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Sweet Misfortune

by Kevin Alan Milne (Goodreads Author)

3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 · rating details · 857 ratings · 243 reviews

Sophie owns a chocolate shop where she sells Misfortune Cookies-dipped in bitter chocolate they contain messages she handwrites each day such as "Your car seems fine now, but just wait...it will eventually be a source of frustration and unexpected delay." What starts as a gimmick, turns into a surprise hit with customers. But when her ex-fiancée moves back to their small W...more

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Published June 10th 2010 by Center Street (first published 2010)

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Jan 13, 2013 Nova rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: membaca-kembal

ceritanya cukup pahit tapi dikemas dengan humor yang bikin buku ini ringan tapi punya banyak pelajaran tentang arti kebahagiaan.

Meet Miss Sophie Jones, wanita 29 tahun yang selalu memandang hidup dari sisi negatif. Bukan tanpa alasan Sophie begitu, kematian orangtua dan neneknya tepat di hari ulang tahunnya yang ke sembilan dan hubungan cinta yang selalu berakhir di tengah jalan membuat Sophie menganggap kebahagiaan hanya bersifat sementara.

Kehadiran Garett Black, si dokter spesialis kaki, berha...more

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Aug 20, 2012 Jamie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Sophie Jones is a young woman who has had a hard life. She lost her parents in a car accident on her 9th birthday and then was jilted a week before her wedding the year before the book begins. She is certain that happiness in her life is not meant to be. On her 29th birthday, her foster sister Evalynn arranges a surprise for Sophie - her ex-fiance shows up in Sophie's chocolate shop, asking for a chance to explain why he left. Sophie doesn't want to give Garrett the chance to break her heart aga...more Sophie Jones is a young woman who has had a hard life. She lost her parents in a car accident on her 9th birthday and then was jilted a week before her wedding the year before the book begins. She is certain that happiness in her life is not meant to be. On her 29th birthday, her foster sister Evalynn arranges a surprise for Sophie - her ex-fiance shows up in Sophie's chocolate shop, asking for a chance to explain why he left. Sophie doesn't want to give Garrett the chance to break her heart again, so she has him place a want ad in the newspaper. If he can get 100 solid, noteworthy responses to his ad requesting true, non-fleeting happiness, she'll give him his chance to explain. Of course the story goes viral and Sophie is inundated with responses to the ad, whether she likes it or not.

So, on to what I liked about the book - I really liked Garrett's personality and his willingness to really try to show Sophie that he was going to be there for her, no matter what. I also found it somewhat humorous that he was a podiatrist... Don't ask me why. I guess it's better than some other specialties, but not by much! I also adored Ellen, Sophie's foster mom. She was such a rock for Sophie and Evalynn all the way through their lives and gave them so much. I really admire foster parents and all they do, and I felt that she was a truly remarkable, well-written, well-thought-out character. Finally, I loved Alex. He was such a sweet, tender addition to the characters and I was so glad Sophie got to know him. When she first met him at the grave, I figured somehow he was connected to the accident, but I didn't quite know how yet, but I knew it was going to be something VERY significant for Sophie. I felt like he and his dad were the BIGGEST part of her turn-around.

I also absolutely loved the fortunes that were at the beginning of each chapter. A few of them made me laugh out loud, my favorite being, "If good people have good luck, and bad people have bad luck, why is it that you have dumb luck?"

Now for what I didn't like about the book - By about the fifth or sixth chapter, I found myself thinking, "If I have to read, 'Sophie dead-panned,' one more time, I'm literally going to scream!" Overused, overused, overused, Mr. Milne! Come on! We get it. Really, you don't have to beat us over the head. Sophie is sarcastic. We get it. Other than that, I didn't have any real complaints about the book.(less)

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Jun 06, 2012 Ayu Puspita Sari rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult, drama, fiction, romance

2,5 stars

Umm, baca novel ini karena pernah liat promosinya di salah satu poster penerbit Qanita, dan begitu baca blurb-nya di Goodreads, saya langsung semangan hunting buku ini.

But well.....

