Single Girl Lit - Reviewed July 2009

I loved this book - sometimes you just need to read something that sucks you right in and you don’t want to put down! The characters were alive and engaging and I really felt as if I knew each of them. Their jobs, their families, their homes were all clearly in my mind and I wanted to find out how it would all end for each of them. Sometimes you can find books too descriptive so I’m not sure how I ended up knowing so much without feeling as if I’d waded through pages of adjectives?

There’s definitely an air of “sex in the city” but as I loved the show I would expect to enjoy this aspect and there are some quirky and hilarious bits that made me laugh out loud- note a temperamental house pet that one of the girls ended up with out of a breakup!


I think there’s some air of predictability to the story but I still wanted to read all about it and would recommend this to anyone wanting a good, fun piece of chick lit!

I thought this was a delightful, light read that is the epitome of what traditional chick lit is all about. These girls are looking for love and with three different characters, there is plenty to like about this book. The pace is quick and the girls are pretty relatable. At times I found the book quite predictable though which was unfortunate.

It has been a while since I’ve read something about single girls in the big city and I wasn’t too disappointed, but nor was it the best book I’ve ever read. There wasn’t much substance to it so wasn’t a deep read, but would likely make a great beach book. It made me laugh, but didn’t make me cry and I cared enough about the characters to actually want to read it to the end. Overall, I would have to say that it’s a good read if you’re interested in something light and fluffy about single girls in the Big Apple looking for love.