Meet cute, very cute. This couple find each other in a "bubble" attending a seminar in Italy.
Fall madly in love, still knowing nothing about each other until they get home. Turns into a comedy of errors. They find their way but not easily. Entertaining.
Quirky. Improbable. I liked it.

Kinsella does an amazing job as always! Loved this chick-lit style romance. A very fun read.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Sophie Kinsella has done it again. I don't know how she continues to churn out hit after hit. A light, fun, heartfelt romance and absolute joy to read.

Fun, light, easy read. I enjoyed the ARC copy of Love Your Life. the characters and their relationships kept you turning the pages !

Ava is a hopeless romantic. When one of her best friends goes on a dating site and specifies exactly what she's looking for in a partner down to how far he lives from the tube, Ava is skeptical. She wonders if the best matches really come from logarithms or if fate is the best way to decide who you will end up with. When Ava meets "Dutch" (real name Matt) on a writing retreat they engage in a whirlwind affair with no knowledge of each other's real lives back home. Ava and Matt are convinced that their romantic affair will not only continue, but stand the test of time when they return to their homes and real lives in London.

Back home they continue on enthusiastically but it isn't long before the cracks begin to appear. Matt isn't as enamored with Ava's flat as she thought that he might be and his taste in art is atrocious. Apparently Ava's dog isn't as well-trained as Matt would like him to be, and Matt's parents still wish that he would get back together with his ex-girlfriend. As they continue their relationship Ava wonders if maybe there's something to logarithms after all?

LOVE YOUR LIFE is another light-hearted hit by Sophie Kinsella. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the wacky characters and the plot line and and also found the subject matter to be quite timely considering the digital, app-based dating world that we live in right now. This is a must-read for fans of Kinsella and of women's fiction alike and left me staying up far past my bedtime to "just finish this chapter'.

For fans of Sophie Kinsella, this book will not disappoint! Ava and Matt get caught up in a whirlwind romance on a retreat. They know little about each other but fall in love fast. When they return to 'real life', they have to start to learn a little more about each other and find out if they are really 'in love'. This book made me laugh out several times as many of Sophie Kinsella books do. Both characters were quirky as were their friends which made the story laugh-out-loud funny!

Chemistry vs. Compatibility, what makes for a stronger relationship? Very fun story about friendship, love and responsibility. As it often is with Sophie Kinsella romances I had to follow the twists and turns and bumps in the road to get to the place where I didn't want to leave the characters in the end.

Overall I enjoyed reading this book. I would say that the main character, Ava, reminded me a bit too much of Becky from Confessions of a Shopaholic. I found myself getting frustrated with her and just how much she was willing to ignore in her life and red-flags in her relationship. In the end she matures in this respect, but I felt like it took us too long to get there and then the book wrapped up quickly.

I liked the premise of the book though. If you're looking for an easy, quick, rom-com to read I think you will enjoy this book. Otherwise I think there are definitely better books by Sophie Kinsella. I usually LOVE everything by here.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this ebook to review!

I must admit I was a bit disappointed with this latest offering from Kinsella. Ava and Matt meet at a writer's retreat and after very little time together, decide they are destined for each other. When back in the real world, all signs indicate otherwise. I tried so hard to like this book but it felt forced. Not my favorite from this author.
2.5

Love Your Life is another light and breezy read from Sophie Kinsella. It's funny and romantic...but something about these characters - all of them - were just...too much. It seemed like there wasn't one character that wasn't over-the-top and outlandish. It definitely made for some humorous moments, but I felt like I needed just <i>one</i> straight man and got none. One of my absolute favorite parts of the novel though was how Ava was with Matt's grandfather. I love that she kept in touch with him the whole time and allowed him to open up to her when everyone else shut him down. Also, Ava is vegetarian, and I LOVE that.

This book reminds me of Kinsella’s Shopaholic books. The main character in both books has the exact same flighty and anything goes personality. Of course in the first couple of Kinsella’s books, I actually thought it was cute and funny but with this book I just wanted to give her a stern talking to and tell her to grow up! It also didn’t help that the love interest had the exact same personality. They are two lost souls trying to make a relationship work without actually trying.

The premise of the book is two people meet at a retreat and aren’t allowed to tell anything about themselves or their real lives. So when they get back to the real world and try to have a relationship, rather than a week fling, they find they have many obstacles to overcome.

If you absolutely love all of the shopaholic books then this book is for you. It is light and humorous and you will enjoy the ride. I really wanted to like it because I adore Sophie Kinsella. Unfortunately, this book went too far into the eye rolling category. I ended up skipping huge sections and was actually glad that it ended.