Masalahnya adalah, cerita ini punya potensi yang bagus, saya rasa Mr. Milne adalah seorang penggagas yang hebat, sayangnya, menurut saya, dia bukan penulis yang bagus. Kisah ini bercerita mengenai seorang gadis bernama Sophie yang sudah tidak percaya lagi pada kebahagiaan yang bertahan lama, dan setiap mendap...more

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Apr 29, 2012 Kathryn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow! This is a book everyone should read that ever had a moment where they felt guilt over something that they had no control over. Sometimes our perceptions are very skewed from the truth.
Sophia's whole world changed on the evening of her ninth birthday...there was a car accident that took her father, her mother, and her grandmother, leaving her with no blood relatives. She believed that the accident was her fault, if she wasn't demanding that they go to her mom's favorite chocolate spot, they...more Wow! This is a book everyone should read that ever had a moment where they felt guilt over something that they had no control over. Sometimes our perceptions are very skewed from the truth.
Sophia's whole world changed on the evening of her ninth birthday...there was a car accident that took her father, her mother, and her grandmother, leaving her with no blood relatives. She believed that the accident was her fault, if she wasn't demanding that they go to her mom's favorite chocolate spot, they wouldn't be there. The officer, Ellen that helped to calm her at the scene ends up being her foster mom. Little did she know that Ellen, looks at the accident even differently, as a blessing, because she got to raise Sophia even though her parents died from her gift.

Sophia later opens a chocolate shop. She is timid, slow to trust, and looks at everything as if is will be taken away from her, no lasting happiness. Then her foster mom sets her up on a blind date with Garrett Black a podiatrist. They hit it off and spend continuous days getting to know each other. Garrett shrugs off her pessimism and keeps telling her that he won't leave or hurt her. She finally breaks down and trusts only to have him break her heart by calling off the wedding and leaving her with no explanation. A year later he comes back wanting one date to explain his reasoning. Sophia tells him that she will only go on a date with him if he places an anonymous add in the paper for what brings lasting happiness. If she approves 100 letters' ideas as real happiness, then she would go on a date with him.
In the mean time she finds more info about the accident. Garett's father was killed in the accident that she thinks she caused. She doesn't know that Garrett thinks he caused the accident because his dad was holding communication device in his UPS truck when he died where Garrett was trying to call him and distract him from the rainy conditions. What neither of them knows is that the man on the night of the accident that lost his 4 fingers and helped get Sophia out of the car, was the cause of the accident. His down syndrome son, was born the night before which caused his wife to die. He left the hospital emotionally charged to get away and was impatient with the slow UPS driver, passed him on the right side, the UPS driver swerved hitting Sophia's car. Jacob Barnes says that this was the best night and worst night of his life. Best because they took him back to the hospital where he held his son for the first time and accepted his role as father and worst because his actions took a little girls family from her.
When all is revealed, sophia and Garrett cry and admit that they are willing to marry and see what comes. Sophia and Garrett can finally let go of the past and live for their future. Great lesson on what dwelling on the past can have on the here and now and a person's outlook on life.(less)

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Mar 16, 2012 Kiersten rated it 1 of 5 stars

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Feb 19, 2012 Fiary rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

* 3,5

Kadang kala seringkali tuntutan kecil dan kesannya sepele tapi bersifat 'egois' akan membawa penyesalan yang tak kunjung usai yang akan berpengaruh dan berdampak terhadap sikap/ perilaku hidup seseorang. Setiap tindakan akan membawa suatu konsekuensi...dan tindakan ceroboh yang 'egois' akan membawa konsekuensi yang fatal yang berujung pada penyesalan tak berkesudahan .

Seharusnya perayaan ulang tahun ke-9 itu adalah hari yang paling membahagiakan bagi Sophia, karena dirayakan bersama ayah, i...more * 3,5

Kadang kala seringkali tuntutan kecil dan kesannya sepele tapi bersifat 'egois' akan membawa penyesalan yang tak kunjung usai yang akan berpengaruh dan berdampak terhadap sikap/ perilaku hidup seseorang. Setiap tindakan akan membawa suatu konsekuensi...dan tindakan ceroboh yang 'egois' akan membawa konsekuensi yang fatal yang berujung pada penyesalan tak berkesudahan .

Seharusnya perayaan ulang tahun ke-9 itu adalah hari yang paling membahagiakan bagi Sophia, karena dirayakan bersama ayah, ibu dan neneknya di sebuah restoran Jepang. Tetapi dalam perjalanan pulang, Sophia kecil merengek agar ayahnya mau melihat apa yang dia dapat dari kue keberuntungan di resto Jepang. Ayahnya akhirnya menoleh untuk melihat apa yang tertulis dalam kertas kue keberuntungan itu....dan karena tolehan ayahnya itulah yang mencerabut kebahagiaan Sophia kecil hari itu dan hari-hari selanjutnya dalam hidupnya. Karena menengok ke arah Sophia, mobil yang dikemudikan ayahnya menabrak mobil box dan mercedes...hingga dalam sekejap Sophia kecil yatim piatu.

