A review by maedo
The Smart One by Jennifer Close

5.0

It's not often that I want to hug a book as much as I want to hug this one. Jennifer Close's writing is at times acerbic, at times so vulnerable, always full of the tang of originality and intelligence that isn't sparked so often by typical chick lit storylines -- of which there are a few here. No character's strife doesn't feel real, even if the characters themselves are ones we've seen before.

A humbling confession: the parts about Cleo and the Coffey family's ancient dog made me cry.