Da New York A Notting Hill Per Innamorarsi Ancora (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
SynopsisNo one could accuse Scarlett O’Brien of having a boring life. Recently she has sought out her long lost mother, ran out on her fiancé on their wedding day and fell completely in love with another man. This is the stuff of movie plots…which is kind of fitting because Scarlett O’Brien loves the movies. However, over the past few months life has settled down. It is not exactly humdrum but it is certainly less dramatic than it has been in the past.Scarlett is a stuck in a bit of a rut but when her boyfriend Sean talks her into going to New York for a week to see her dad she jumps at the chance and new adventure (in the only way that Scarlett can cause an adventure) happens and the drama of Scarlett O’Brien returns with a vengeance.ReviewHaving only just recently read the predecessor to this book I had second book anxiety. There was no way that I was going to love this book more than the first one. How wrong can a girl be? Ali McNamara nailed it with this sequel. If anything, it is a much more accomplished novel than From Notting Hill with Love…Actually.Scarlett is such a determined character yet it is often her dogged determination that gets her into all of these scrapes yet somehow she manages to turn things around and make them work for her.I did start to get a little angry with our heroine midway through the novel as I thought that one of her decisions was running the risk of ruining her relationship with Sean and I really like the character of Sean but as I said earlier Scarlett manages to somehow make things work out for her.I think what made this book superior to the first one (which by the way was pretty darn fantastic) is that Scarlett has a change in her character in the fact that she is so much more selfless. Her actions in the first book without being selfish were self motivated. In From Notting Hill to New York…Actually we see her as so much more pure and altruistic.It is this fact and once again hr series of wacky misadventures that make the Actually books so entertaining. I am so excited to read the third in the series – From Notting Hill with Four Weddings…Actually – which was released last week.From Notting Hill with Love…Actually, From Notting Hill to New York…Actually and From Notting Hill with Four Weddings…Actually by Ali McNamara are all available now. At first I didn't really like it, Scarlett annoyed the bejesus out of me, but the story crept up on me as I read on. I loved the whole story about the brooch and Jamie being her half-brother, especially because I found out it is the second book in a series and I thought it would be awful if she left one man to be with another two books in a row. Oscar was amazing! The ending had me smiling, much to my surprise. And I suppose there was something fitting about finishing the book on Valentine's Day. 3/5 because the build up threw me off and I am not a big fan of present tense first person narrative. A nice, easily read book.
What do You think about Da New York A Notting Hill Per Innamorarsi Ancora (2014)?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book as much as the first one (From Notting Hill with Love...Actually).
—wedj
I loved the first book but this book did not hit the spot till the last chapter I'm afraid
—wentlee
I didn't 'actually' get as far as halfway...possibly the worst book I've ever read!
—Monique
