Thanks to NetGalley, Random House/Ballantine Books, and Emily Giffin for the opportunity to read and review her latest book. She is typically a must-read author for me but this one didn't quite do it for me. 3 stars.
Cecily is living and working in NYC in 2001. She just broke up with her boyfriend, Matthew, because he couldn't commit, she feels like she should never have left her family in the Midwest, and she doesn't like her job as a reporter for a small paper. She decides to go to a nearby bar and randomly meets Grant with whom she feels an instant connection. But Grant is dealing with his twin brother's fatal illness and their relationship is put on hold - until he shows up at her apartment on 9/10/01 and leaves for work in the Twin Towers that fateful morning. When she sees a missing poster with his picture, she discovers that Grant hadn't been truthful to her.
I don't want to ruin this book for anyone who may want to read it so that's enough of the plot! But to me, the characters weren't likable nor their behavior believable, the 9/11 plot line felt disrespectful, and the ending way too hard to believe.
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