From the award-winning author of Eleanor & Park and Fangirl comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel about love in the workplace.
Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.
Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.
When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories.
By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.
What would he say . . . ?" -Goodreads
THE STORY:
How does Rainbow Rowell manage to make me turn into a giant pile of melty-heart goo every time I read one of her books? The entire idea of this novel made me happy, and reading it was even better than I could have imagined. I adored learning about Beth and Jennifer through their emails, and I absolutely adored following Lincoln through his life. I loved seeing how both of them were struggling, and even though we only learned about Beth through her emails, we got so much information from them, and we got to know who she was as a person. Every time that she and Lincoln almost met or when she would talk about him as Her Cute Guy in her emails, I would just gush so much. Basically I shipped them ridiculously hard.
THE CHARACTERS:
First of all, Lincoln is my kind of man. He is tall, handsome (in a very strangely specific way), and an absolute nerd. I loved that he was a D & D player, and that his favorite quote came from Lord of the Rings. I loved that he was kind of awkward, like he didn't know that he could get the girl if he simply tried. I absolutely adored him.
I also really enjoyed Beth. I loved how quick witted she was, but she also knew when to stop. She is one of the kindest friends I think I have ever read in a book, and I don't think she even realizes it? Like Lincoln, she doesn't seem to grasp how amazing she is, and how worthy of having the perfect kind of love she is. She seems to know that something is off with her relationship with Chris, but she doesn't do anything about it for such a long time because she honestly believes that is what love is supposed to be like.
MY THOUGHTS:
Rainbow Rowell was already on my list of favorite authors, but this just cemented it. I adore her writing style, and how she manages to make realistic characters and adorable plots that just make me melt with happiness. I would love to read more about these characters, maybe in something like a novella, or even just a short story? I would really enjoy that, but I am also completely satisfied with this novel and the way it ended. I basically just need more Rainbow Rowell in my life.
STAR RATING: ★★★★★
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