27. The Undomestic Goddess

Sophie Kinsella's The Undomestic Goddess is a good chick-lit book. All of the expected elements and really good for the genre that it is. Unfortunately, I'm quite over this genre so it was a bit of a struggle for me to get through this one. It was just too predictible, too much like her other books and much of what I've been reading for the past few years.

The B&N description: Samantha Sweeting, the 29-year-old heroine of Kinsella's latest confection (after Shopaholic Sister), is on the verge of partnership at the prestigious London law firm Carter Spink-the Holy Grail of her entire workaholic life. But when she finds she has made a terrible, costly mistake just before the partnership decision, she's terrified of being fired. In a fog, she stumbles out of the building and onto the nearest train, which drops her in the countryside, where she wanders to a stately home. The nouveau riche lady of the house mistakes her for the new housekeeper-and Samantha is too astonished to correct her. Numb and unable to face returning to London, Samantha tries to master the finer points of laundry, cooking and cleaning. She discovers that the slow life, her pompous but good-hearted employers and the attentions of the handsome gardener, Nathaniel, suit her just fine. But her past is hard to escape, and when she discovers a terrible secret about her firm-and when the media learns that the former legal star is scrubbing toilets for a living-her life becomes more complicated than ever. If readers can swallow the implausible scenario, then Kinsella's genuine charm and sweet wit may continue to win her fans.

So, if you're still into Chick-lit, I'd read it, but if you're feeling over it like me then I'd pass this one by....