In A New York Minute

3.5 stars for a solid, honest and cute rom com.

Cute and fun. A little predictable, but it was nice to read something easy that still had good strong characters and character development.

The start of the book was the high point for me. The concept was silly but enjoyable to start but the characters never felt real to me.

I enjoyed Franny's best friends, they added some dimension to Fran. But I never really believed the chemistry between Hayes and Fran.

How in the world did they fall in love?! They barely dated.

I listened to the audiobook and although I enjoy Neil Hellegers as a narrator, I found his reading (or perhaps the book?) inconsistent with the description of Hayes.

I really wanted to like this book and I did right up until Chapter 18 (I believe, unsure as I've already returned the book) where I felt like I possibly missed a couple chapters. Just a page before they had sent each other very formal messages and then suddenly they've been texting for days? With emojis?! What did I miss? The ending felt slightly rushed and as a reader I do wonder if they would be a couple who would actually last in the long run.

In this books favor - the opening was strong and is what got me to read the book. It is very fast paced - I read it in a day - but I don't count pacing against books even though I am a big slow burn fan. Overall 2.5 rounded down to 2 because goodreads.