the ending they gave to Genevieve.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love Sophie Kinsella books - they're always laugh out loud funny mixed with the impulse to cover your eyes at some points.

Things I liked: all the characters (so rare to have so many characters that are easy to love)

Things I didn't like: honestly, nothing.

If you're in a similar state of off-and-on pandemic panic, this book is a great escape!

*copy via Netgalley*