Just Friends by Robyn Sisman

I actually saw this book in the bookstore about 2 years ago. I wanted to get it but didn't until 3 months ago. Why I didn't get this book earlier? Well becos' I always want almost every book I see at the bookstore; it's a crazy fettish I have for books. I always want more books than I can manage to read.

Nevertheless, The title of this book never left my mind; how could it. It's like hearing your partner say let's be 'just friends'. Anyway, I loved the illustration of all Robyn Sisman's book. The jacket cover of this book is one reason of getting this book. However, this book is the first one I have read written by Sisman. Sisman is British but this book is written in 21st century New York where two long lost friends, meet up, live together and along the ways of many weird happenings and stubbordness actually managed to fall in love with each other without actually knowing it. A modern-day Pride and Prejudice perhaps?

I wouldn't consider this novel a 'chick lit' genre piece. It's more grown up than that and more realistic. Even though this book is more than 400-pages, you just can't stop reading it. Took me two days to finish it.

I love the male lead character of this book - Jack. He's so hot and I fell in love with him in the end. As I was reading, I was thinking this would be a great book to turn into a movie and true enough Publishers Weekly stated that Warner Brothers has bought the rights of the book but until now hasn't turn it into a movie yet. Why I wonder? I would love your opinion (after reading this book of course) which Hollywood actor could play the role of Jack? The sexy, 6'2 in height, blond-hair writer who started off as a bad-ass guy in this novel but turned into a real sweetheart in the end.