The Wish List

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Pub Date 6 Aug 2020 | Archive Date 6 Aug 2020

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This Christmas, love is top of Florence Fairfax’s wish list ’Feel-good and enormous fun’ Sophie Kinsella ‘Full of wit, warmth and heart’ Beth O’Leary

‘You want me to write a list? Like a shopping list?'

'Exactly. But for what you want from a man’

Florence Fairfax might have been single for quite a while – well, forever, actually – but she isn’t lonely. She loves her job at the little bookshop in Chelsea and her beloved cat Marmalade who keeps her company at night. She’s perfectly happy, thank you.

So when Florence meets an eccentric love coach who asks her to write a wish list describing her perfect man, she refuses to take it seriously. Until later that week, Rory, a handsome blond man with the sexual athleticism of James Bond she asked for just happens to walk into the bookshop…

Rory seems to tick all of the boxes on Florence’s list. But is she about to discover there’s more to love than being perfect on paper?

A gloriously funny and feel-good read for anyone searching for their perfect match who ticks all of the boxes. Fans of Sophie Kinsella and Beth O’Leary will snort with laughter at this hilarious and heart-warming read.

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’Queen of the smart rom-com. Full of wit, warmth and a truly sweet, satisfying happy ever after’ Daisy Buchanan, Insatiable

‘Funny, touching and totally addictive’ Zara Stoneley, The First Date

‘Impossibly hilarious yet hopeful and heart-warming to book’ Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment

‘So clever, funny and brilliantly relatable. I loved, loved loved it! Lucy Vine, Hot Mess

‘Funny and biting, I couldn’t get enough’ Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square

‘Funny and romantic. The perfect escapist read!’ Cressida McLaughlin, The Cornish Cream Tea Summer

’Whipsmart and properly funny, I laughed from the first page’ Alex Brown, A Postcard From Paris

This Christmas, love is top of Florence Fairfax’s wish list ’Feel-good and enormous fun’ Sophie Kinsella ‘Full of wit, warmth and heart’ Beth O’Leary

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The Wish List is not my usual genre and although it took me a few chapters to get into and be enthralled by it, I did and could not put it down.
It made me laugh, smile and I just wanted more from the characters who I loved. Highly recommend.

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I received a copy of The Wish List by Sophia Money-Coutts via NetGalley in exchange for an impartial review. Wow, am I glad I did! I had a hard time putting this one down and finished it within 24 hrs!

The main protagonist, Florence Fairfax, is in her thirties and lives with her two half sisters who are nothing like her. Florence is a university graduate who works in a privately owned book store by choice, but has wavering aspirations of also becoming a published children's author one day. Florence likes order and routine and often predicts the turn out of the immediate future based on counting various things. One thing she doesn't need to count is boyfriends because she doesn't have one. She is very content with sharing her bedroom with no one other than her 17 year old ginger cat, who she has named Marmalade.

By contrast, one sister is about to marry for money, prestige, and maybe love. The other is a model who has no shortage of male attention. Step-mum, Patricia, is desperate to prompt some action in to Florence's love life - so much so that she hassles Florence until she agrees to go see a woman who specialises in sorting out love lives.

Before long Florence finds herself seated inside a boldly decorated room where an even more boldly dressed woman instructs her to make a list. Florence, despite her disbelief, soon finds her life changing in ways she never anticipated. But is this what Florence actually wants?

With a humour style that will appeal to fans of Briget Jone's Diary, I urge fans of women's fiction, comedy romances, contemporary romances and 'chick lit' to add this one to their TBRs. I am sure you won't be disappointed!

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I loved this book. It's set in a bookshop which is my idea of heaven so that worked! It's also a lovely romantic comedy which is well written. Florence is single and her step mother believes something should be done about it, especially as she lives with her step sisters who are both gorgeous. Her father is a diplomat in Argentina so is not often on the scene and it is obvious she misses him; her mum having died when she was young.

She is introduced by her step mother Patricia to a love coach and a session is booked for her to attend! What could go wrong? She is prompted to come up with a list of what characteristics her ideal man would have and the idea is that he will then appear, delivered by the universe!

I found the characters all intertwined nicely and I wanted to keep reading the story. I would definitely recommend!

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Meet Florence, a thirty-two year old woman who lives with her half-sisters in Kennington London. She works in a bookstore in Chelsea and likes things in order. A compulsive counting habit, she plays consequences to decide whether she is going to have a good day or a bad one. Odd numbers are not good, whereas even numbers reflect a positive outcome.

She's never had a boyfriend, although she's had some one night stands and someone she scared off in uni. Love is not something that is necessarily missing from her life, but her family feel that it is. With her step mother sending her to see a love coach, who makes her write a wish list of qualities that she'd like in a boyfriend.

Is it the universe aligning or just coincidence that Rory appears in her bookstore ticking the items off her wishlist. Soon she is melting at his touch and almost everyone loves him, but she doesn't quite feel part of his political lifestyle and social circle. Is he really the man of her dreams? Are they really the qualities that she is looking for in a man?

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! All the characters are relatable, the storyline will keep you turning the pages until before you know it you've not been able to put it down and finished the book! I laughed and cried throughout this and I cant wait to read Sophia's next book!

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Really enjoyed this book. Funny, relatable characters who you really care about and a funny, entertaining and poignant storyline, covering lots of thought - provoking subjects. This book made me laugh and cry and I loved Marmalade the cat. Looking forward to reading more by this author.

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Sophia Money-Coutts is fast becoming one of my favourite rom-com writers. I’ve already read her first two novels, so I was pretty sure I’d enjoy her new one, The Wish List, too. (Spoiler: of course I did!) Florence Fairfax is our heroine. She works in a bookstore in Chelsea, spends her evenings with her cat Marmalade, and is perfectly happy being single – but her family have other ideas, and set her up with a love guru who encourages her to write a “wish list” of character traits she’d like in her dream man. The Wish List made me laugh out loud, and even though I saw (part of) the ending coming, I still thoroughly enjoyed it, and really rooted for Florence. If you like rom-coms, you’ll love The Wish List!

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Oh my goodness, I LOVED this book.

I had never read one by this author before, but after hearing a friend rave about her I decided to give it a go. It's the first book in ages where I actually laughed out loud, and I was glued to it for an entire weekend.

I was immediately sucked in to the world of Florence, and I loved how she negotiated her quirky life in the bookshop and her dating life. I especially loved her relationship with her sisters. When the book started, I thought they were going to be painted as the 'ugly stepsisters' who left her out, but I was pleasantly surprised that they were supportive and lovely throughout.

A really excellent, feel-good and extremely relatable read. Would give more stars if I could!

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