William Morrow The Boy Is Back

Meg Cabot now writes books for adults too. She always writes reliable stories with loveable characters and I recommend this to all her fans. This small town romance is told through the use of emails, texts, and news articles to paint a picture of the love story between Becky and Reed. It's a relatively uncomplicated romance which is nice for a change, and there's a lot of family politics.

a good book, really enjoyed it. a great read like all her books

Great read. Love this.

This book is the last of the Boys series by Meg Cabot although you can read it as a standalone. This is about Becky Flowers and Reed Stewart who dated during high school but after a small 'incident' involving his father's golf truck on his prom night and cops , Reed leaves Bloomville without another word to his girlfriend and never returns. Fate however has a different plan now that after ten years he is 'forced' to revisit the place. Becky is now a strong independent woman leading her father's business to success and is somewhat grateful for a boyfriend who has a 'cheese and wine' boutique in town!Things get interesting when Reed and Becky's lives are intersecting again. This isn't a new story line but what is new and makes the book sooo interesting is the fact that it is told entirely through text messages, emails and newspaper articles. Yes, the plot is pretty much predictable but try telling a story through texts, at the same time introducing many characters, but still keeping the readers engaged.Its the return of the Meg Cabot that i loved and worshipped !! :P I was so taken aback after reading the finale of Princess Diaries - Royal Wedding. But this book !! Its everything i love about Meg Cabot's writing style, the funny narration and lovable characters.I so loved Marshal and Carly Stewart, Reed's brother and sis-in-law. These people are couple goals, really! Not the dying for each other love, but typical Tom-and-Jerry bickering but all the same loving and being funny couple.I've always wondered how difficult it is to write a novel in epistolary format and this book just does it with texts and emails and you get the complete picture without big descriptions and paragraphs.And there's one too many Jane Austen references and quotes ;-)Fans of chick-lit, Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella.. this book will not disappoint you!

Roman ist vollständig in Brief- und Chatform gehalten, daher etwas anstrengend zu lesen. Im Prinzip passiert auch im ganzen Buch nicht viel, die Handlung ist sehr weit hergeholt. Etwas oberflächliche, aber sympathische Charaktere und stellenweise ganz witzige Erzählung. Kann man mal im Urlaub lesen, wenn man nichts anderes dabei hat, sonst eher nicht.