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Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, get ready for the summer debut of the year...When you're running away from a broken heart, there's only one place to go...Adjusting tiaras at the foot of the aisle, Angela and her best friend prepare for the wedding of the year. But events don't go as planned. And when a girl is in possession of a crumpled bridesmaid dress - and can't g
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Paperback, 307 pages
Published
June 25th 2009
by Harper
(first published 2009)
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This was one of the smallest books in my collection, and for that reason I read it the night before I went on holiday. Quite frankly I wish I had not bothered. The writing is terrible, cliched, and if there was any originality in the book then I must have blinked and missed it.
Rather than any form of detailed plot we have details of designers (was the writer trying for freebies from Marc Jacobs???), numerous descriptions of handbags, shops etc.
I think this is meant to be some sort of modern fair ...more
Rather than any form of detailed plot we have details of designers (was the writer trying for freebies from Marc Jacobs???), numerous descriptions of handbags, shops etc.
I think this is meant to be some sort of modern fair ...more

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This is that awkward moment when everybody loved a series, you start with book one—usually the most loved—filled with positive expectations, and then it’s just meh! You liked it, but you didn’t L.O.V.E. it, and you start to wonder, is it just me? And the book seems to be looking at you saying it is you. Then a small comment on your status of a fellow reader that had relationship issues with the same uber loved series makes you feel at ease. It isn’t just you.
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I loved everything about this book! I've never been to New York, but it's my dream destination right now, and I'll take any opportunity to read about it. That's what drew me to the book in the first place. Kelk has a wonderful ability to make her readers really connect to the characters. Everything that Angela goes through, from the horrendous break-up, to the simultaneous dating, to being a newcomer to a huge city is something that many women have been through, therefore they can relate easily.
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At her best friend’s wedding, Angela Clark finds her boyfriend cheating on her in his car. After storming back into the wedding to confront her best friend, Angela flees to New York and ends up staying in the first hotel she comes to. The girl working on the concierge at the hotel, Jenny, befriends Angela and takes her under her wing, giving Angela a make-over and showing her New York City’s sights. Within days, Angela is dating two guys and has a job blogging about her adventures in the City bu
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Angela is 26 and maid of honor at her best friend's wedding, when, dressed in a horrible coffee-coloured fish-tail bridesmaid dress, and clutching a pair of Louboutins in her hand, she finds her fiance having sex with another girl in the back of their car.
After screaming at him she discovers that he has been seeing this girl for months, and that her best friend and her new husband have been playing doubles tennis with them!
Storming back into the wedding she screams at the bride, and fractures th ...more
After screaming at him she discovers that he has been seeing this girl for months, and that her best friend and her new husband have been playing doubles tennis with them!
Storming back into the wedding she screams at the bride, and fractures th ...more

Short review because I'm super tired. I had no idea who Lindsey Kelk was until I saw Shelby Taggart talk about her books on her channel (thank you Shelby!). I bought the first in the series because it was on sale at bookdepository, just to give it a try. The blurb said it was perfect for Sophie Kinsella's fans. It is right, I think that if you enjoy Sophie's books you'll like Lindsey's writing style. They're both British, share a similar witty sense of humor and sarcasm in their books. Based onl
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Release Date: June 25, 2009
Genre: Chick Lit
I love Lindey Kelk's books so much! They have just the right amount of humor, fun, and romance to make all chick lit lovers smile! In this book, I Heart New York, readers are taken on a journey with Angela as she runs away from her home town of London to start over after catching her fiance cheating at her best friends wedding. But, what should have been a time of crying an eating her way through Ben and Jerry's in order to get over said breakup, An ...more
Genre: Chick Lit
I love Lindey Kelk's books so much! They have just the right amount of humor, fun, and romance to make all chick lit lovers smile! In this book, I Heart New York, readers are taken on a journey with Angela as she runs away from her home town of London to start over after catching her fiance cheating at her best friends wedding. But, what should have been a time of crying an eating her way through Ben and Jerry's in order to get over said breakup, An ...more

well.
didn't enjoy this. at all. so full of stereotypes of what women "want" and are engrossed by apparently. shopping (the right brands obviously), drinking alcohol to have fun, drinking coffee (of course from the right coffee shop) and finding a mate. but then, what did i expect, it came in a magazine with the exact same content.
the two things that annoyed me most were the constant brand name dropping and the fact that alcohol featured so much - in fact every time the characters went somewhere ...more
didn't enjoy this. at all. so full of stereotypes of what women "want" and are engrossed by apparently. shopping (the right brands obviously), drinking alcohol to have fun, drinking coffee (of course from the right coffee shop) and finding a mate. but then, what did i expect, it came in a magazine with the exact same content.
the two things that annoyed me most were the constant brand name dropping and the fact that alcohol featured so much - in fact every time the characters went somewhere ...more

I really enjoyed this book. For a chick-lit, it was pretty hard to put down. The characters were likable and the story was fun. It just happens that all the chick-lits i have read so far have been written by british authors about British characters. This is the same but most of the story takes place in New York so it was a neat surprise to be familiar with the environment. I want to check out some more titles from this author.

