Book Review: "I Heart New York"

I Heart New York revolves around English girl Angela Clark who flees to the Big Apple after discovering her fiance is cheating on her. To make matters worse it is revealed that her best friends knew about the affair. After a cringe worthy confrontation at her besties wedding (involving her breaking the groom's hand with her Louboutins) she takes off over the Atlantic Ocean, running away from her life in London.

I picked up this book as something light to read for the flight back home during my recent (as in last week) trip to the States. Everything I had brought with me was too heavy, even the other chick-lit I borrowed from K before I left. The writing style of this book was perfect, exactly what I was looking for. The writing was very easy to read, short concise sentences and the dialogue was simple and straight forward without complex jargon. The pages flowed easily and before you know it half the book is over.

There's no argument the story line is a little far fetched, pure fantasy. But it is certainly a guilty pleasure :) and I loved every second of it. This is the perfect mix of drama, shopping, designer name dropping, love, romance and making of kooky crazy friends. It is the first time in a while that I have read a book that I did not want to put down.

The only downside of this book is I am incredibly jealous of Angela's new life and that I am no longer in NYC to enjoy the sorts of things she is enjoying. I want to be back in New York City shopping in Macy's for designer clothes, a picnic in Central Park and I didn't get to take in the view from the Empire State Building at sunset!!!

I so adored this book and cannot wait to go back to this beautiful city!

Rating: 10/10 - read it for the ultimate escape!