Review: Right Number, Wrong Girl by Emma Hart

Right Number, Wrong Girl by Emma Hart
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was provided an ARC, all opinions are my own.

This is a standalone novel, but it does mention some of the characters from The Aristocrat Diaries.  There is nothing relevant from those books other than names of the characters for a seating chart for a party.  I do recommend those as they were great, fun reads.  

This follows Sophie, a down on her luck twenty-something.  She is kind hearted and always willing to help out her best friend Camilla who runs a party planning business out of their apartment.  When Camilla has to go out of town to spend time with her family and ailing Grandmother, she asks Sophie to fill in for her.  What is the catch?  The party she was hired for is for the Dowager Duchess of Devon, and her client is the current Duchess who is very hard to please.  Sophie is not very confident in her party planning and organizational skills, but she hesitantly agrees to help Camilla out of a tough spot.  Everything goes comically wrong from the moment Sophie arrives in town.  

If you have read Emma's books before you know to expect quirky characters and hilarious banter.  I loved Evelyn!  Hart almost always writes in an older grandparent character who is unfiltered in what they say and adds some comedy to her books.  Evelyn is that character, she is brutally honest and likes to rile people up because she can.  All of the side characters were lovely as well.  They helped to steer our two main characters where they needed to go and gave them wisdom and guidance where and when they needed it.  This is pretty low on the spice meter, there are a few intimate scenes but they are fairly tame and limited in detail.  

I really enjoyed this book, but I think I've ready too many books in a row that have this same theme where the main character didn't feel worthy and was self-depreciating.  I didn't like that Sophie kept putting herself down as if she wasn't capable of doing anything or worthy of love.  She was actually quite likeable and capable.  Other than that I really enjoyed that she eventually stood up for herself when the time came and put together a fantastic party.  She was fairly stubborn at times but that added comedy and tension where appropriate.  It also made her face her own feelings about her future in life and love.  Hugo's character development was also really great!  He had to not only deal with his crazy family, but his very serious feelings for Sophie that developed very quickly.

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