Enjoy It Had To Be You Curated By Ellie Adams Publication

my I will never listen to the library's clerk's recommendations again, I DON'T like chicklit and I don't like predictable stories, and this was both of them, Average, "fat" girl is dumped by her boyfriend but finds love again and, of course, he's a rich, gorgeouslooking man.
The cover of the book is misleading, though, The story has nothing to do with what it promises you'll find inside,

I finished it because it was a rainy Sunday and I had nothing else to read.
And I'm being very generous when I give itstar, This must have been entertaining enough, but nearly instantly forgettable, too, I know this because I'm writing this a month after I finished the book and I only have a vague memory of what happened in it.
It's been a long time since I've read a lot of chick lit, and I'm disappointed that every title I pick up is either average or terrible.

'It Had to Be You' is the former, It's repetitive, with the first half of the book dedicated to Lizzy getting over her breakup and constantly getting drunk with friends.
I felt as though I was getting liver damage just from reading, There's only a certain amount of winedrinking that I can stomach reading,
Ideally, this book should have been less thanpages, so I can't understand how it was edging towards.
Half of it isn't even relevant, The love story itself is pretty typical, though there was a twist that I didn't see coming, but I'm probably going to have forgotten every detail of this book within a week.
Forgettable. The story follows Lizzy Spellman from London, who attends a fancy dress birthday party where she gets dumped pretty nastily by her boyfriend.
Of course someone films it and Lizzy ends up being a massive hit on Youtube, As if this wasn't bad enough, her job in a PR firm and their more or less serious clients annoy the hell out of her as well.
As she is instructed to promote a horribly stupid product, she makes contact with cynical, grumpy Elliot, She doesn't really like him at first, but as they exchange more emails, and accidentally see each other in person, a sort of friendship starts to blossom.
. .

That was a nice and easy read, Typical chicklit, without any hidden disasters or anything, I really liked that! Lizzy and Elliot despite his bad moods earlier in the book were wonderful characters.
Also Poppet, one of Lizzy's best friends was a very loveable girl, Her other best friend Nic was an annoying bitch sometimes but she was also OK I guess, What I didn't like about Lizzy was her constant drinking, She permanently drinks too much and wakes up with the headache of the century and so on and so forth.
That was a bit annoying at times, and quite stupid, really, But other than that I really liked her and her friends and the story as a whole, an easy, light read with a few laughs along the way! Ellie Adams is actually the pen name of one of my favourite authors, Jo Carnegie! I believe she chose it as Jo Carnegie writes cotswold bonkbusters, whereas Ellie Adams writes big city romances as long as it gives me more books by her, it's fine by me!

It Had To Be You is so funny, from moments like Lizzy headbutting Justin after being dumped to little remarks about how her mum had kicked Lizzy's father with her stiletto and the wound went septic.
The dynamic between Lizzy and her mother reminds me of Miranda and Penny in the TV show Miranda, which is a compliment!

Also, this is enemies to lovers done right! Lizzy and Elliot hate eachother because of petty arguments and awkward interactions and eventually fall in love.
I've read one too many books where abusive but forgiven is masquerading as enemies to lovers, so this is very refreshing.


There's a Brontë reference in chapter!

The representation of a character with clinical depression is quite worrying.
. .   but I think those weird traits were supposed to be the character and not the depression, Lizzy saying she's "not that kind of girl" and describing a photo of Amber as "Lolitaesque" doesn't sit right with me either.


Once again, every book I've read from this author is an undoubted five out of five! Lizzy Spellman is one of the funniest chick lit girls I've had the pleasure to accompany on her disastrous journey to happiness.
We clicked on the first page when Lizzy is in this aweful costume and is called on stage to sing karaoke in front of a horde of wedding guests and get dumped by her boyfriend.
And then a YouTube video of the whole scene goes viral, What a terribly awkward start to the story! Of course I was instantly hooked and couldn't wait to find out what else Ellie Adams had planned for her heroine.


Lizzy and Elliot are not your typical adorable chick lit couple, He's a grump. She is disappointed in men after being dumped in front of a huge crowd, The two are pretty different characters, Elliot is always disapproving and hesitant at letting people into his life, whereas Lizzy is bubbly and outgoing.
You think Lizzy can break his shell

IT HAD TO BE YOU is like a quickwitted and modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice.
He seems so rude and unapproachable at first and Lizzy is instantly convinced that he's stuck up, Still, between misunderstandings and confusions a solid and beautiful friendship develops between the two, Their friendship makes up a good part of the story until they finally get a chance to test their romantic feelings for each other.
Which was a welcome change to the love stories that feel too intense too fast, I could really use a sequel to the story so that I can find out what happens next in Lizzy and Elliot's love story.

