New York, Actually by Sarah Morgan

New York, Actually by Sarah Morgan
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Meet Molly

New York’s most famous agony aunt, she considers herself an expert at relationships…as long as they’re other people’s. The only love of her life is her Dalmatian, Valentine.

Meet Daniel

A cynical divorce lawyer, he’s hardwired to think relationships are a bad idea. If you don’t get involved, no-one can get hurt. But then he finds himself borrowing a dog to meet the gorgeous woman he sees running in Central Park every morning…

Molly and Daniel think they know everything there is to know about relationships…until they meet each other that is…

Typical chick lit, nothing too serious here, the usual conflicts and happy ever after ending that most of this genre have. Molly is a psychologist who turns agony aunt and has written a best selling book on relationships. She however can't seem to control her own relationships and bad break-ups convince her she is not capable of falling in love.

She meets Daniel a divorce lawyer who has issues of his own around love and commitment but cares passionately about helping those who can't help themselves. He sees Molly often jogging and walking her dog in Central Park and borrows a dog from his sisters dog shelter so that he can have an excuse to meet her.

The story proceeds from there, we meet several supporting characters, Daniels sisters Fran and Harriet, Molly's neighbours and an assortment of work colleagues. Of course the story is predictable as all these genre seem to be; I didn't particularly gel with Molly, for a psychologist and relationship expert she seemed a bit clueless when it came to her own relationships which didn't really stack up. Daniel was well described, powerful, striking, athletic, passionate, selfless, kind, thoughtful - what was not to like but the silly Molly seemed to be confused by all this!!! He did come across as a bit possessive and controlling to me which was a bit disturbing but that's just my opinion.

It fell down because Molly was meant to be the expert and this made her actions, attitude, and lack of self worth really hard to swallow and therefore the whole story seemed pointless and disappointing. I enjoyed to a degree the flirty banter but even this was over worked, sorry I can only give this one 2 stars, OK for reading on the plane or holiday but don't expect fire works.

I would like to thank the publisher for sending this in exchange for an honest review.