Society Girls

Playing James was thoroughly enjoyable but this not so much. The characters from Playing James are depicted in a less generous light, and the leads in this sequel do not compensate. It actually detracted from my earlier enjoyment of Playing James. I do get tired of ditsy females who allow themselves to be trodden on, and this leading female is one. Although there is some humor, it is not enough for redemption.

I have to say that Norman the recovering seagull was by far my favorite character in this book! What a fun, unique, and laugh out loud book! Society Girls picks up with the Colshannon family but this time with the focus on Clemmie, the slighty neurotic youger sister. Clemmie has recently returned to Cornwall after a trip around the world. Without a job or boyfriend, Clemmie finds herself working in a cafe and spending time at home avoiding Norman the seagull. Clemmie's sister, Holly, comes down for a visit and recounts to Clemmie the mysterious story of Emma from the paper that Holly works for going missing. The girls go off in search of clues, and begin their detective work to track down the missing Emma. The story takes off from there and the girls find themselves travelling to France in this funny, laugh-out-loud story. Definately a book worth reading!

This book was a fun and enjoyable read! Clemmie was a character to which one can relate. She and Holly were a good mischievious team! I have added her books Playing James and Party Girl to my Wish List and I am looking forward to reading them!

This is another great book from Mason, who always manages to repackage boy meets girl palatably & deliver a fresh take on the usual. Following on from the book "Playing James", which starred Holly, Clem is the wayward younger sister. When she is fired from her job due to the duplistic dealings of her former colleague & boyfriend, Clem retreats to the family house to lick her wounds. Unfortunately big sister Holly hunts her down, and manages to bully her into some rather unsavory doings involving break and enters, all in an attempt to get a scoop on a society girl from Hollys newspaper who has gone missing just before her wedding. As Clem finds a fresh love interest where she never expected to look, the entire mad clan end up on the run over in France where all sorts of interesting things happen. Great entertaining book, and there hasn't been a book by Sophie Mason yet which I've not enjoyed.

Just for anyone who is confused, High Society is in fact also released as Society Girls. This is another great book from Mason, who always manages to repackage boy meets girl palatably & deliver a fresh take on the usual. Following on from the book "Playing James", which starred Holly, Clem is the wayward younger sister (or was that older sister?) When she is fired from her job due to the duplistic dealings of her former colleague & boyfriend, Clem retreats to the family house to lick her wounds. Unfortunately big (?) sister Holly hunts her down, and manages to bully her into some rather unsavory doings involving break and enters, all in an attempt to get a scoop on a society girl from Hollys newspaper who has gone missing just before her wedding. As Clem finds a fresh love interest where she never expected to look, the entire mad clan end up on the run over in France where all sorts of interesting things happen. Great entertaining book, and there hasn't been a book by Sophie Mason yet which I've not enjoyed. kotori 2005

Clemmie Colshannon returns crawling to her actor parents' home in Cornwall to wait tables after her globetrotting around the world proved disastrous following the loss of her job and her boyfriend importance in that order. However, she has no time to mope as she learns that Bristol Gazette society pages editor Emma McKellan has vanished one week before her marriage to Charlie Davidson over the objection of her wealthy father solicitor Sir Christopher. The Bristol Gazette crime reporter Clemmie's sister Holly (see PLAYING JAMES) thinks Sir C has abducted his daughter to prevent the nuptials and she plans to break the story. She enlists Clemmie to assist her, but the bumbling siblings uncover a lot more than an irate father protecting his daughter from a gold-digger. Instead they connect Sir C to a drug case involving Charlie, who he put behind bars, and learn that Emma is pregnant and being used by Charlie to enact revenge. When Charlie realizes what the sisters are doing he switches targets causing Clan Colshannon to invade France. The second Colshannon tale is a wacky amateur sleuth tale starring an eccentric crowd that seems like the Little Foys were turned on their head. The investigative story line hooks the audience as much for the interrelationship between the lead family as for the mystery. Readers will appreciate this amusing mystery and look forward to a third Colshannon sibling leading miscues in a future cozy. Harriet Klausner