Saturday 11 April 2015

The Accidental Socialite by Stephanie Wahlstrom | Review




My Review:

Paige Crawford has just graduated from university,
but she has already decided to leave her hometown to move to London.
She's had enough of her friends and family who think she's just a bland and ordinary person, so she impulsively packs her stuff, determined to leave the past behind her.

The book starts off with Paige on her way to London, the city where she intends to make a fresh start and create a new identity. But unfortunately, all her plans get ruined when she accidentally catches the tabloids' attention due to an incident with a famous British footballer.

Paige is a clumsy and weird person who continuously gets into awkward situations. The media follows her every move, so she doesn't have much of a private life anymore. In fact she often makes front page news because of some compromising and embarrassing situations she gets herself into. I would have preferred dying if I were her, but Paige didn't give up and I liked that about her. I really enjoyed reading how she adjusts to the differences between American and British English, the misunderstandings were so hilarious that I couldn't keep myself from grinning. 

There isn't really any love interest in this book because Paige has truly bad taste in guys, and I think it's funny how she can easily relate to Taylor Swift's songs. I also find interesting the fact that Paige doesn't really want to commit to any type of serious relationship; I think it's quite understandable because she's still young and she just wants to have fun.

Although I found Paige pretty enjoyable to read, there were times when she could be really fussy, and I got frustrated for some of the choices she made. Furthermore, there was just too much clubbing and drinking for my liking, but if you can overlook those issues you'll definitely enjoy reading The Accidental Socialite. If you're looking for a fun and light read with lots of funny and embarrassing moments, then you should read this book.

Title: The Accidental Socialite
Author: Stephanie Wahlstrom
Rating: ★ ★ ★★ ☆
Genres: NA, Contemporary Romance
Format Read: eARC, YA Bound Book Tour
I received this book from YA Bound Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. 

Description from Goodreads
Quirky and clumsy twenty-two-year-old Paige Crawford arrives in London on a cold Saturday in January. Just when Paige starts to think that moving thousands of miles away from home with no real plan was a bad idea, Jason Frost appears. Confident and classy, Jason is the complete opposite of Paige and just what she needs in her life, or so she thinks. 

But before their romance has time to blossom, Paige trips and falls into the arms of a mysterious man on a drunken night out. She’s snapped by paparazzi, and newspaper headlines the next day suggest that she’s having an affair with a married footballer. 

Paige finds herself instantly elevated to tabloid celebrity status which isn’t exactly a picnic, particularly when trying to juggle her new job at Fashionista magazine, a catalog of dating disasters and a nagging doubt that she maybe she can’t conquer London after all. When a trip back to Canada for Christmas reminds Paige why she left her old life behind, she returns to London with renewed vigor realizing that while jobs, flats and men may come and go, friends in London are forever.
Share:

No comments

Post a Comment

© Hungry for Goodies | All rights reserved.
Blog Layout Created by pipdig