Book Review: I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

I've Got Your Number: A Novel


Title:  I’ve Got Your Number 
Author:  Sophie Kinsella 
Reading level: Adult
Genre:  Chick Lit
Size:  448 pages
Release Date:  Feb. 14th 2012 
Publisher: Random House
Stand Alone or Series: Stand alone
Source: NetGalley

First Line:  "Perspective. I need to get perspective."

Summary (from GoodReads):

I've lost it. The only thing in the world I wasn't supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It's been in Magnus's family for three generations. And now, the very same day his parents are coming, I've lost it. The very same day. Do not hyperventilate Poppy. Stay positive!!

Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry the ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her 'happy ever after' begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring but in the panic that followed, she has now lost her phone. As she paces shakily round the hotel foyer she spots an abandoned phone in a bin. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect!

Well, perfect except the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton doesn't agree. He wants his phone back and doesn't appreciate Poppy reading all his messages and wading into his personal life.

What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other's lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents... she soon realises that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.

Favorite Quotes from the Book:


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I can't think about it for too long, because I get all upset and panicky, so I allow myself only a tiny snippet of worry at a time. I've had my quota for this evening.


Sam pauses, right behind me.  there's an unbearable fragile beat as I wait for him to shatter the quiet.  But it's as though he feels the same way. He says nothing. All I can hear is the gentle sound of his breathing. Slowly his arms wrap around me from behind.

My Thoughts:


This was my first Sophie Kinsella read and I was absolutely charmed from the very first page.  The character of Poppy Wyatt is one that I feel most women can easily relate to.  She's flawed and insecure yet impulsive and mouthy at at once.  The author does an amazing job of capturing the realities of what we all think and feel at one time in our lives or another and imbuing Poppy with those emotions!


The supporting cast are also a pleasant surprise running the gambit from a less that ideal fiance and in-laws, to the assortment of friends...some true...some not so true.  And the pace of the novel is perfect... keeping things moving along while peppering in moments of hilarity, reality, uncomfortability, and incredible sweetness. I was laughing non stop and enjoyed every minute.

The budding romance that develops of all things via text messages between Poppy and Sam was incredibly sweet and somehow believable.  I think I fell a little in love with him myself as I felt so much like Poppy while reading this!


The only downside for me were the footnotes...not that I didn't enjoy reading them, but it was a bit difficult toggling back and forth on an e-reader.  With a print copy though I feel they'd only enhance the read.


This was an amazing delightful read that I stayed up way past my bedtime to finish and when I did I was left with only one question...  


Why in the world did I wait so long to read Sophie Kinsella??

Was it worth my Time?