A few years ago I fell into what is commonly referred to as 'chic lit' thanks to Bridget Jones' Diary. I didn't stay long, maybe a year tops, but I did buy and love Meg Cabot's books from that time. She wrote three in her 'Boys' series (Boy Meets Girl, The Boy Next Door and Every Boy's Got One) in which the entire book was written in memos, emails, text messages, instant messages and the like. I so enjoyed those that I went on the search for more like them, but came up with very little.

So my delight when I found out about Medeiros' Goodnight Tweetheart was immense. I haven't read Medeiros before, though of course I've seen her books around, but after reading the short excerpt that was available on the Pocket After Dark site I was hooked. I'm addicted to twitter and since I've found it difficult to have meaningful conversations via it, I wanted to see how a 'romance' would pan out.

In a lot of ways it worked. The book isn't solely based around tweets, there's a lot of traditional novel, but for the vast majority of the book the two characters don't 'meet' in real life. They eventually move their relationship from tweets to calling each other, but they don't take that final step for many reasons.

In this day and age when everybody can be anybody online it can be hard to find someone who is 'genuine'. Even harder to want to build a relationship--friendship or romance--with that person and trust that they aren't pulling something on you. Abigail and Mark are who they say they are. Oh some of the details are fudged (especially in Mark's case), but they don't lie about who they are.

Their romance is a slow burn, building over shared interests and friendly debates. Since they don't know what each other looks like (and for a while sounds like) everything is based on personality. Its refreshing, almost like the western romances about the men and women who wrote letters across the vastness of the country. It was at times painful, especially as little clues are dropped about Mark that don't begin to add up and you just worry that something will happen to hurt Abigail. Medeiros makes you care for the characters and root for them.

The ending is hopeful. I don't want to spoil anything, but the truth about Mark is revealed and its both worst and better then what you might expect. I want to believe there is a brighter future for them (though I'm too realistic to think so).

As a 'new style' of telling the cliche of 'boy meets girl', I think this works well. My only worry is that it may also date itself. I suppose time will tell. ( )

I normally don't read a lot of "normal" romance novels. But Goodnight Tweetheart was a book that I had heard nothing but great things about, so I knew that I had to at least give it a try seeing as I am a twitterholic and figured that this would be a lighthearted fun read.
I can't believe how GREAT the book really was. I was expecting a fluffy romance where two people meet online and then meet in real life, instead what I got was a wonderful romance/comedy/tearjerker. I laughed at the DM's between main character's Abigail "Abby" Donovan and Mark Baynard. The story of Abby having trouble writing her second book, and her agent's push to get on Twitter is something that I can actually see going on in a writer's life. With the imagery that Teresa Medeiros " paints" as Mark, makes me feel as if I am traveling to all the wonderful places that him and Abby talk about. Throughout the book, I began to fall for Mark just like I could see Abby doing. The twist toward the end of the book, had me almost in tears and I knew that I would have to keep the tissues handy, and I am so glad that I did.
If you are looking for an amazingly romantic read, make sure you pick up your copy of Goodnight Tweetheart today!! ( )

I don't read a lot of contemporary romance if you follow my blog you know this. I was pleasantly surprised by this book, contemporary though it is. This book is different than any other book I have read and I have to admit when I read the excerpt from her Wicked Intentions book I was wary about it. I couldn't have been more wrong. This book is amazing.

The story is heart-wrenching and warming at the same time. There are no naughty bits but Teresa Medeiros makes up for that with witty banter and beautiful characters. Seeing as I have never read a book like this I have to say I had no idea what would happen as I read. It was amazing to get to know Mark and Abby especially in the format that we got for them. I think the tweets were perfect and genuine and there was enough actual story to get to know the characters and truly fall in love.

I can't say how much I loved this book. It touched my heart and made me fall head over heels for the characters. I teared up towards the end and I really hope we see more books like this from Teresa Medeiros. This is the perfect book to read on a cold blustery night, it will warm your heart, I promise you that. ( )

A pleasant romance, and it gets better in the last part. ( )

Fast read with fun and funny pop culture references. ( )