Dan sejak saat itu, Sophia merasa bahwa dia memang tidak pantas dan tidak layak berbahagia. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan langkah berani Sophia yang bersikap optimis dengan bersedia menerima lamaran Garrett, dokter spesialis kaki yang dikenalnya melalui kencan buta, yang kemudian sang calon suami itu menghilang hanya beberapa hari menjelang pernikahan.

Sophia, gadis dewasa pemilik kedai coklat...diputuskan oleh Garrett beberapa hari menjelang pernikahan mereka...dan kini setahun kemudian setelah peristiwa patah hati yang membawa kepahitan hidup Sophia...Garrett tiba-tiba muncul kembali dan mengajak Sophia untuk pacaran kembali.

Oo...please...tidak semudah itu, Garrett. Sophia yang terlanjur tersakiti dan merasa bahwa dia memang tak pantas dan tak layak mendapatkan kehidupan bahagia, menolak uluran kasih dan tawaran perdamaian Garrett. Tapi Garrett kali ini sangat gigih memperjuangkan Sophia kembali ke pelukannya...hingga akhirnya Sophia memberi penawaran...bahwa Garrett harus memasang iklan mencari kebahagiaan dan jika ada 1 dari 100 aplikasi yang masuk dapat menjawab dengan cerdas, barulah Sophia menerima tawaran kencan Garrett.

Disinilah cerita novel ini berawal….dan ternyata sejak iklan itu dipasang, Sophia & Garrett menghadapi kenyataan yang sebenarnya yang menguak tabir peristiwa tabrakan kala Sophia berusia 9 tahun.
Novel drama ini ‘bersih’ dan aman dibaca ….tidak ada hot scene nya, hehehe. Kevin A Milne selalu membuka tiap bab dengan quote-quote yang indah dan dalam maknanya.
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Oct 31, 2011 anik soemarni rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: novel

Some people are lucky in love
you aren’t one of them

Ketika memutuskan membaca Sweet Misfortune, saya berharap akan menemukan taburan pelajaran hidup seperti saat menikmakti buku Alan Milne sebelumnya yang berjudul The Nine Lessons. Membuka halaman pertama saya tersenyum mendapati kutipan di atas, “Some people are lucky in love, you aren’t one of them” dan spontan saya menjawab dalam hati, “Yes, you right,” dan membuat semakin bersemangat menapaki lembar demi lembar.
Mengikuti tokoh Sophie Jones, s...more Some people are lucky in love
you aren’t one of them

