Sabrina Lacey

I Love My Breakup by Sabrina Lacey
Pt. 1/3 "I Love My..." series

Jessica Harper is the Assistant Fashion Editor for one of the biggest fashion magazines in New York City. Other than working for an overly-demanding boss, she is happy with her life and with her live-in boyfriend, David. Then the rug is pulled out from under her when David abruptly announces that they should "see other people" which, of course, means he is "already seeing other people".

As she struggles with the breakup and his callous betrayal, she decides to let loose for a while. We watch as she flounders through a couple of heated, but rather meaningless, relationships with a couple of guys--nice guys, but obviously no real depth is involved in what is shared between them, especially on her part. She doesn't really know what she wants. Unfortunately, one of the guys works for her magazine, and when they are caught in a compromising situation, they find themselves in deep water due to a conniving upstart who is trying to steal Jessica's job away from her. There's a truly laugh-out-loud scene when Jessica fights back.

Jessica has two best friends, Nicole and Amber, who are always there for her. They obviously have a special friendship, as evidenced several times throughout the story. Those girls' stories are in Parts 2 and 3 of this series. Jessica surprised me by finding love in the end with someone who would be good for her, but it was a different character than I expected.

This was generally cute fluff with some well-written steam, but Jessica's character definitely shows her (young) age in her apparent need to draw attention to herself when out in public, her risky behavior, and her self-absorbed way of looking at herself. She is a likable character, but one you know is still immature because she acts like the world revolves around her (while she's admiring herself in the mirror).… (mehr)