Isn't She Lovely

by Lauren Layne

[whisperingchapters]

I sort of wave my hand up and down in his direction. "It's just that I think you forgot to change out of your country-club uniform."

That was the sentence that made me realize I was going to like Isn't She Lovely. I love good banter between the characters when they don't even know each other, so they are stereotyping one another—makes things very interesting. The characters are always bickering and can't stand each other.

We have Ethan, son of a prestigious and very rich family who got his heart broken by his girlfriend when she cheated on him with his best friend.

We have Stephanie, daughter of a man who got married six-months after Stephanie's mom dies of cancer. She also went through a somewhat traumatic experience, which has caused her to drop the girly girl identity and do a complete 360°, turning into a girl that wears all black, including the combat boots and heavy eyeliner.

When the two completely different people bump into one another, an undeniable chemistry arises. They get assigned as partners for a college project and it consists of creating a screenplay, which they decide would be Pygmalion inspired. Not only that, they decide to base it on themselves.

"Think about how much better our screenplay will be if we can base it on real life experience."

I found myself enjoying this story quite a lot. I was smiling and giggling like a school-girl. It was fun. I would get frustrated at times with the characters, which is why I am giving it 4 stars, but the rest was a good story that I really enjoyed reading. I love how Ethan really loves Stephanie for her and not the girly girl he had created for their project, even if he didn't want to admit it to anyone, let alone himself.

If you want to find out more about this lovely story of love, forgiveness, finding oneself and redemption, buy the book and start reading!