Pearshaped By Stella Newman

[amazon_link id=”1847562701″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link] ‘Pearshaped’ is Stella Newman’s first book.

Sophie Klein walks into a bar one Friday night and her life changes. She meets James Stephens, charismatic, elusive and with a hosiery model ex who casts a long thin shadow over their burgeoning relationship. James is clever, witty and shares one of Sophie’s greatest passions in life, to eat and drink slightly too much and then have a little lie down. Sophie’s instinct tells her that James is too good to be true – and he is.

‘Pearshaped’ is the first book that I have read by Stella Newman and even though I absolutely loved this book, I was completely unprepared for the emotions that I experienced whilst reading this roller-coaster about love, food, heartache and discovery.

From the offset, Sophie is a fabulous lead character, bubbly with a passion for life and food. Her high spiritedness is contagious but as she meets rich business man, James, the sweetheart that I found myself finding a new friendship in, turned into an insecure and uncertain woman. Regularly James compared her to other women, making her question her thoughts and actions in the relationship and for this, I absolutely despised this character. I loathed James with all my heart, he was vain and arrogant and at times quite the manipulator. Frequently I wanted to hurl the book at the wall, when he would remark some fleeting statement to Sophie, making her turn into a shadow of former exuberant self.

‘Pearshaped’ is Stella’s first book and what a victorious debut it is. With a wonderful lead character who is impossible not to like, a horrible boyfriend, witty dialogue and a vast quantity of delicious sweets and desserts, this book is for anyone who has loved and lost. A sharp, refreshing and occasionally sad story, that tells beautifully, of the balance between love and insanity, it is an honest tale of discovery and finally accepting who you are, cellulite marks and all.

You can buy [amazon_link id=”1847562701″ target=”_blank” ]Pear Shaped on Amazon [/amazon_link] and is available from good bookshops.