I wish I could say that this was a really great book and Meg Cabot has done it once again, but I can't.Melissa is the Gossip columnist for New York Chronicle. She lives in Manhattan and one day she finds that her next door neighbor has been hit on the head and is unconcious in her apartment. While her neighbor, Helen, is in a coma at the hospital, Mel takes up the responsibility for Helen's animals, which she clearly does NOT have to do. Then she contacts Helen's famous photographer nephew. Instead of the nephew, someone posing as the nephew shows up to take care of the animals.This whole book is written through emails, which gets EXTREMELY irritating to read.Who actually emails anyone this much? PUH-LEEZ. This book is dumb and just not written well.All of Cabot's other books are great. NOT this one.~Atalanta

The Boy Next Door is just another chick-lit novel, a genre I am not a fan of, but I wanted to read something light and romantic for a change. The only thing that separates this book from many, many other similar novels is that it's written entirely as emails sent between the main characters. It is an annoying gimmick, but the author does a fair job of making it work, despite the fact that most people would (hopefully) never dish about their sex life using their company email address. This book is completely predictable and pretty much a complete waste of time. Cabot should stick to writing Young Adult novels. If you want a QUALITY romantic read, I recommend either Bridget Jones Diary or Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

This book is one of the best Meg Cabot books I have read in a while. Her main character, Mel Fuller, a redhead is a genuine girl who needs a boyfriend badly. Then one day, her luck changes, when her neighbor has to go to the hospital after getting attacked. And she has to take care of her pets until the neighbor's nephew comes. The neighbor's nephew comes but as a photographer Mel finds him a little odd. Soon though, they are spending a lot of time together, falling in love. Through the books e-mails you hear from a person named John Trent who's family and friends comment on the details of the novel. You also learn of the nephew, Max Friedlander's dirty little secret. Its a bit of romantic comedy mixed with mystery, that suits every teenage girl and any woman. Meg Cabot brings her winning Princess Diaries style to this wonderful beach book.

This book exceeds my expectations. It's hilarious and truly fast-paced, made even more so by its e-mail format. What I love most about the book, though, is how Meg Cabot succeeds in creating highly likeable characters, including the dumb supermodel Vivica and the formidable matriarch Mim, even the office bimbo Dolly Vargas. By the end of the book, you've fallen in love with every single one of them, including the array of quirky officemates, who giddily chip in every once in a while to gossip about the heroine. Thoroughly fun and more than enjoyable--read it!

I have never read a book like this. Yeah, it's light reading but that's the reason why I read this book in 4 hours. Yeah its 340 pgs but It's great. I mean at first I thought it was odd how the format of the book was on emails. But you get use to it. I found my self LOL and would repeat the lines out loud to laugh some more. I think this book will be great for teens or college students, but it's great! John was so sweet and well you should read for yourself it's good book!!

Do to the way the book was set up (email communication between characters) I couldn't get invested in any of the characters. It was a waste to buy at $9.