Helpful Score: 2
This started out great. Esme is an entertaining and humorous character. The first lines read: "I, Esme Garland, do not approve of mess. This is unfortunate, because ever since I woke up this morning I've had a feeling I might be in one." I was drawn in and I enjoyed the descriptions of the old, quaint bookstore (The Owl) and the characters who worked there. I also liked learning some details of New York. I think those who are interested in the city would enjoy this. However, as the book went on, it fails to give us much information on these characters and their lives. It dwells too much on Esme and the man she supposedly loves, Mitchell, who is a very unlikable character. Esme is only 23 and maybe she doesn't know any better, but it ends without much fanfare. I'm thinking there may be a second book? I would like to know more of the characters who worked in the bookstore, especially Luke. I would probably read a second book just for that reason. I was let down with it just ending as it did, though.
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