Mad about the Boy by Helen Fielding

In Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget finds herself playing the role of “yummy mummy” when she hooks the 29-year-old, and rather delicious, Roxster. Of course, the world has changed a lot since the last time Bridget was dating, some 15 years ago. Instead of waiting for the phone to ring, she is waiting for texts, and tweets; instead of heading out to the pub to meet someone, she is reading their profiles on internet-dating sites. Thankfully, Bridget has not changed, and there is a warm familiarity to her anxieties, tendency to speak before thinking, and overall good intentions.

Fielding has successfully transitioned Bridget from the dating thirty-something we fondly remember her as, to the widowed fifty-something year old she now is. She is still obsessed with making lists – about her weight, her calorie and alcohol intake – but Bridget now also counts twitter followers and texts. Many of the supporting characters we are already familiar with, like Daniel Cleaver, Jude, and Tom, are back in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, providing instant recognition and a feeling of coming home.