This is definitely not your typical romance novel! It is so original and incredibly well written in e-mail format that it keeps you turning page after page – never wanting to put it down! It is amazing to discover how much you can actually learn about a person via email and how well you can build up a picture of them in your mind without ever really seeing them. Leo and Emmi are two fantastic characters whose comical banter just had me giggling away to myself.
But I decided to give it a go due to it’s massive success overseas, and boy am I glad I did! When I picked it up and saw the cover and read the blurb, I thought there was no way this book was for me! I’m certainly no fan of ‘chick-lit’ or anything remotely ‘girly’ so the idea of another soppy romance novel didn’t really entice me. It has sold over one million copies in its German edition alone and has been a massive bestseller across Europe. Love Virtually is due to be published on 3rd February 2011 and has been translated from the German. Will their feelings for each other survive the test of a real-life encounter? And if so, what then? Love Virtually is a funny, fast-paced and utterly absorbing novel, with plenty of twists and turns, about a love affair conducted entirely by email.
But they keep putting off the moment – the prospect both excites and unsettles them. The erotic tension simmers, and it seems only a matter of time before they will meet in person.
A few brief exchanges are all it takes to spark a mutual interest in each other, and soon Emmi and Leo are sharing their innermost secrets and longings. Being polite he replies, and Emmi writes back. Writing is kissing with the mind.’ It begins by chance: Leo receives emails in error from an unknown woman called Emmi. Writing is like kissing, but without lips.
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