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The Wish List

By: Sophia Money-Coutts
Narrated by: Sophia Money-Coutts
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This Christmas, love is top of Florence Fairfax’s wish list.

‘You want me to write a list? Like a shopping list?'

'Exactly. But for what you want from a man.’

Florence Fairfax might have been single for quite a while – well, forever, actually – but she isn’t lonely. She loves her job at the little bookshop in Chelsea and her beloved cat Marmalade who keeps her company at night. She’s perfectly happy, thank you.

So when Florence meets an eccentric love coach who asks her to write a wish list describing her perfect man, she refuses to take it seriously. Until later that week, Rory, a handsome blond man with the sexual athleticism of James Bond she asked for just happens to walk into the bookshop…

Rory seems to tick all of the boxes on Florence’s list. But is she about to discover there’s more to love than being perfect on paper?

©2020 Sophia Money-Coutts (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Contemporary Contemporary Romance Friendship Genre Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Fiction Comedy

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Critic reviews

"The new queen of the rom-com returns." (i)

"Saucy...fizzing comedy in this slice of escapism." (Metro)

"Full of wit, warmth and heart." (Beth O’Leary, The Flatshare)

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So brilliant, heartwarming and truly endearing, almost cried when it finished beautifully read, I laughed, I cried the perfect distraction during these times!

This is just divine

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I love that the author narrates her books because she's funny and you get more of a sense as to how the story is to be heard. It's an easygoing romcom that I thought was brilliant. A tad posh in places but ultimately hilarious and great. You can definitely see where it's heading but I like that because you know the ending is going to be heartwarming and satisfying. Definitely worth your time.

Loved it!

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This book was so funny, made me cry with laughter and a little sadness at one point. This is my book of 2020- it was so good. When listening no thoughts of COVID-19, it literally helped me escape this challenging year. I started to listen to this whilst away in North Norfolk looking out at the amazing views. Thank you Sophia I have already downloaded another book by you.

The Wish List 5 stars.

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Heartwarming and funny. I remembered enjoying a previous book by the author so didn’t hesitate. She’s brilliant to listen to!

Perfect

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The Wish was enjoyable enough but the main character was 2 dimentional and annoyingly precious. Her neurotic counting seemed bolted on to try and make her less insipid but huge artistic licence had to be granted time and again to get through to the end.

"I need to tell you something urgently be we have no time" while the other person is too wrapped in their blabbing irellevance to listen, is tedius. These irritating, clichéd scenarios increased in frequency throughout the book to reach a crescendo of ultimate cringe, so clichéd that it would be slated at any creative writing course.

This is literary candyfloss and the lowest scoring of all her books, but still worth a listen.

Candyfloss for the ears

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Shame but I was frustrated with silly characters and story. I’ve listened to her other books and loved them but almost gave up up on this.

A bit silly for me but love her other books

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This is the third book that I've purchased to listen to but not sure why. The first book has an okay sort but the narrator is so monotone in her reading, as she was with the second, as she is with the third hence, why I've not even gotten through 2 chapters without turning it off. I'll not be continuing to listen to anymore of purchased any more of this ladies work. Not great

Not great

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Such a shame as the story seemed fairy good but the monotone & aggressive manor of the narrator killed it for me... I really did try but couldn’t last it out to the end, such a shame!

Ahhh had to return because of the narrator..

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I would suggest a professional actress reads SMC s books in future. I found her voice far too strident and clipped. This reduced the comic elements and there was weak character differentiation between the females. The love coach was especially unconvincing. Sorry!

Irritating narrative

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nice little story but narrator spoke way too fast, had to adjust speed to listen

not bad

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