Fly Me to the Moon

3.5 stars

Hailey is stunned to find her boyfriend of six years with someone else on her birthday and on the night she thought he was going to propose. Suddenly she has no place to live and is a little lost. She is a flight attendant, and goes about her work and her life with the help of her best friend Clay and another friend, Kat, who has been a flight attendant for decades. Hailey must now figure out what she wants to do with her life and explores her options, while getting out there and dating new people.

I liked it. It was light, quick, and enjoyable. The author herself was once a flight attendant so it was interesting to read a little behind-the-scenes stuff about that, too.

Flight attendant Hailey Lane is positive her pilot boyfriend of four years is going to propose, so when the rest of her schedule is cancelled she’s thrilled that she can fly home early. But instead of a celebratory dinner she gets a shock when she enters their apartment bedroom. Fleeing to a friend’s apartment she sets out to mend her broken heart by working more trips to Europe and taking advantage of long layovers and free flight passes.

This is pretty typical chick-lit, including a glamorous job (that really isn’t), lots of self-doubt, friends with fabulous Manhattan apartments, and several rich, handsome men all besotted with our heroine. Oh, and LOTS of use of italics to be sure the reader understands the significance of show more certain phrases.

This is total mind candy. It’s a fast and mildly entertaining read, but the writing is uneven and the situations just had me rolling my eyes. I finished it only because it satisfied several challenges. show less

I really enjoyed this book. Hailey is a very real protagonist and I liked that this was not a conventional love story. It made me laugh out loud a couple of times but I also felt sad for Hailey as well. Well written and I am going to make an effort to read more of Alyson Noel's books.

Cute but predictable novel about a flight attendant who is also an aspiring writer. She's looking for love while putting up with a soul-sucking job.

Was weekly Read it First from St. Martin's Press. My first Chick-lit book. Liked it very much.

Hailey Lane es azafata de vuelo. Lleva meses esperado a que su novio le pida que se case con él, así que decide preparar una velada romántica, la ocasión perfecta... Al entrar en su apartamento, descubre que Michael le está siendo infiel y el mundo se desploma a su alrededor. Sin embargo, Hailey aprenderá a recuperarse y a dedicarse tiempo a sí misma, a la novela que lleva años intentando publicar, a divertirse con sus viajes...

In dem Buch "Der nächste bitte" geht es um eine Flugbegleiterin, die an ihrem Geburtstag ihren Freund, einen Piloten, überraschen möchte und ihn dabei mit einem Anderem erwischt. So geht das Buch eigentlich nur darum den richtigen Mann zu finden. Es ist angenehm zu lesen und gut für den Urlaub und nichts zum Nachdenken. Einfach zum Abschalten.