This book employs many hallmarks of chick lit: working gal in the big city too busy for love, a best friend/sister who is perfect (or is she?), a love interest who likes said best friend/sister, and a massive career change. There's nothing revolutionary here but it's a sweet, fast read. The writing is very conversational and "cute," which I think some people would adore (I did like it) and others might not. It was pretty predictable in the way that chick lit can be (you know the ending, but you're still glad it ended that way!) and the "big family secret" was not as shocking as expected. Still, it was a fast and quick read and I would definitely recommend as a beach book. As a sister, and a mom of sisters, the sibling angle was very interesting to me. Although my sister and I do not have a contentious/competitive relationship like the sisters in this book, that piece of it felt very authentic. I also really liked how the author pointed out how much siblings can define a person. I think about that all the time, how different my oldest would be if she didn't have her little sister on the scene (and how much she changed once she was in the picture) and vice versa. That was an added dimension to this book I really enjoyed.