This is by far Harbison's BEST book to date.

Hope in a Jar starts out with a bang just like all of Harbison's books do. The difference with Hope in a Jar is that the book just keeps getting better and better.

The plot of the mysterious death of friendship between best friends, the too-good-to-be-true guy friend, and the rivalry between classmates which reignites at a 20 year high school reunion is handled well by Harbison.

The parallel plot lines between the past and the present work well and increase tension. All of the characters are well-drawn and real, even the "evil" Vickie who sees herself as a victim.

I can't praise this book enough. I stayed up very late last night to finish it.

I'm glad I picked this up, and if you're a fan of chick-lit, you'll be glad you picked it up too! ( )

just a girl book full of drama. Listened on audio Orglagh Cassidy - Great ( )

Just okay-brief build up had potential but a very quick finish- too quick, as if author had to go somewhere instead of finishing the book properly. Took and hour and half to read. Simple chick lit. ( )

This was supposed to be funny...I missed it.

This is light chick-lit about a high school friendship gone sour because of a major misunderstanding.

Now 20 years later at their reunion Olivia, Allie, Noah & Vickie (now Tori) all get together again.

There is romance, friendship, and old jealousies.... ( )

Strong, competent chick lit and definitely more than skin-deep. While I wouldn't normally enjoy a tale with quite so much material about beauty products, those scenes were important to the main characters and flagged fairly enough by the title itself. And although I was initially irritated by the flash-back scenes to high school, as the book went on it became obvious that the history there was an essential part of the more weighty story elements. I didn't fall totally in love with the main hero, but otherwise, this was a highly enjoyable novel which tied its loose ends together beautifully by the end. ( )