Ketika memutuskan membaca Sweet Misfortune, saya berharap akan menemukan taburan pelajaran hidup seperti saat menikmakti buku Alan Milne sebelumnya yang berjudul The Nine Lessons. Membuka halaman pertama saya tersenyum mendapati kutipan di atas, “Some people are lucky in love, you aren’t one of them” dan spontan saya menjawab dalam hati, “Yes, you right,” dan membuat semakin bersemangat menapaki lembar demi lembar.
Mengikuti tokoh Sophie Jones, seorang perempuan yang sudah tidak lagi mengenal kata bahagia akibat berbagai peristiwa menyangkut hati yang ia lalui, mulai dari kehilangan orangtua pada ulang tahunnya yang kesembilan hingga dicampakkan oleh tunangannya. No more happiness, begitulah kira-kira, yang akhirnya membuat Sophie menjadi pribadi yang pesimis. Kepesimisannya ditumpahkan carikan-carikan kertas kue ke-tidak-beruntungan atau misfortune cookies yang (lazimnya ada di restoran Cina) yang dijual di toko cokelat miliknya, dan ternyata laku keras!
Awalnya saya tidak suka dengan tokoh Sophie yang pesimis, memandang kehidupan di balik tirai kesedihan. Namun ketika mencermati kisah hidup dan carikan-carikan kertas pada misfortune cookies yang merupakan luapan kesedihan, saya jusru mulai suka. Dan ternyata dia tidak seperti yang saya kira 
Garrett Black, bekas tunangan yang mencampakkannya begitu saja dan punya andil dalam semua penderitaan hidup Sophie, tiba-tiba muncul dan memohon untuk kembali padanya. Bisa ditebak, Sophie menolak mentah-mentah. Namun Garrett terus memohon sehingga akhirnya membuat Sophie mengajukan tantangan bahwa laki-laki itu harus membuktikan bahwa kebahagiaan sejati memang ada. Aneh?
“Dicari: Kebahagiaan. Hanya kebahagiaan yang bertahan lama. Bukan yang hanya bertahan sementara,” adalah penggalan iklan yang dipasang yang sedikit membuat saya tersenyum. Sosok laki-laki yang sangat disukai perempuan dan tidak butuh waktu lama untuk menyukai pria yang kembali kehidupan Sophie ini. Sikap dan perbuatan yang ia lakukan untuk menyakinkan Sophie bahwa kebahagian dalam hidup benar ada itulah yang membuat saya menyukai sosok ini, disamping untai kata-kata romantis yang bikin sebagian perempuan terbang (dan itu bukan saya pastinya). Sosok yang begitu spesial dan tidak tergantikan, sampai dalam buku ini Sophie berucap "...Lelaki sepertimu hanya datang satu kali saat bulan berwarna biru" (h.164) Bener khan. 
Novel bergenre romantic yang jadi pilihan bacaan saya kali ini…benar-benar membuat saya sering menganggukkan kepala Nyonya said to my self, “bener juga ya,” sembari tersenyum dan bahkan terharu dan menangis saat membaca surat-surat yang ada dalam buku ini. Lebay…nggak juga ah, hanya saja ada bagian-bagian yang pass banget dengan kondisi kehidupan pribadi saat ini hehehe.
Awalnya agak curiga juga dengan buku ini, jangan-jangan seperti chicken soup atau malah kata-katanya terlalu berbunga-bunga mengingat genrenya, atau kisah cinta yang bertele-tele… dan ternyata tidak saudara-saudara (kok jadi iklan ya). Buku ini cocok buat yang sedang galau..bingung dengan kisah cintanya, dan mereka yang suka Bahasanya yang ringan namun sarat dengan pesan-pesan kehidupan adalah salah satu nilai plusnya, dan realistis.
Kevin A. Milne memang piawai memasukkan pelajaran-pelajaran hidup dalam potongan-potongan tulisannya, dan justru itulah yang menjadikan buku ini lebih dari sekedar novel. 4 bintang buat buku ini. @nick.
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Sep 14, 2011 Nancy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Nancy by: Library Reader's Choice

Interesting enough story.

There were just too many times that I wanted to smack or shake Sophie. She is so over the top negative in her outlook. I kept wondering why she didn't get professional help, until the author divulges that she DID get help as a teenager and the therapist only reinforced her pessimistic, dreary take on life. I wanted to see little cracks in that belief as events unfolded, but the author has Sophie cling desperately to this thinking until one moment; I would think that ther...more

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Sep 22, 2010 Rachel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010

This book was prominently displayed in the new fiction section of Barnes and Noble a few months ago, so I added the book to my "to read" list. When a copy finally became available at my local library, I put in a request for it, as the premise of the book greatly intrigued me.

This is my first book by author Kevin Alan Milne, and it's definitely one of the better books I've read this year. The book was incredibly well-written, paced well, and not at all trite. In fact, while it was clear that it f...more

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Jan 03, 2012 Rusty rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Readers of romances

Shelves: romance

Chose this light quick read following the reading of Eugene Onegin by Pushkin. The story is about Sophia Maria Jones who loses her parents in an automobile accident on her ninth birthday. Like many a child, Sophia wanted something special on her birthday. She wanted to stop at her mother's favorite chocolate shop. When her father said no she kept asking. Distracted, the accident occurs and her parents and grandmother are killed. For the rest of her life Sophia carried the burden of guilt believi...more

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Feb 27, 2010 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: amazon-vine, 2010

**I received this book through the Amazon Vine program**

Sofie is a glass half-empty person. She's not really sad, but she isn't happy either. When the man who broke her heart returns to her life and wants to try and set right his wrong, she gives him a task she doesn't believe he'll ever complete. He needs to put an ad in the local paper looking for happiness and get 100 viable responses before she will even listen to his explanation.

This is a story about how a single event can be a pivotal mom...more

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Feb 08, 2013 Emmy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, chick-lit, clean-books

Sophie Jones has had her share of misfortunes-from the death of her parents at age nine then growing up in foster care and her past always seeming to come back and haunt her.

Life seems to getting better after when she begins dating a guy she quickly falls for but then one day everything changes leaving Sophie bitter and broken.

