When I picked this book up I thought, yep, nice easy read, nothing special. I think I read this in one day. It's possibly one of my all time favourite books. I've read it and re read it so much I'll need to buy a new copy as mine is getting dog eared. I found it hilariously funny and the heroine cringe worthy but real. I envied how she had the courage to (unrealistically) up and start a new life half way around the world when things got tough at home. I'm glad she stood firm and never wavered about going back to her old life. I enjoyed even the smaller characters and they came to life for me so clearly through the author's descriptions. I loved how she brought New York to life for me and I could picture everywhere Angela went from the little I have experienced of the city myself. In fact this book made me love New York even more than I already do. But most of all I'm in love with the male hero of this series. Hot, sexy indie rock boy Alex. The way Lindsey Kelk has written this character leaves me sighing and wishing he was a real person and wishing I had met someone like him when I was younger. I get the warm tingly feeling in the pit of my stomach when I read about him, as if he was my own romantic interest. He's just the best male character I've read in forever and wish there were more like him.