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    My Very '90s Romance: A Novel
    My Very '90s Romance: A Novel
    My Very '90s Romance: A Novel
    Audiobook9 hours

    My Very '90s Romance: A Novel

    Written by Jenny Colgan

    Narrated by Lucy Price-Lewis

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    About this audiobook

    From New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan comes a hilarious romantic comedy about a down-on-her-luck florist whose future begins to bloom when she takes on the challenge of helping to transform her nerdy roommate.

    Holly is a frustrated florist whose life doesn’t seem to be coming up roses. Fleeing a roommate situation from hell, she moves in with a motley crew of friends—Josh, a sexually confused merchant banker; Kate, a high-flying legal eagle with talons to match; and Addison, a gorgeous computer geek who spends his days communicating with his online girlfriend and anyone who worships at the altar of Jean-Luc Picard. From the moment Holly catches a rare glimpse of Addison, she’s smitten. The only problem is how to get him to swivel his chair from the computer screen to her adoring gaze.

    After a series of false starts—involving a new friend and mathematician, Finn—Holly coaxes Addison away from his computer screen and out into the open. While “out in the open” spells disaster for Addison, curiously, her own future begins to bloom. Holly and her friends make desperate attempts to connect with Addison, drag him away from his fiercely possessive girlfriend, Claudia, and get him to communicate with the real world.

    With Jenny Colgan’s trademark wit and a cast of unforgettable characters, My Very '90s Romance will capture your heart.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 12, 2019
    ISBN9780062897527
    My Very '90s Romance: A Novel
    Author

    Jenny Colgan

    Jenny Colgan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Christmas Bookshop, The Bookshop on the Corner, Little Beach Street Bakery, and Christmas at the Cupcake Café. Jenny, her husband, and three children live in a genuine castle in Scotland.

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    • 2/5
      My Very '90's Romance by Jenny Colgan is a quirky yet somewhat lackluster novel.

      Twenty-eight year old Holly Livingstone has terrible luck with roommates. She finally ends up living with college mates Josh and Kate and computer geek and recluse Addison Farthing. Holly is a barely employed florist whereas Kate is a hard-working, successful businesswoman and Josh has a cushy job in the family business.  Holly is fascinated by Addison who rarely leaves his room (or the house for that matter) and she basically forces herself on him by intruding on him without invitation. After meeting some of Kate's workmates, Holly hits it off Finn but she cannot give up on trying to coax Addison into a relationship. Kate is dating disaster who always winds up dating married men and Josh is trying to figure out his sexuality.

      What seems like a recipe for madcap fun quickly descends into ridiculous, over-the-top unrealistic situations and offensive humor. Outside of Finn and Addison, none of the characters are particularly likable. Holly is incredibly immature and her snarky sense of humor becomes tedious. Josh and Kate are mostly innocuous but they lack dimension. Certain scenes are downright ludicrous and would never happen in real life. My Very '90's Romance is absolutely nothing like Jenny Colgan's more serious novels and it was a struggle to finish this latest release (which seems to be a re-named re-release of Talking to Addison).
    • 3/5
      You can always depend on Jenny Colgan to bring a great story with fun characters who will give you a laugh as they tell their stories. This novel is full of a motley crew of characters: main character Holly who is trying to find her place in the world while she finds a boyfriend is working as a florist. She moves in with three other people - Josh - a banker unsure of his sexuality, Kate - a lawyer who is also a bit of a bitch and Addison who never leaves his room and his computers. As this group of acquaintances works to become friends, there is some pain but a lot of laughs along the way. Though I am a bit too old to understand what the characters were going through, I still enjoyed this book.NOTE: This is a re-issue of a 2010 book TALKING TO ADDISON.
    • 4/5
      Although the protagonist is too abrasive to be likeable this is an enjoyable witty novel about an underachieving florist sharing a flat with high-flying friends from her university. She falls for the eponymous reclusive stranger in the fourth bedroom and sets out to woo him. THe humour of the book is all in individual phrases rather than in any plot developments.
    • 4/5
      Really cute book, but not as good as it could've been. I loved the supporting characters and the plot. The biggest surprise was the ending. It totally through me off.
    • 4/5
      not often a computer star trek geek is a drop dead hunk of a man but this one is only he's in his own world, very funny book
    • 3/5
      Love, confusion, and house sharing.