It's official. Angela Clarke is in love – with the most fabulous city in the world.
Fleeing her cheating boyfriend and clutching little more than a crumpled bridesmaid dress, a pair of Louboutins and her passport, Angela jumps on a plane, destination - NYC.
Holed up in a cute hotel room, Angela gets a New York makeover from her NBF Jenny and a whirlwind tour of the city that never sleeps. Before she knows it, Angela is dating two sexy guys. And, best of all, she gets to write about it in her new blog (Carrie Bradshaw eat your heart out). But it's one thing telling readers about your romantic dilemmas, it's another figuring them out for yourself …
Angela has fallen head over heels for the big apple, but does she heart New York more than home?
Rating: 3 Stars
So after reading The Single Girl's To-Do List I thought it was about time I read some more of Lindsey Kelk's work. If I thought I was going to be in for a treat on the same level as before though I was sorely mistaken. Compared to The Single Girl's To-Do List, I Heart New York is a bit of a letdown.
Now I don't like to start a review on a negative note but I really just didn't take to the main character, Angela, in the slightest. The only time I liked her even slightly was when she broke Tim's hand at the wedding. And that's probably only because she did it with a stiletto. The rest of the time I found Angela a little whiny and I didn't feel that she really developed much as a character. Even as she dates both Tyler and Alex whilst trying to figure out her life I didn't connect with her at all and she seemed to be very static. By the end of the book I was hoping for some drama to spice things up. But nope I don't even really get that.
And the storyline ... Well it just seemed a little thin to me. There was great potential from reading the blurb, and I honestly thought this might be another good read. But instead I found myself dragging my way through the book, and the only thing that kept me going was the hope of a Bridget Jones' style throwdown between Tyler and Alex. But instead there's no huge drama, and to be honest the way the bedroom scenes were written, with Angela discovering that she actually was capable of having good sex, were just completely cringeworthy. Even worse for me is that I'm currently laid up in a hospital bed reading out loud to ny pregnancy bump, and I felt embarrassed to be reading this drivel.
But if it's all so bad why did I rate I Heart New York as a three star book? Well primarily because this book is designed to be a light hearted read, and I think it certainly does that. This is definitely chick lit through and through, and everything about I Heart New York plays perfectly to the chick lit stereotype.
Also because I quite like it when a writer can fool me, and Lindsey Kelk actually managed to do that. Maybe I was being a little obtuse, but as I started the book at first until it states that Angela is a bridesmaid, I actually thought that it was her wedding day. Somehow I think maybe that it should have been her wedding day, because that would have added a load more drama. But then again that's just me.
Would I recommend this book? If you have absolutely nothing better to do then yes, you might like I Heart New York. But I personally think that there are much better books out there, and Lindsey Kelk herself has written better material than this. Definitely one to borrow from the library, don't bother buying it from the shops.
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