The book winds you through the present and past leading to connections in life that one would never expect.

At first I thought I might quickly get annoyed with the main ch...more

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Jan 24, 2011 Jenn O'Brien rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

One of my most favorite things are happy accidents. I love when fate intervenes and brings you together with something fantastic. Such is the case with this book. I don't know when, where, why or how I put it on my library hold list. But it was the book sitting on top of the pile and I think it was kismet saying “read me first.”

At Christmas I had stumbled across a new book, loved it so much that I bought it and loaned it to mom. She loved it too. And lo and behold, I open this book to see the pr...more

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Nov 04, 2011 Melissa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-gave-away

Sophia loses her parents in a tragic car accicent on her birthday when she is a child, she then turns into a pessimist. I'm not sure I would just call her a pessimist, she pushes pessimism to a whole new level.

The story has her friends and her ex-fiancee all trying to prove to her that happiness exist. I spent most of the book trying to figure out why any of these people care if she's happy since she seems to find joy in finding unhappiness in everything.

Her ex-fiancee wants to explain why he...more

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Feb 14, 2011 Indiaskye rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-in-2011, contemporary-fiction-and-romance, favorites, they-should-make-this-a-movie

It's not easy to find the right words to describe this book. It wasn't perfect --- and yet, it was so well-written and it touched me in so many ways that I cannot possibly give it less than five stars!

The book tells the story of Sophie - a young woman with a tragic past - and Garrett, her former fiancé who left her a few days before their wedding. When Garrett suddenly reappears in Sophie's life, telling her that he still loves her and that he wants one evening to explain to her why he cancelled...more

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Jun 03, 2010 Clockstein Lockstein rated it 4 of 5 stars

Sweet Misfortune by Kevin Alan Milne is a fantastic romance with a message of letting go of guilt and learning to trust love. Sophie Jones loves running her candy shop which has become well known for its Misfortune Cookies: dipped in bitter baker's chocolate, each one has a unique, hand-written negative fortune. Unlike your usual fortunes that promise good things and blessings, these predict car repairs, balding, and broken hearts. Sophie came up with the idea after her fiance, Garrett, canceled...more

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Sep 21, 2011 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

Sophie owns a chocolate shop where she sells Misfortune Cookies-dipped in bitter chocolate they contain messages she hand writes each day such as "Your car seems fine now, but just wait...it will eventually be a source of frustration and unexpected delay." What starts as a gimmick, turns into a surprise hit with customers. But when her ex-fiance moves back to their small Washington town, he is surprised at how bitter and unhappy Sophie has become. She proposes a bet--he must place an ad in the p...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Stella_bee rated it 4 of 5 stars

4 stars from me meaning this novel has a star quality: nice, light, sweet reading with memorable storyline and characters. Actually the storyline sounds like usual chick-lit I've read before, but please notice this is not a typical chick-lit. The main character, Sophie, has a different description from the lead female character as shown in many others chick-lit. Sophie is tough as well as annoying with her pessimistic view of life and happiness, but this description sounds fit well with her trau...more

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Jan 20, 2011 George rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-club, nook-ereads

SOMEWHAT CLEVER.

“Your doubts about the future are easily explained: You’re paranoid.”—page 100

Perhaps I too am paranoid but, while on the clever-cute-vapid continuum the writing and character development of Kevin Milne’s ‘Sweet Misfortune: A Novel’ lands on the clever side of cute, the storyline often evaporates, south of cute, toward vapid.

But I loved all the chapter-topping ‘(mis)fortunes.’ As for clever writing: I particularly liked Olivia DeMattio’s introduction to the reader, at the beginn...more

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Sep 04, 2011 Cynthia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: great-reads

I liked this sweet romance story. Sophie Jones has been plagued all her life by guilt over the tragic traffic accident that killed her parents and grandmother when she was just 9 years old. It seems that happiness has finally found her when she meets Garrett Black and they become engaged. When Garrett breaks off their engagement with no explanation Sophie starts making and selling misfortune cookies at her chocolate shop. Then Garrett suddenly reappears saying he needs to explain himself and Sop...more

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Sep 09, 2011 Tanya rated it 2 of 5 stars

WRITING STYLE - 0.5 stars
PLOT - 2 stars
PROTAGONIST - 2 stars
CAPTURED MY INTEREST - 3 stars
OVERALL - 2

Let me start off by saying I'm a sexist pig and was immediately put off by the fact that the writer was male. Don't ask me why that was just my reaction.

