Linda B. reviewed on + 15 more book reviews
This is a cute book - but the plot is so far-fetched it's hard to take it seriously.
The book is told from the view point of Angela, a 27 year old from London, who catches her fiancee of 10 years in a very compromising position. She decides to flee to New York, and upon arrival is befriended by the concierge of the $375 per night hotel that her NY taxi driver takes her to because she didn't know where to go. The concierge gives her all kinds of things from the hotel storage room, free room service, free spa treatments, and a complete makeover. She then takes her on a shopping spree to Bloomies where our heroine drops about $1,000 on new clothes and makeup. She funds all of this by raiding the joint account she had with her fiancee. The thing is, all she does is eat throughout the entire book - by the end, she should not be able to fit into any of her new clothes. Within 3 days she has moved in with this new friend, and met two wonderful guys (one a handsome, rich investment banker, and the other is the lead singer of her favorite band). The book then follows her adventures with both men as she gets a job with a fabulous magazine as a blog writer. It just seems that everything falls into Angela's lap - nothing like this happens in real life - especially after only 3 days in a new city! I know it's fiction, but really.....
The book is told from the view point of Angela, a 27 year old from London, who catches her fiancee of 10 years in a very compromising position. She decides to flee to New York, and upon arrival is befriended by the concierge of the $375 per night hotel that her NY taxi driver takes her to because she didn't know where to go. The concierge gives her all kinds of things from the hotel storage room, free room service, free spa treatments, and a complete makeover. She then takes her on a shopping spree to Bloomies where our heroine drops about $1,000 on new clothes and makeup. She funds all of this by raiding the joint account she had with her fiancee. The thing is, all she does is eat throughout the entire book - by the end, she should not be able to fit into any of her new clothes. Within 3 days she has moved in with this new friend, and met two wonderful guys (one a handsome, rich investment banker, and the other is the lead singer of her favorite band). The book then follows her adventures with both men as she gets a job with a fabulous magazine as a blog writer. It just seems that everything falls into Angela's lap - nothing like this happens in real life - especially after only 3 days in a new city! I know it's fiction, but really.....