Friendship in general is a brilliant aspect of this book, Poppet and Nic are Lizzy's best friends, And they are such fun friends who made the story a much more enjoyable read, As much as you want a happy ending for Lizzy, you want it for her friends, too,

Like many others of my favourite chick lit books IT HAD TO BE YOU is set in London.
This very urban and colorful setting holds so many possiblities, One of them is Lizzy working in PR, And the PR work was hilarious, Usually, I'm not very into reading so much about what characters are doing at work every day, but Lizzy's job experiences really gave the book an uplifting and warm spirit.
Lizzy's work scenes were probably my favourite part of her story, I couldn't count how often I texted a friend to share the hilarious jokes, They are too good not to be shared!


, IT HAD TO BE YOU This has to be it, your next chick lit read!

Lizzy Spellman is a character you want to meet.
She's funny. She's lively. And I could relate to her really well, Lizzy's awkward and hilarious situations, and secondary characters with actual, outstanding personalities make IT HAD TO BE YOU an especially memorable read.
I read Ellie Adams' new book in one sitting while on vacation, This is my third time reading this book and it gets better each time, I'm still yet to find a modern day chick lit romance novel that is better than it.
Most definitely deserves a read! It made me laugh SO hard, Seriously. At the beginning it was a bit slow, I saw not development who goes out and drinks every single night with their friends, but kept reading cause it was hilarious.

It didn't disappoint me at all in the end,
If you are looking for a good laugh and sexiness too, this is a must, Oh, and it definetley reminded me of Bridget Jones, which cannot be a bad thing, I loved this book, it was a little predictable but sometimes thats what you want I laughed snorted out loud on the train a few times whilst reading this.
A perfect "hopeless" love story, “Lizzy Spellman has been dumped, At a party. While wearing a Henry VIII costume, By the man she thought was The One, Someone even filmed it, so now she's a massive YouTube hit sensation too, ” doesnt that want you to read more!!!!!! I cant imagine a worse scenario for me!
This is my favourite type of genre my go to books to enjoy a few hours.
I loved the characters in this book they are all so fun to read, Lizzy is so well written and you really warm to her, You meet her family, friends, colleagues and of course the rudest, most cynical man in the world, You are left wanting to know what will happen next, The best sort of book keeps you turning the pages long after you should have put the book down.

I really enjoyed this book and cant wait to see more by Ellie Adams,

Thank you to Net Galley and Random House Uk for the chance to read this lovely book.

'It Had to Be You' is your typical, lighthearted chicklit, The lead character, Lizzy is your every day Bridget Jones who seems to experience dilemma after dilemma topped off with a huge amount of alcohol! As with the majority of chicklit, you are taken on a journey through bad break ups, awkward dates and 'girly gossip' but despite the cliche, it was an absolute pleasure.
This was an extremely easy read very fluffy, uplifting and funny and I was sad to see this is the only book Ellie Adams had written so far! I would like to see more of her.
This certainly made a change

from a lot of the doom and gloom I read!
Originally posted on sitelinkThis Chick Reads

Copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review

If you're a hard core chick lit fan, you've probably at least heard of Jo Carnegie if not read her novels.
This is also a book by Jo, but written under the pen name Ellie Adams, To this day, though we follow each other on twitter, I have no idea what's the reason for writing under a different name when this book perfectly falls in the genre she was previously writing.
But anyway, could be some marketing stuff, and that's really not as important as the awesomeness of this book.


I read it months ago, but due to my busy schedule and being preoccupied with my PhD, I never got round to review it.
But as the saying goes better late than never, so here I ago,

Lizzy Spellman has just been dumped, at a costume party while wearing a ridiculous Henry VIII costume.
As in every rom com, of course she thought that this guy was the one and is heart broken and utterly humiliated.
It's not just the dumping part in public, but someone actually filmed this lowest point in her life and without wanting to she turns into a sort of celeb everyone recognizes as the girl who got dumped.


She'd rather just hibernate till people forget about the whole humiliation video, but life goes on.
And Lizzy does try to move on, changing and growing on the way,

I really really loved this book, First off, we've seen this in so many chick lit novels yet it never ceases to be interesting and even funny, girl gets dumped, girl is hurt, girl changes for better.
However, that whole video thing was such a nice addition and the reason for making me laugh out loud even after just couple of pages.
The way people react at this kind of humiliating situations really says a lot about them, Lizzy is not a loser, she's neither a victim, she's this super fun, funny, charming girl who's dealing with the situation making a lemonade when life gives her lemons.
This is what makes this story so brilliant, you can connect to Lizzy and root for her, She's an adorable character you can't help but love,

I was also rather pleased with the side characters, who are wonderful addition to the story, completing Lizzy's character and making this book, lovely as a whole.


The point is, no matter under which name the author goes by, whether it's Ellie or Jo, she's brilliant and rules the chick lit genre.
I can totally see this novel made into a movie, it would really be a fantastic rom com, though honestly I can't think of a casting right now.
Lizzy is such a unique character and the author did such a brilliant work in plotting her, it's really hard to say which actress would do it justice.
Do I recommend this book, YES, or as Simon Cowell would say, BIG FAT YES! If you're looking for a great book to spend a pleasant day with, or for something to cheer you up on these cold, grey days, this is the book for you.
It's funny, heart warming and so so charming, I'm certain it will leave a huge smile on your face!,