Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot

One of the more recent adult chick-lit novels to come from the pen of the author more famous for The Princess Diaries, this book follows the formula perfectly. You know the one, first used by Helen Fielding in Bridget Jones's Diary where Pride and Prejudice was retold for the modern day woman who battles with her weight and clumsiness. In Cabot's retelling the female lead is Jane, a highly successful cartoonist who is traveling to Italy to be a witness to her best friend's elopement. The male lead is Cal, a foreign news correspondent who recently authored a highly successful book. He is also traveling to Italy to witness the same elopement as he is best friend of the groom. Jane hates Cal from the first moment they meet, but of course, they wind up together in the end.

Jane is not as neurotic or annoying as Bridget Jones, which makes her instantly more likable. She still has her fair share of hang-ups though. The narrative style of the book is a combination of journal entries and e-mail messages. It makes it a quick read, although I think the font types were poorly chosen. Each communication had its own font type, but these were not as easy to read as the typeface normally used in books. It was a quick read, though, which was nice. Purely fluff, and lightly humorous, it was a nice change of pace from what I've been trying to read lately. I had been wanting to read something by Meg Cabot, and curious about the chick-lit genre. Even though my classmates argued that its not as formulaic as romance, I would have to say that from what I've seen so far it is every bit as formulaic. Just a different formula.