karak 's review for:

The Smart One by Jennifer Close
3.0

OK, but not great. It seems like a theme of books I've been reading lately. Woman in her late 20's/early 30's has a professional/personal crisis in NYC. Losses everything. Moves back to hometown and in with parents. Reconnects with high school friends/boyfriends. Realizes that things aren't better at home and you can't go home again. Does everything possible to move back to NYC.

As someone who would never want to live in NYC, the concept as a plot device is strained at best.