The words crackle and fizz - a dazzling evocation of the Jazz Age... Magical and marvellous

A virtuoso of the sentence...Doyle wonderfully recreates a world of flophouses and speakeasies, flappers and bootleggers

Doyle's performance is, again, extraordinary for the richness of allusion, the facility with which history is dovetailed with invention, the energy of the prose

Brilliantly imagined... Utterly magnificent, the finest work he has done

Kicks off at a furious lick and just gets faster, hotter, louder. Hugely, unremittingly entertaining

Sequels often disappoint, but here is one that's every bit as sharp, as surprising and as satisfying as the original

An exciting, fast-moving narrative

'A rich fantasia, peopled by painfully real characters. Fit to bursting with flights of speculation that could fuel the careers of many lesser writers'

An easy, feel-good read

A richly rewarding read

The best romantic comedy we've read in ages

Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun

A triumph

Top marks. Fantastic

Lovely

Moving and intelligent

Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners

Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into