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Title: Love @ First Site
Author: Jane Moore
Narrator: Elizabeth Sastre
Format: Abridged
Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-24-05
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit
Publisher's Summary:
A laugh-out-loud whirlwind of disastrous dates ensues, from Simon, who seems dreamy over e-mail but ditches her at the dinner table, leaving her with the bill, to Graham, a self-described "Ferrari driver" who turns out to be a car salesman, with several (old, fat, bald, creepy, cheap, stuck-up) men in between. When an unforeseen event turns her world upside down, Jess starts to wonder if the qualities she thinks she wants in a man are what she ultimately needs. And whether, as a new mystery suitor appears in her e-mail in-box, Cupid has other possibilities up his sleeve.
With her sparkling sensibility and brilliant knack for rendering the foibles of modern love in a fresh, unforgettable way, Jane Moore has become one of the fastest-growing names in contemporary women's fiction. Told with her signature wit, wisdom, and sass, Love @ First Site is an irresistible tale about what happens when we start to look for love between the lines on a computer screen, and a winning, unputdownable look at contemporary romance.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
Fun, flirty and thoughtful romance!
A little underwhelming
This novel is deceptive for its âchick litâ genre. It was not at all what I expected. It starts out fun, funny and breezy, then takes a dark turn with a cancer storyline.
The MC, Jessica, starts out as the chick-lit staple of a confident, self-assured career woman, with a stable of good, loyal friends (with the exception of the heinous Kara), but Jess later devolves into a self-pitying, judgmental, hypocritical b*tch. It was especially galling in the beginning phase of learning about her sisterâs cancer, when Jess then makes it all about Jess, Jess, Jess. Why didnât Olivia tell Jess sooner? Why doesnât Liv lean on Jess more? Itâs all about âMe, me, me!â rather than putting the focus on her cancer-stricken sister.
I donât know if itâs the author, the editor or the publisher, but for what is clearly a novel that takes place in Britain, populated with British characters, I felt the use of Americanisms extremely jarring. And, it wasnât even one or two instances. Rather, throughout, American words (like sneakers) was used, or anything else that would be common knowledge in America (does anyone in Britain really know what the Beverly Hillbillies was?!). And of course the kicker was the continual use of referring to something that was priced in dollars. Uh yeah, without anyone knowing about it, Britain is now on the US monetary system!
I had to laugh at what was clearly an error in wording on one particular instance. âBonsaiâ was used in place of what clearly should have been banzai or kamikaze. This occurred in the passage with the speed dating event Jess and Madeleine attended.
Finally, you just knew who Jessica would pair up with in the end. It was so obviously telegraphed, but I thought the author did an okay job laying the foundation of the pairing. I say okay because more romance needed to be developed before I could hop aboard that âship. I saw the friendship moreso than I did the romance. [And as of this review, Iâm still not sure how I feel about his âSebâ deception.
