Jessie Hearts NYC

by Keris Stainton

[Rach Wood]

First, I hate the synopsis, 'cause it tells the entire story. I mean, after it, I knew they'd fall in love with each other and I was waiting for the first meeting and the second and all others which would follow and I stopped enjoying the narrative for real, and that's kind of bad, I guess.

The book is written in a dual-perspective, which is pretty cool 'cause it's insane to think that two people are in the same city and we're following their lives that are happening at the same time but differ completely from each other.

There's Jessie, a British teen who'll spend the summer holidays with her best friend, Emma, at her mother's house, and hopes to forget her badass ex-boyfriend with Ben's help. And there's Finn that is in love with Sam, his best friend's girlfriend, and also doesn't know how to say to his father that he wants to change his major.

I thought that's fantastic Jessie being a tourist in NYC, 'cause it led me to make great tours, even though imaginary, and I enjoyed reading about thousands of wonderful places related to movies, although I've not seen a third of them, but now I want to, of course.

I didn't fall deeply in love with the characters, though. I liked Jessie, 'cause she's youthful, and I liked Finn, 'cause he's so adorable. But, for me, Emma was a pain in the ass, 'cause she was all over the places and I kept thinking, why the hell she doesn't go away when Jessie and Finn are together and it upset me. And Scott, Finn's best friend, is fine , but he's forgettable, 'cause I didn't know his name when I finished the book. Regarding Ben, he didn't win me over too, 'cause I realized what was going on in the elevator scene. I liked the friendship between Finn and Scott, 'cause I thought they really relied on each other and they understood each other's problems. And I also liked the fact that Jessie had worked things out with her mother, 'cause it touched me when she realized how much her mother loved her and how everything had been misunderstood.

In conclusion, it was ok, but not good enough for over two stars (and a half), 'cause Emma's presence ruined most of it and, mostly, 'cause it was really predictable.