Endearing.

It started all sweet and light, becoming ever more charming. I had a ball listening to this.

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Light hearted fun

This little book is a fun few hours spent in the company of the endearing Gigi and her friend and flatmate Richie. The story of Gigi's transformation from legal secretary to personal shopper was cute and lively and her many and varied experiences along the way helped add depth to this otherwise frivolous character. The only downside of the tale for me is that I got a touch of the green eyed monster. I would love to have a personal shopper to turn me into a sleek, sophisticated 50 something instead of my current look, which is much more 'mattress with unmatching bed linen thrown over it'. Still, a girl can dream. I must say, (because this is my bug bear), that if a narrator cannot 'do' an accent, (in this case South African), then I really, really wish they wouldn't try. When I read to myself I don't read in accents. The poor South African secretary cum typist at Lowe and Partners sounded part Welsh, part Indian, a smidgen of "oop North" and goodness knows what else. She did such a great job apart from that and it was a very small part of the narration - but it grated on me. But don't let that put you off because the story is fun, fluffy and fulfilling and definitely worth a listen.

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A fun short story.

I thought that this was a fun story, with a few laughs along the way, I liked Richie, thought he was good fun. Gigi was growing on me.
The narrator was easy to listen to.
All in all a good book to listen to. Would recommend.

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Great listen

I really enjoyed this book and wish it had been longer to explore the characters in more depth. Nicely narrated. I loved the humour and quirky characters.

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Thoroughly enjoyed this

I listened to this while I was sewing & it filled my time perfectly.

Gigi has gone up the ladders to a retail therapist. Via personal shopper.
It’s a perfect job for her since she loves to shop & now enjoys helping people.

It’s a feel good book, yes it does twang your heart strings at times but it’s a lovely story & is narrated really well.

Thoroughly enjoyed it

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Super short listen

Loved this - great fun story and a brilliant narrator - def going to look for both the author and narrator again.

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Novella as a prequel to The full book

Meeting again with these fun characters and seeing some of the background to their work and friendship provided me with a fun afternoon listen. It does jump about a bit and for a short story a great deal was fitted in - I actually think it could have been fleshed out more to a full book with some of the threads explored in more depth.
I think the author provides some great characters who you are interested in finding out more about but Gigi is the focus and it is her story that you engage with. Some fun moments and the books have a slightly ‘period’ feel as some of the social media/technology and even some views are a little dated as seen in the story line with Julian - I would love to know more about him and how everything went. Thanks for the listen - good fun.

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Easy listening

I was given a free copy of this book by the author in return for an honest review and here it is! I enjoyed listening to this story. I took me a little while to get in to it but when I did I didn’t want it to end! Can’t wait to read the next book in the story. I liked the main character Gigi. The characters were fun and relatable. The narrator told the story well.

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Beautiful

What a fun audio book. The characters were warm and witty and I really wanted friends like Gigi and Ritchie in my life. It is a really great read and the story it touching and funny and won’t disappoint. I also thought the narrator was perfect for this book.

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Gigi is a fun and great character

I listened to this on audiobook.

New author for me but I'm always up to trying new authors, and as this book sounded quite fun I decided to give it a go.

So we meet GiGi, who decided she'd had enough of working in the rat race of office environment and quite by accident became a personal shopper/fashion consultant to those that needed it and low and behold she starts up her own business.  I enjoyed getting to know the character of Gigi, she sounds bubbly and lots of fun as well as being a great friend.

This may have only been a short story but it was still entertaining and I liked it enough to decide that I definitely want to read the follow up book Blue and Green Should Never Be Seen! (Or So Mother Says) which is already downloaded and ready for me to start listening to straight away.

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