I've said it before I'll say it again 9 times out of 10 I think that telling a story from multiple character's points of view show's a lack of writing skills and takes away from the story. Milne took that too a whole new level. Not only did h...more

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Nov 23, 2012 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

Two words: I cried.

More than two words: I was a bit skeptical when I saw that the author was male and the main character was female. Often, those don't mix agreeably, as well as the other way around. This novel, however, is a definite exception. It was amazingly crafted. I started reading at 9:00 PM and couldn't bear to pull myself away until 1:00 AM, and finished the next day after a few hours.
The hook, the one that gets you, is why Garrett wants to talk to Sophie in the first place. After disc...more

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Aug 18, 2010 Denise rated it 4 of 5 stars

Sweet Misfortunes is the story of Sophie Jones, the ultimate pessimist. Orphaned at nine in a terrible car accident and at twenty-nine abruptly abandoned by her fiancee, Sophie is convinced that there are no happy endings in life. The huge success of her Misfortune Cookies, fortune cookies filled with gloom and doom, just affirms her belief. When her ex-fiancee reappears determined to change her mind all it takes is an ad in the newspaper looking for happiness to turn her life upside down.

This b...more

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Sep 18, 2011 Candi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

So...I was going to give this book 4 stars, but then I realized that [author Kevin Alan Milne] added "a novel" to the title of each of his books. What's that about? Is it a secret code for only male authors? I figured it out pretty quickly that it was a novel, since you know, it's a book. Maybe Milne should add "I'm very deep" or "Take me seriously" instead, I think it would be more to the point.

Well anyway, ranting aside, this was a pretty good book. I liked the flash back story telling and the...more

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Jun 09, 2010 Sheri rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

Sweet Misfortune (Kevin Alan Milne)

Sophie Jones had a tragic past, one that bleeds into the present and is obstructing her future. She feels she is not meant to be happy, that true Happiness does not exist. Her bit of happiness comes from the candy shop she owns and operates, stemming from her childhood love of chocolate.

One day she meets Garrett Black, a handsome young doctor. Her life seems to be changing as she allows herself to fall in love, against her better judgment. Then it happens, he b...more

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Dec 03, 2010 J. Cafesin rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Easy, somewhat silly read. Very tra-la-la. Thought it was by a woman with the cover. Never stopped to notice author until I was 50 pages in and kept thinking, even the main character, a woman, sounds like a guy. Then I checked out the author, who is a guy, and clearly doesn't get women, or at least his female lead, because she's flat, like a cutout doll, and... we get it, pretty.

Too bad to, because the story is kind of cool but needs some literary help and depth of character for all of them.

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Jan 26, 2011 Carey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Read this for Book Group...
A friend from church recommended this book that her brother-in-law wrote.
I assumed it was going to be a highly predictable, cheesy book. Not so! :)
I was pleasantly surprised with how well-written and humorous this story was.

Here's a book review I borrowed:
For someone who owns a chocolate shop, Sophie Jones is not very sweet. Her life is full of tragedy, starting with her parents’ death in a car crash on her ninth birthday, up to her fiancé Garrett mysteriously breakin...more

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Aug 15, 2011 Christi rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, chick-lit

I was curious to find out how a chick lit book written by a man would play out. I thought they'd be more story told from the male point of view. Well, in this case, it's just like other run-of-the-mill chick stories. Fluffy, sugary with not a lot of substance. Very forgettable.

Why on earth would people hang out with Sophie? She's the ultimate Eeyore. All gloom and moaning and waiting for the sky to rain so she can be right that nothing is really good or happy. Although it seems the only people i...more

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Jun 20, 2010 Claudia rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Just finished this book and had to write about about it now! Loved this book. I thought I knew what was going to happen but was happily surprised to see I was only part right........Sophie Jones, after enduring great tragedy on her 9th birthday, has tried to move on. 20 yrs later she is owner of a chocolate shop (got to love that!) She has come up with a special cookie called Misfortune cookies, which are a big hit with customers. Someone comes back into her life after a year and the story begin...more

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Apr 02, 2012 Verona rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What a delightful little story! I usually read mysteries, lawyer, or crime solving books, so this light love story was refreshing. The book had some interesting twists in it right to the end, which added some spark. I just loved Sophie, the main character, with her creative, quirky personality. I thought her job was not just a run-of-the-mill one, so it was fun to read about that in the background of the story. Actually the title comes from her Misfortune Cookies. I probably wouldn't have chose...more

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