The Party Crasher by Sophie Kinsella is fun and interesting, but not my favourite Kinsella. She sneaks in and spends most of the evening hiding in bushes and under tables. Effie’s father’s girlfriend throws a farewell to the house party of sorts and Effie has decided not to go, but winds up sneaking into the party to retrieve a set of Russian dolls that she wants to keep.
There is a good mix of humour and seriousness in the novel and the family drama is at the heart of the story. She also gets herself into quite a few predicaments over the course of the evening that are, at times, laugh out loud. Effie is having a hard time letting go of her childhood home and will stop at nothing to try and protect it and her family. Review: The Party Crasher by Sophie KinsellaĮffie is quite an eccentric main character, which is to be expected from Kinsella, as most of her novels have a quirky, lovable character.
This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Then she runs into Joe-the love of her life, who long ago broke her heart, and who's still as handsome and funny as ever-and even more truths emerge.īut will Effie act on these revelations? Will she stay hidden or step out into the party and take her place with her family? And truthfully, what did she really come back to Greenoaks for? Over the course of one blowout party, Effie realizes that she must be honest with herself and confront her past before she'll ever be able to face her future. Watching how her sister, brother, and dad behave when they think no one is looking, Effie overhears conversations, makes discoveries, and begins to see her family in a new light. As Effie sneaks around the house, hiding under tables and peeping through trapdoors, she realizes the secrets Greenoaks holds aren't just in the dusty passageways and hidden attics she grew up exploring. Her only chance to retrieve it is to break into Greenoaks while everyone is busy celebrating. Effie declines, but then remembers a beloved childhood treasure is still hidden in the house.
When Krista decides to throw a grand "house cooling" party, Effie is originally left off the guest list-and then receives a last-minute "anti-invitation" (maybe it's because she called Krista a gold-digger, but Krista totally deserved it, and it was mostly a joke anyway). And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been sold. Since then, she's become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista.
It's been over two years since Effie's beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had.
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