Review on: A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans
Rating: 3.5/5
The story of A Hopeless Romantic begins with the introduction of the main character of this story, Laura, a hopeless romantic. Laura is shown as the epitome of a hopeless romantic, always finding herself very much in love with whomever she is currently in a relationship in, or whomever she has her sights on. She is a firm believer of there being someone out there for her, to the extent that she over-exerts herself in her relationships, sometimes to a point where she is taken advantage of and forgets reality. Her streak of “the one” men takes a turn for the worse when she finds herself in a secret relationship with her best friend’s husband’s best man, who also happens to be the boyfriend of a classmate of hers from high school. Not only does she throw herself into the secret relationship, but she unwittingly begins to abandon her work, her friends and her family in exchange for time with her pseudo-boyfriend.
And then, it ends. Badly. Laura finds herself lost and confused and sees no hope for the future until she one day decides to throw away her hopeless romantic self (including all her romance novels and movies) to start anew. She goes on a trip with her family and unwittingly finds herself entranced by a man she meets on a huge regency-type estate. When she finds herself falling for him and falling back into her old habit, Laura runs back home and into her new turn-over-a-new-life only to find that this time, love finds her.
