I came across I Heart New York, and it turned out that it wasn’t really a bad decision that I picked it up. Angela Clark is just the bravest – if not the most irrational fictional woman I’ve ever come across (hmm, maybe aside from Anastasia Steele in the irrationality department). But then I guess, there are a lot of things that a broken heart could make people do. Imagine flying across the continent, leaving your friends and family behind just because you wanted to get away from all of it! I’ve done the “getting away” part a few years ago, but just out of town and just a couple of days. Seriously, Angela Clark is now my new hero!
The dilemma of a real grown-up woman is there, as Angela is caught between going home [in London] and getting a real job as a staff writer for a magazine (which happens to be her dream job as well) and staying in New York to be a blogger when she has no idea exactly what kind of life the Big Apple has to offer. It’s fun and adventure and challenges versus stability and security, and honestly, for someone like Angela who has been in what she thought was a serious relationship for ten years, I daresay, she just merely existed. In the end, New York has given her the opportunity to live her life with independence, and to follow her dream of becoming a writer while having fun.
The love angle of the story can’t get any better. I have already voted for Alex the first time he popped up into the scene. Maybe because I like the fun type of guy (not to mention that he’s a member of a band) as opposed to the serious banker type that was Tyler. And though I would prefer to be pampered and treated like a princess (dinner at a nice restaurant sounds so posh), a little bit of adventure and street food dinner would be very much appreciated. I can’t help but remember Mandy Moore‘s movie Because I Said So and Reese Witherspoon‘s This Means War as I read the part where Angela compares her two men.
I also loved the fact that there she met a wonderful girlfriend, Jenny, who became her confidante during her confused times. Strangers at first, they hit right off, and Jenny turned out to be the very kind of person that Angela needs while she is in the middle of a foreign city.
I can’t count on that much with the ending, as this book is a part of a series (there are still five books sitting on my shelf that complete the series). This is the kind of book that you would like to bring with you on a weekend rendezvous, and I’m just so excited to read the next book, I Heart Hollywood.
