Here's Looking at You (2013) (Avon)Mhairi McFarlane
Grade: C+
Genre: chick lit
Source: own
Romance RBC 2014: A chick lit book
Aureliana ‘Anna’ Alessi is pretty
content with the way her life turned out. A thirty-something history expert and
lecturer, she’s looking for Mr Right via online dating, which has yielded some
interesting but non-contending results. A somewhat chubby kid at school, Anna
was the source of the popular kids’ teasing and bullying – a depressing period
of her life which she’s glad to have moved on from and mostly forgotten.
When Anna is asked to help put
together an exhibition at the British Museum, it’s the opportunity of a
lifetime. That is, until, she discovers that also working on the project is
James Fraser, architect of her greatest humiliation at school. Thankfully,
James shows no inkling of recognising Anna from their schooldays and she’s
happy to keep it that way. As they get closer both personally and
professionally, Anna starts to find her opinion of James changing … People can
change – Anna herself is a testament to that – so why does she feel like she’s
making a mistake in trusting him?
