Lovehampton

Lovehampton
Sherri Rifkin
St Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 978-0-312-38021-2
Fiction, Chick Lit
Reviewed by Tracy Kokemuller

After a recent break-up sent her into a self-imposed personal hiatus, thirty-something New York TV promo producer Tori Miller is determined to get a life. The fastest way? A Hamptons summer share house. She ditches her old look, thanks to a last-minute makeover on a reality show pilot, and over the next three months, the new-and-improved Miller becomes the wing-woman to a glamorous new B.F.F., goes head to head with her house’s prickly Resident Alpha Female, and is drawn into a web of secrets by a charming Brit. But soon she finds herself entangled in one too many complicated romantic situations and the many Hamptons Unwritten Rules threaten to implode her new, carefully cultivated social standing. Now the fabulous life Tori has might not be the one she wants, and she must decide who she really is, what she wants, and what she’s willing to give up to get there, all by Labor Day (cover synopsis).
Lovehampton is a page turner with a dash of romance thrown in. The situations and moments which seven strangers share during a summer together in a time share in the Hamptons, make for a hilarious and compelling read. With laugh out loud lines like “she looks like the kind of girl Molly Ringwald would be intimidated by in a John Hughes movie”, Sherri Rifkin must have been channeling her inner Loreli Gilmore. Pop culture references aside, Lovehampton’s main character, Tori (Miller), loses herself after a bad breakup. Following a makeover that leaves Tori dressed to kill, she loses herself once again as she gets too caught up in the Hamptons’ lifestyle. When the summer time share ends at Labor Day, I found myself wanting the book to last thru another summer season.