Not the greatest...a lot of it was very predictable and a lot of the characters I didn't like. I think I was about 10 years too late on the topic but since I met my husband online 12 years ago, I thought why not!

Pretty good story. Some characters were well developed but some of the secondary characters seemed a little one dimensional.

I think it's important to note that I gave this book four stars not because it was an incredible book or because it was superiorly (is that a word?) well written, but because it was fun and I really enjoyed reading it.

It's funny how I found this book. I was at the library and I was looking for a different book and this one was on the same shelf. I read the book description and was interested by similarities I shared with the main character of the novel. Thirty four years old, check. Single, check. Good career, check. Great friends and family, check. Ventures into the world of online dating and meets a bunch of weirdos, EXTRA LARGE AND BOLD-FACED CHECK.

This book was really entertaining. And I love reading books that take place in England because I am such an anglophile and just love all of the terms they use. The main character, Jess, is a lot of fun and very real. I found that I genuinely liked her, her family and all of her friends.

I think the thing I enjoyed the most about this book is that while it is a chicklit, romancey type of novel, that isn't all that goes on this book, which is my main disappointment in many of these types of books. There is a lot more going on in the story, which is refreshing. Jane Moore also comes up with some very clever and funny lines throughout, I found myself copying several down in my journal because they were so entertaining. I think my favorite was "The things you see when you don't have a gun on you." Brilliant. I will definitely be checking out some of her other books.

Fun chick lit. Beach read

Light, funny read.

3½

I picked this up because disastrous internet dating stories are pretty funny. This book was entertaining, and with the plight of the sister with breast cancer, it gained a little depth and soul. The love story was not so believable, and sort of just summarized at the end, so read it for the rest of the story, not for the romance, though it was nice to have a happy ending, it just seemed a bit rushed and patched together.

Also, what is it about British chick lit that makes constant overindulgence in white wine so ubiquitous?

This novel is deceptive for its “chick lit” genre. It was not at all what I expected. It starts out fun, funny and breezy, then takes a dark turn with a cancer storyline.

The MC, Jessica, starts out as the chick-lit staple of a confident, self-assured career woman, with a stable of good, loyal friends (with the exception of the heinous Kara), but Jess later devolves into a self-pitying, judgmental, hypocritical b*tch. It was especially galling in the beginning phase of learning about her sister’s cancer, when Jess then makes it all about Jess, Jess, Jess. Why didn’t Olivia tell Jess sooner? Why doesn’t Liv lean on Jess more? It’s all about “Me, me, me!” rather than putting the focus on her cancer-stricken sister.

I don’t know if it’s the author, the editor or the publisher, but for what is clearly a novel that takes place in Britain, populated with British characters, I felt the use of Americanisms extremely jarring. And, it wasn’t even one or two instances. Rather, throughout, American words (like sneakers) was used, or anything else that would be common knowledge in America (does anyone in Britain really know what the Beverly Hillbillies was?!). And of course the kicker was the continual use of referring to something that was priced in dollars. Uh yeah, without anyone knowing about it, Britain is now on the US monetary system!

I had to laugh at what was clearly an error in wording on one particular instance. “Bonsai” was used in place of what clearly should have been banzai or kamikaze. This occurred in the passage with the speed dating event Jess and Madeleine attended.

Finally, you just knew who Jessica would pair up with in the end. It was so obviously telegraphed, but I thought the author did an okay job laying the foundation of the pairing. I say okay because more romance needed to be developed before I could hop aboard that ‘ship. I saw the friendship moreso than I did the romance. [And as of this review, I’m still not sure how I feel about his “Seb” deception. From the beginning, I always felt there was something off about “Seb” and am glad I was vindicated, but I could see both sides of the whole deceit: it could be viewed as romantic, or crazily stupid and unforgivable].

Overall, I doubt this novel will stay with me, but it was a decent way to spend a day or so whiling away the hours.

light reading.chicklit material.

ok. some good parts but overall not my cup of tea.

It has all the makings to be an English chick-lit novel (30 something single gal with hip, trendy job, gay friend, supportive, attached friends, a crises and that one frienemy) but falls short on an actual plot or development of characters. It’s like reading lots of drama and then peaks to a boring halt all wrapped up with a pretty bow called the last chapter.

To be honest, I read the first two chapters, got bored, and then read the last page to figure out the name of the bloke she was going to end up with. I got by just fine by skipping to where he first appeared in the book (over halfway through the book, I mean seriously?!?!) and started reading from there. I was even able to skip a few more chapters after that point as it just got to be textbook events. ...please read the full review at: http://tipsyreader.com/books/reviews/...

I got this book as a random library pick. I figured if I hated it, it was still free. I didn't end up hating it, but I'm very glad I didn't pay for it.

This book had potential. It really did. Single lady looking for love in all the wrong places and with all the wrong people lands Mr. Right. I mean that is what all the single ladies want, correct? Mr. Right? ... However, I think this book took the slow boat to China to get there. With me thinking the whole time.. isn't this Jess character 34? Shouldn't she be out of the party/drinking/hitting the bar scene stage by now? Hasn't she learned that attraction is not solely about looks by the time she turned 34?

And what a 34th year she has. Through all the crazy family issues and work chaos she emerges a changed woman on her 35th birthday. Sort of like a big bow on a gift. It was all summed up neat and tidy.

Honestly by the time I was half way through the book I was wondering if I would make to the end.