It's been a while since my last book review and it's not because of the lack of time to read ('cuz I've read quite a number of books from then and now), but more so from the lack of inspiration I got after reading a specific book.
This book however not only caught my eye because of its vibrant cover, but also because of its synopsis:
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| Imagine if you could meet your younger self... It'll be fun they said.. blah! |
At age thirty-one, Charlotte Merryweather has spent ten years in London pursuing personal and professional perfection. Yet her present-day success- heading her own PR company, owning a gorgeous apartment, planning a future with her devoted boyfriend- only heightens the shock of a visit from the past.
"Lottie," Charlotte's twenty-one-year-old self, drives onto the scene at the wheel of a rusty, orange Volkswagen Beetle identical to Charlotte's first UK ride. Charlotte pursues a friendship aimed to bestow upon Lottie a decade of wisdom. Yet Charlotte's prosperous polish proves a pale substitute for Lottie's innate, youthful graces- openness, passion, and kindness. Will the student become the teacher in this witty turnabout?
Honestly, I found myself mostly agreeing with Charlotte's older self all throughout the book rather than Lottie, who actually acts more like a teenager rather than a "yuppy" (a.k.a. young professional), and this is coming from a reader (me) who's just 2 years her senior.
Overall, it was a decent read (with a cute twist in the epilogue) even though the story only started picking up at least 30% of the book; I also think the romance in this was considerably better than the first book I read by Alexandra Potter (Going LaLa), which just felt like insta-lust.
On a last note, I found it funny how Charlotte kept reminding her younger self to invest in companies like Google, 'cuz if I knew then what I know now, I'd probably just given her the winning numbers to the lottery at that time.
