The Accidental Socialite by Stephanie Wahlstrom Pages: 240
Published by Swoon Romance on April 15, 2014
Genres: contemporary, Dating & Sex, Humor, New Adult
Source: ecopy from Publisher
Based on the adventures of a real-life London socialite, this is an all-access pass to life in the VIP area.
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.If you love books by Tracy Bloom, Anna Bell, Mhairi McFarlane or Sophie Kinsella, hold on to your Choos - the Accidental Socialite is romantic comedy at its best!
The Accidental Socialite is one heck of a hilariously funny ride. You won’t believe all of the crazy things one girl manages to get herself into. Paige packs up and moves to London after she graduated from university. Armed with a degree, very little cash and a couple of suitcases she goes to make something of herself. And what she gets is one thing after another. She goes on an adventure all ride, but it not the one that she thought she would. She is a hoot, and The Accidental Socialite will have you laughing out loud more times than you can count. It was a lot like reality TV for me, you can’t turn away. There were a few parts of the book where I felt like the storyline was dragging, and not really progressing anywhere. That was a bit tiring, but I still felt this need to find out what was going to happen to Paige next.
Paige is a Canadian, and she is so clueless about pretty much everything about British culture. It was so funny to see her get words and phrases mixed up. Actually, I thought some of her funniest scenes were about the differences in cultural phrases. I loved her scene about “fannies”. She thought she was talking about fanny packs and well, she wasn’t. It was too funny. Plus, the whole Pickle sandwich fiasco. I was happy that her boss seemed to have a good sense of humor at least. I thought she was going to get fired countless times.
This is not your typical romance. It is not about finding that one great guy. It was more just like a series of unfortunate events and dates. It reminded me of the reality TV show, the Hills. Everyone is young and hot, there is so much drinking- every night of the week. These are adults in their 20s and 30s and they are out closing the clubs down 6-7 days a week. Way too much for me, but you can’t help but be interested in it. This book is a guilty pleasure. Paige is a hot mess. She is falling all over herself, and bad thing after bad thing keeps happening to her. The media can’t wait to tear her apart. But she is the train wreck of hot messes, you just can’t stop watching. The humor is the highlight in The Accidental Socialite. Stephanie Wahlstrom is very talented and witty with her writing. I can’t wait to read more humor from her, maybe a romantic comedy?
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
Kirsty-Marie
Sounds like a lot of fun, and definitely a guilty pleasure (like reality TV is for me anyway). Since I’m Welsh, it’ll be fun to read those bits, I mean, it would be the same for a British person in America or Canada. Sounds like one I’ll love when I need something hilarious and light. 🙂
Lisa @ Lost in Literature
This definitely sounds hilarious!! I’m glad you enjoyed it, despite the bit of lagging it contained. Great review!!
kindlemom1
We all need humorous reads like this one once in a while. I am keeping this one in mind.
Kimberly
This sounds like a hilarious read, and I like a quirky and clumsy heroine myself 🙂 I’m definitely going to see about getting this one.
–Kimberly @ Turning the Pages
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence
This sounds totally adorable and very quirky! Paige sounds really hilarious actually and fun to read about. Thanks for your review!
Missie
I feel like a guilty pleasure book is perfect for summer!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
kim { Book Swoon }
Hee-hee! Fannies and fanny packs, I can see where this is going;) This sounds fun, filled with humor, a perfect reading escape. Wonderful review, Michelle!
Michelle@Because Reading
This sounds like a very cute read! The MC sounds like a fun character to read about!
Great review!!!
Nancy Burgess
Sounds like a good funny read.