A review by tblmegs
Sundays at Tiffany's by Gabrielle Charbonnet, James Patterson

fast-paced

3.0

⅗ stars

Oh Geez Louise, where do I begin? This isn’t my first rodeo with this book. In fact, I believe this may be my third. If I recall correctly, I read this book at age 13, and then again at age 17. And both times I loved it, considered it one of my favourite books actually. Until that is, 24 year old Megs comes in and busts down the door. I mean, what was I thinking? This book was weird and made me uncomfortable at times to say the least. 

The concept is cute. Really, it is. I understand why younger versions of myself picked it up to read. I mean, falling in love with your childhood imaginary friend. How romantic. Until you pick up the book and said childhood imaginary friend was a grown man. That never aged- even as you- the MC are now into your thirties. 

Weird, right?

** 

Growing up, Jane Jane Margaux was a lonely child. Her mother went through multiple husbands and her own father was not very active in her life. The one good thing she did seem to have though, was imaginary friend, Michael. To Jane, Michael was the most handsome, funniest, and sweet man she had ever met- even at the age of 8.

On her 9th birthday, Michael has to leave Jane, and this crushes her. Jane vows that she’ll never forget her imaginary friend. And she doesn’t. Some twenty years later, Jane still remembers him. 

Even in her thirties Jane feels lonely. Having followed her Mother’s footsteps, Jane works producing Broadway musicals, heck, she’s even dating a Broadway actor. But her “perfect” life is cutting it for her. She feels alone as she had when she was a child. 

That is until Michael reappears in her life. And, he’s the same as she remembers him. Michael is still the sweet, handsome, and funny man that she knew as a child. But is he real or is she going crazy? And just why has Michael returned? And can she let herself love the man who broke her heart as a child again? Will he break her heart and leave her again? It seems that neither Jane nor Michael have any answers to these questions. 

**

Like I said, seems cute and innocent enough, right? I mean, that’s until you keep reading it and you find yourself repeatedly putting the book down with a dramatic eye roll. The further you get in the book, the more odd it gets. 

I mean, the concept is great, but something about a woman sleeping with the man that was her imaginary friend as a child just seems really strange to me. I mean, maybe if he was a kid like she was and later grown, it would be different. But we are talking about Michael being grown while Jane was a child, and her as an adult sleeping with him. It’s just a bit creepy and I can’t get past that. 

That and the book was so cliche that it hurt. I mean, where is the originality? 

I went in, hoping to feel a bit nostalgic as this was a book that I enjoyed as a teenager. But nope, adult me found it super weird. 

Three stars but mostly only for the concept and the fact that I enjoyed it when I was younger. 

As always, my review can be found on my Blog and Goodreads:

 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1391673654
https://screamingaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2022/07/sundays-at-tiffanys-by-james-patterson.html