Sophie Kintock has been with her boyfriend Doug for 6 years. While
they are doing laundry, he decides to tell her that he is leaving.
Sophie thinks he means to go to the store. He means for good.
Sophie knows that Doug is the love of her life and she is
determined to get him back. She begins Operation Drive Him Home.
Sophie has a spare set of keys and moves his car a few spaces every
day. She steals into his new apartment building and takes one sock
of every pair. It is during the act of sock appropriation that Doug
and his new neighbour Melanie (a drop dead gorgeous, well endowed
blonde) appear in the laundry room. Sophie hides under a sink and
her heart sinks when she hears Doug ask Melanie out. Once they
leave another tenant, Nick, comes in and finds Sophie crying under
the sink. Nick is a really nice guy and a psychic researcher. Oh
did I mention that Melanie believes in psychics? Sophie decides to
masquerade as a psychic to give Melanie some 'good' advice. And so
the story begins.....
Honestly, it takes a lot for me to laugh out loud while reading,
but Unpredictable has so many humorous moments. It's the way that
Cook writes - she is genuinely funny! Cook is a transplanted
American now living in Canada (as is Sophie). There is one
paragraph where Sophie goes to buy deli meat but has no idea about
the metric system. I won't spoil it here but it's on page 20. You
can enjoy the first chapter here. Eileen's blog is pretty funny
too!
You can predict how the story will end, but that's not important.
More enjoyable is the journey there. A thoroughly entertaining,
enjoyable read. If you like chick lit authors such as Sophie
Kinesella and Jane Green, add Eileen Cook to your list. I'm looking
forward to the next one!