zennalei's review against another edition
4.0
It has humor, romance and mystery, which is such a good combination especially since Meg Cabot pulled it off nicely. I love how she manages to write the book in its entirety using only email conversations.
The heroine, Mel, is really sweet and loveable and all the other characters were just as endearing.
The heroine, Mel, is really sweet and loveable and all the other characters were just as endearing.
frommito's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this format. The entire book is written in e-mails and at first it was confusing to keep track of the characters but after a few pages it wasn't so bad. I loved this story, and I loved the twist element to it!
alyskarstark's review against another edition
3.5
Not as well written as I remember, but definitely still just as cute.
mrose21's review against another edition
3.0
I'm glad I read this, and I've finally finished the series. I read the 2nd book as a teenager and I loved it and I reread it constantly. I found it hilarious so in 2015 I figured out that I had always read the 2nd book and not the 1st! Sadly I couldn't get this book until now so I've read the 3rd last year and this one now. Unfortunately, if I had seen this I wouldn't have continued onto the next book just because this book is so so. Its funny, its interesting it just isn't as good as the 2nd book.
I really liked the fact it had a good underlying story its defiantly stronger than the 2nd book for that but it wasn't as funny. I also loved the way this series links different people in the same books, so we follow a different woman and man but the back characters are the same. That made me like this a bit more because I remember Stacey being hilarious in book 2 so seeing her and her husband more involved was a certain plus for me!
I really liked the fact it had a good underlying story its defiantly stronger than the 2nd book for that but it wasn't as funny. I also loved the way this series links different people in the same books, so we follow a different woman and man but the back characters are the same. That made me like this a bit more because I remember Stacey being hilarious in book 2 so seeing her and her husband more involved was a certain plus for me!
honeymoon228's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book so much. I liked the situation John was in, pretending to be Max yet talking for the girl next door and not being able to tell her everything. I also loved the interaction between Mel’s office colleagues, they brought in great humour. The mystery part of the book was predictable but well written.
kittykornerlibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
I love this book. It's frivolous and fun and very amusing. I read it when I am sick and feeling down. I have probably read it ten times. Melissa Fuller, of the Lansing, Illinois Fullers, lives in Manhattan and writes the gossip column for a New York newspaper. When she finds her elderly neighbor unconscious in her apartment, a man claiming to be her nephew Max comes to take care of the old lady's pets. And romance blooms... the story is told in email and it's amazing how well it's done. Again, I love this book, and I kind of love Melissa Fuller.
anneb42's review against another edition
2.0
The wonderful Kat Conway gifted me this kindle book for a sick day read. It was DELIGHTFULLY bad - all told through email correspondence, but in that magical time when people had email but not general web access. Literally all the problems in this book could have been solved by an internet search or two. The cultural references are also so hilariously early 2000s that it was hard for me to not screen grab every single one. It's Cabot's first "adult" book, but it reads like it's still written for teens, too. There's really no reason it couldn't be middle grade/YA.
In short, this book cures illness with laughter, I love you Kat.
Edited to add the detail that the lack of date/time stamps on the emails REALLY BOTHERED ME for some reason.
In short, this book cures illness with laughter, I love you Kat.
Edited to add the detail that the lack of date/time stamps on the emails REALLY BOTHERED ME for some reason.
reindeerbandit's review against another edition
1.0
I have a thing where once I start a book, I finish it, regardless of my feelings about it. This book made me regret that thing. Allow me to use the word “dreck” unironically for the very first time: This book is absolute dreck.
Also, how lazy to write it as all emails. And annoying to read. I’m not Mueller, I’m not trying to read 80,000 emails.
And if you’re going to write a novel entirely in emails, do it in a way that makes sense. Who changes the subject line of every single email they write? Rather than one cohesive conversation, you’d have billions of random notes all over your inbox.
This book is terrible.
Also, how lazy to write it as all emails. And annoying to read. I’m not Mueller, I’m not trying to read 80,000 emails.
And if you’re going to write a novel entirely in emails, do it in a way that makes sense. Who changes the subject line of every single email they write? Rather than one cohesive conversation, you’d have billions of random notes all over your inbox.
This book is terrible.