Harmless, Forgettable Novel with Some Letters

Anyway, I was a bit disappointed when I realized how much of the novel was actually prose, telling the story of the two protagonists through third person limited rather than through letters they write each other. Eve Petworth, a reclusive Englishwoman, writes a fan letter to Jackson Cooper, an American thriller author, and they communicate back and forth. While the novel does trace the influence they have on each other and mention some of their exchanges, the novel mainly tells the story of them as individuals. Jackson’s second wife has left him, he’s dealing with writer’s block, and is generally just suffering from a midlife crisis. Eve’s mother, a very controlling woman, has been dead for a year, and Eve’s daughter has recently become engaged.  Full Review.  It’s basically an ok book, pleasant enough for an afternoon, but not really that exciting.