Thursday 26 November 2009

In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg

From Goodreads: Molly and Charlie have fallen head over heels in love even though they've never met. Molly is a fashion-conscious city girl in L.A. Charlie is an earthy, mountain-biking dude from Boulder, Colorado. Each of them has big plans with their respective friends for the summer, until they discover that their parents decided to swap houses! Luckily there's no amount of homesickness that a bit of snooping can't cure. Charlie and Molly begin crawling under beds and poking around in closets to find out a little more about each other, and they like what they find. Can Charlie and Molly's long-distance romance survive jealousy, misunderstandings and the thousand miles between them?

This is a really sweet love story. Both Molly and Charlie are really likeable characters – in fact I really REALLY liked Charlie - and there was a realistic connection between the two. You could see how they pushed each other to be better and do things they may not have done otherwise. I also liked that you got the story from both points of view and enjoyed reading the emails they sent each other.

Molly’s struggle to except her stepfather Ron was also done really well and I liked the focus on Molly’s interest in fashion – it gave the story more believability and stopped it just being a love story. Charlie’s wish for a real connection in a relationship felt refreshing and made me like him even more.

I really recommend this – it was great fun and I had a really goofy smile on my face by the end!

4 comments:

Luisa at Chicklish said...

It sounds like a book I'd love! Thanks a lot for the review.

So Many Books, So Little Time said...

This was such a cute read. I finished it with a goofy smile as well!

The Book Owl said...

I've never heard of this before, but it sounds like an interesting concept. I'll have to check it out!

Justine said...

On my TBR list ;) Glad you really liked it!

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