Originally Reviewed at Novel Escapes
What fabulous and fun chick lit! I whipped through I Heart New York, finding it full of laughs and connected with Angela’s character and enjoyed following her as she tried to figure herself out.
I Heart New York was such a fun read. I laughed out loud and was fully immersed into Angela’s life. She felt real to me. She had wasn't too ditzy, she had aspirations and I felt her love for the city shine through, along with her confusion about how she ended up there i ...more
What fabulous and fun chick lit! I whipped through I Heart New York, finding it full of laughs and connected with Angela’s character and enjoyed following her as she tried to figure herself out.
I Heart New York was such a fun read. I laughed out loud and was fully immersed into Angela’s life. She felt real to me. She had wasn't too ditzy, she had aspirations and I felt her love for the city shine through, along with her confusion about how she ended up there i ...more

This was a really nice light hearted story.
It was very enjoyable - slightly predictable, but all round sweet.
I was rooting for Alex from the very beginning. What can I say? I'm also a sucker for a boy in a band, with skinny jeans and messy hair.
I think I'll need to read I Heart Paris during the summer :)
RE READ IN 2018! ...more
It was very enjoyable - slightly predictable, but all round sweet.
I was rooting for Alex from the very beginning. What can I say? I'm also a sucker for a boy in a band, with skinny jeans and messy hair.
I think I'll need to read I Heart Paris during the summer :)
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Fun chick lit, read while I was in NY as it is set there. It's a good story, a definite page turner. I have liked it enough to purchase the next book in the series.
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2.5 stars
I was recommend this book and series by so many friends and so was excited to read it. Sadly what I got was a cliche filled, shallow, SATC copycat.
I'm all about beung connected to a character and sadly I didn't get that with Angela. She was shallow, overly dramatic and quite selfish. She didn't have a job and yet spent thousands of dollars on designer bags, clothing and mac make up? It just wasn't realistic.
I also found the constant bashing of other women to be quite odd. The words slu ...more
I was recommend this book and series by so many friends and so was excited to read it. Sadly what I got was a cliche filled, shallow, SATC copycat.
I'm all about beung connected to a character and sadly I didn't get that with Angela. She was shallow, overly dramatic and quite selfish. She didn't have a job and yet spent thousands of dollars on designer bags, clothing and mac make up? It just wasn't realistic.
I also found the constant bashing of other women to be quite odd. The words slu ...more

At her best friend’s wedding, Angela walks in on her long-term boyfriend Mark cheating on her with someone on the back seat of their car. Nice. So she does what any self-respecting woman would do – flees… not just the wedding, but the country as well! Angela ends up in New York City with no friends, no money and no job.
But she soon makes friend with hotel receptionist Jenny and she’s determined to put a smile back on Angela’s face. Cue a LOT of spending in Bloomingdale’s, getting drunk and meeti ...more
But she soon makes friend with hotel receptionist Jenny and she’s determined to put a smile back on Angela’s face. Cue a LOT of spending in Bloomingdale’s, getting drunk and meeti ...more

I was delighted to win this book in one of the Goodreads' giveaways. That is until my spouse lost the book envelope in a pile of bills to be filed. Thus, until I got around to filing, my least favorite thing (besides dishes) I couldn't recall where the heck I had put the book after I got it. Imagine my delight to find, in the middle of endless sheets of monotony disguised as bills and other important documents, a new book to read.
The delight lasted until I started reading. The whole clueless wo ...more
The delight lasted until I started reading. The whole clueless wo ...more

UPDATED REVIEW FROM REREAD:
This book was still very cute but definitely not perfect. Angie finds her fiance cheating on her at their best friends wedding so she ruins the wedding, breaks up with the guy, and flees to NYC (from London) in the matter of a couple days. She gets there and thinks what the heck am I doing, but the hotel concierge, Jenny Lopez, befriends her and starts her New York adventure. There's a love triangle (although its pretty clear who she'll end up with) and she ends up ge ...more
This book was still very cute but definitely not perfect. Angie finds her fiance cheating on her at their best friends wedding so she ruins the wedding, breaks up with the guy, and flees to NYC (from London) in the matter of a couple days. She gets there and thinks what the heck am I doing, but the hotel concierge, Jenny Lopez, befriends her and starts her New York adventure. There's a love triangle (although its pretty clear who she'll end up with) and she ends up ge ...more

Published: 25/06/2009
Author: Lindsey Kelk
Recommended for: fans of chick lit
Oh I love the 'I Heart' series of books, each of them are amazing and this one does not disappoint! This is the first book that appears in the series where we meet the character of Angela Clark who is funny, relatable, very likeable. In this book Angela moves to New York after she flee's from her wedding, where she meet her new best friend Jenny Lopez (who is the girl you wish was your best friend!) who helps her out abou ...more
Author: Lindsey Kelk
Recommended for: fans of chick lit
Oh I love the 'I Heart' series of books, each of them are amazing and this one does not disappoint! This is the first book that appears in the series where we meet the character of Angela Clark who is funny, relatable, very likeable. In this book Angela moves to New York after she flee's from her wedding, where she meet her new best friend Jenny Lopez (who is the girl you wish was your best friend!) who helps her out abou ...more

