Publication Date: April 14th, 2011
Publisher: Dutton
Rating: ★★★★★
Hi, I’m the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . ” Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It’s company policy.) But they can’t quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives. Meanwhile, Lincoln O’Neill can’t believe this is his job now- reading other people’s e-mail. When he applied to be “internet security officer,” he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke. When Lincoln comes across Beth’s and Jennifer’s messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can’t help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories. By the time Lincoln realizes he’s falling for Beth, it’s way too late to introduce himself. What would he say . . . ?
Review:
This story was extremely interesting. I’ve never heard of a premise quite like this one. It starts with the story of Lincoln and how his love life is not as quite as up to date as it could be. The time frame is a little outdated for now, but it is interesting because it takes place around Y2K and at the Courier. It’s Lincoln’s job to read the email’s of his co-workers and send warnings to those who get flagged. That’s where he finds the emails of two best friends, Beth and Jennifer who talk about anything under the sun.
He should give them warnings, but he finds that he can’t. He also finds himself falling for a woman that’s in a relationship. After Lincoln’s troubling past relationship, he is apprehensive to meet her. This story was definitely a romantic adventure and I loved it from start to finish. Definitely would recommend this to anyone.
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