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Trouble with desserts
Kate Mackenzie works for the Human Resources department at the New York Journal. She is given the unwelcome task of firing cook Ida Lopez, who makes wonderful desserts but is picky about who she srves them to. Kate's troubles begin when Ida lopez sues the Journal for wrongful dismissal, and Kate falls for gorgeous defense lawyer Mitch Hertzog, whose horrible brother Stuarts is engaged to Kate's equally horrible boss Amy Jenkins. Meg Cabot's earlier book set at the Journal, the Guy Next Door, was told entirely in e-mails, this one also uses phone messages, journal entries and something called IM. Although I found this book quite amusing, I didn't think it was nearly as funny as The Guy Next Door, which I thought was much funnier, with a more interesting plot. The trouble with this one was I couldn't really get up much sympathy for Ida, I couldn't understand why the daft old bat didn't just serve the desserts and have done with it. And why does everyone get so worked up about her dismissal anyway? I think desserts have a significance in America that they probably don't have here, nobody in England as far as I know gets very excited about chocolate chip cookies. And I thought the heroine was a bit of a drip really. The Guy Next Door has a much better plot with an extremely funny climax whem the heroine takes a brilliant and hilarious revenge on the hero for lying to her, there is nothing so good in this book. Not bad, but a bit of a disappointment after the earlier and much, much funnier work.

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A Fun "Chick-Lit" Book! What A Concept!!!
First off I must admit to not being totally swept away with the new genre "Chick-Lit" as few of the books I've managed to read really spoke to me. Ms. Cabot's latest though is really an exception to the rule. She has managed to take our current lifestyle (computers, IMing, e-mail...) and shows us how it really can be used as a vehicle for story telling. Now I have not read the first book in this series but trust me I will be adding it to my shopping cart as soon as I'm done with this review.

This book offers laugh out loud moments, fun and crazy characters, and a fun storyline. Ms. Cabot is truly a talented author and I found this book fun to read (e-mails, office announcements, and IM'ing as well as Kate's journal entries). I look forward to Ms. Cabot's next adult effort and highly recommend her for a light hearted, good time read!

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Pretty Good
Meg Cabot is one of my favorite authors when she isn't writing romance novels, but if she wasn't one of my favorite authors I would still rate Boy Meets Girl as a pretty good book. But not at all her best... would I recommend it? yes, but I would recommend The Boy Next Door more than I would recommend boy meets girl. But Boy Meets Girl makes you laugh and is worth how ever much you pay for it. So go buy it, read it and laugh.