Lindsey Kelk's 'I Heart New York' is being marketed at Sophie Kinsella fans and yes there are similarities, however,whilst Sophie often makes me laugh out loud - this book had me sighing in annoyance in many places.
Dumped girlfriend takes the first plane to anywhere - ends up in New York City - meets lots of lovely, fashionable and rich people and immediately turns into a beautiful, succesful woman herself. The plot is quite improbable - very far-fetched but very easy to read. Ideal for passing ...more
Dumped girlfriend takes the first plane to anywhere - ends up in New York City - meets lots of lovely, fashionable and rich people and immediately turns into a beautiful, succesful woman herself. The plot is quite improbable - very far-fetched but very easy to read. Ideal for passing ...more

At her best friend's wedding Angela is the perfect bridesmaid, thinking of her fiancé Mark and their upcoming wedding. But things don't go as planned, she has to learn the hard way that her fiancé is cheating on her, makes the bride cry and breaks the grooms hand - all before the first dance.
Fleeing to NYC suddenly seems a good idea and soon her new best friend Jenny Lopez gives her a tour of the citythat never sleeps, a makeover and makes her date two different guys. And the best part of it is ...more
Fleeing to NYC suddenly seems a good idea and soon her new best friend Jenny Lopez gives her a tour of the citythat never sleeps, a makeover and makes her date two different guys. And the best part of it is ...more

3.5 stars
"Sometimes we get so used to not really feeling anything, just going with the flow, that we forget how it feels to be really happy or sad.”
"I had always hated how things seemed ever so slightly worse, ever so slightly more insane at night.”
"At least some stuff was finally starting to make sense, I had to let go of the past before I could move on to the future." ...more
"Sometimes we get so used to not really feeling anything, just going with the flow, that we forget how it feels to be really happy or sad.”
"I had always hated how things seemed ever so slightly worse, ever so slightly more insane at night.”
"At least some stuff was finally starting to make sense, I had to let go of the past before I could move on to the future." ...more

** 4 WITTY STARS! **
“People go to LA to "find themselves", they come to New York to become someone new.”
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I quite liked this book! I especially loved how I got an image of New York just by reading this and made me want to step on the first plane to the Big Apple and just wing it like Angela did.
Just wing it and hope I'll get somewhere, meet new people and get opportunities handed over as if it's a tissue.
Man if life were that simple, it'd be great.
I finished this fairly quick because it's ...more
“People go to LA to "find themselves", they come to New York to become someone new.”
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I quite liked this book! I especially loved how I got an image of New York just by reading this and made me want to step on the first plane to the Big Apple and just wing it like Angela did.
Just wing it and hope I'll get somewhere, meet new people and get opportunities handed over as if it's a tissue.
Man if life were that simple, it'd be great.
I finished this fairly quick because it's ...more

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 ab
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I read it yesterday, and literally in just one sitting. This book made me nailed my butt in Starbucks from noon till nearly evening, unable to move and unable to stop.
I can't remember the last time I enjoy a chick-lit book this much, hell, i even can't remember the last time i read chick-lit, the genre that i adored (and gained me the title the queen of chick-lit among my peers) in college. But this book, make that inner chick-lit die hard fan back in vengeance!
The story is heartwarming, the he ...more
I can't remember the last time I enjoy a chick-lit book this much, hell, i even can't remember the last time i read chick-lit, the genre that i adored (and gained me the title the queen of chick-lit among my peers) in college. But this book, make that inner chick-lit die hard fan back in vengeance!
The story is heartwarming, the he ...more

If I could, I would rate this book a 3.5.
Get ready to meet Angela Clark as she flees the world’s worst wedding for a new life…
I first read part 5 of the I Heart series and it made me want to read the rest. This book was good, I enjoyed it but I thought it was a little unrealistic. I understand that it's fiction and a chick-lit so I understand the fairytale of it all but for a lady living in NYC most of her life... let me tell you, this shit doesn't happen. You don't meet men nonstop (good-lookin ...more
Get ready to meet Angela Clark as she flees the world’s worst wedding for a new life…
I first read part 5 of the I Heart series and it made me want to read the rest. This book was good, I enjoyed it but I thought it was a little unrealistic. I understand that it's fiction and a chick-lit so I understand the fairytale of it all but for a lady living in NYC most of her life... let me tell you, this shit doesn't happen. You don't meet men nonstop (good-lookin ...more

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DNF. Reading this increasingly felt like punishment, so I threw in the towel. It’s not horrible, but I didn’t especially care to find out what happened to the main character.
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