I love anything by Sophie Kinsella and was so excited to read an ARC of Love Your Life. Like every other book Kinsella writes, this story has a great story line, memorable characters, & is impossible to put down. This is my favorite book by Sophie Kinsella, which says A LOT, because I love ALL of her books!

I have previously read one other book by Sophie Kinsella, (I Owe You One) and I remembered her characters were funny and the story was a light, easy read so I was happy to pick up another.

This story is about a woman Ava who meets a man at a writer’s retreat and without knowing anything about him due to the strict rules of the retreat, falls in love with him. But when they go back to the real world and learn about each other's real lives, things get complicated.

Right away we learn that Ava believes you only need passion to find the right person after her best friend is using a new dating app that allows you to eliminate people based on very detailed preferences. So right away I assumed that the story line was going to test this theory.

When Ava is at the writer's retreat and falling in love with "Dutch", I kept questioning where this story was going to go. It seemed so out of place and very unrealistic. This was my least favorite part of the story.

Once they return back to their real lives and attempt to keep their relationship going after learning more about each other, the story shifts tones. I enjoyed this part better. I liked the banter with the roommates and friends of the main characters the most.

I liked that this book was funny and light but there were some things that confused me. I feel like this would have been a GREAT rom-com movie, but not my favorite type of book to read.

Love Your Life
A Novel
by Sophie Kinsella
Random House Publishing Group - Random House
The Dial Press
Romance | Women's Fiction
Pub Date 27 Oct 2020 | Archive Date 11 Jan 2021

As I was reading this I could think of several people I know who would enjoy this book. Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishers for giving me the opportunity to read the ARC.
Great read !

I got a free eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I loved this book. Awkward at times due to the nature of real life, I feel that it so perfectly captured the essence of real life. This made me ache for a true love and gave me all the feels about my own fierce tribe of friends. Kinsella has rarely let me down with her books, and this is no exception. 5 stars.

I loved the characters! I wasn't too sure about the story of meeting someone and seeming to fall completely in love with them after knowing them for such a short amount of time. However, the story seemed to work. I could see where the characters and plot were heading, but it was still a good read.

3.5 stars. I have to say, this one was a bit of a mixed bag for me. But, at the same time, it also stuck with me for awhile after I finished, and the more I thought about it, the more I really loved the ending. *NOTE* SPOILERS AHEAD!

I really enjoyed the overall plot of how two people who find each other while on a vacation of sorts, seem totally perfect for each other, but when they come back home to the real world and try to make it work they realize they come from almost completely opposite backgrounds and have virtually nothing in common. However, what drove me a little crazy was Ava's unending optimism (being a pessimist myself it grated on my nerves a bit), as well as the stubbornness she displayed in keeping her relationship with Matt going despite what seemed like completely irreconcilable differences. I feel like most people would have abandoned that relationship a LOT faster than they did, and maybe that was the point of this story, but at times I wanted to just stop reading to get away from Ava's positivism and determination. I really liked how both Matt and Ava grew as people and in the end made it work because they loved each other that much (like Ava finishing her book and Matt moving on from the family business to do what he loves). I also loved how her friends also clicked and in the end they all became their own family.

This book had a lot of humor and in the end was a really great love story, and I'm very glad I stuck with it to the end as it was definitely the best part of the story.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the chance to review this advanced reading copy!

Sophie Kinsella never disappoints and the message to love your life is a great lesson to learn through this book. Ava and Matt meet at writing retreat where participants aren't allowed to divulge their real names or any personal information. The two have an instant connection and fall in love. When it's time to return home, they are both thrilled to learn that they both live in London and can continue their relationship in the real world. Unfortunately, their identities from the retreat didn't connect the way they hoped in real life. Ava and Matt have to love their life before they can love each other.

Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella didn't quite meet the expectations I had for it. Sophie Kinsella is an auto-buy author for me and I couldn't wait to get my hands on this one! (Thanks NetGalley!) Sadly, I just didn't love Ava and her friends. Matt and his family didn't seem lovable, either. It was a cute story and I enjoyed it but it wasn't really my favorite. 3 Stars

3.5 Stars!

I'm glad that this book is not at par with her previous releases which sadly, wasn't it for me.

This book has some laugh out loud moments that had me smiling while reading it. Although, do not expect well matured characters because as with her previous books, mostly, the heroines are not.

Still, it was an enjoyable light read especially if you're kind of stress with our current situation. Perfect for chicklit lovers.