Review - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Published: April 2011 by Dutton
Source: Purchased
Rating: 5 Stars

"Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you... "

Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.

Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke. When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories. By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself. What would he say?

Poor, poor Lincoln. In love with a woman who doesn't even know he exists... or does she? :) Lincoln lands a (what I'd call cushy) job as an internet security officer in a news building on night shift. He spends a few hours a night checking a folder that collects emails that contain flagged (or work inappropriate) words/phrases and then send those employees warnings. It takes him about two hours of his eight hour shift to actually do his job. So naturally, he gets bored. 

Two people keep getting their emails flagged: Beth and Jennifer. Instead of just sending them warnings, Lincoln reads their emails... all of them. Every night he tries to keep himself from reading them, but he can't. He becomes completely engrossed in these ladies' personal lives. He knows he should stop. He eventually confessed to a female friend, who also advises him to stop. But... its a little too late. Lincoln falls hard for Beth, a movie reviewer from the newsroom. 

I was so curious as to what Lincoln would do. Would he run up the stairs and confess his undying love to a virtual (pun-intended) stranger? Would he stalk her outside of just reading her emails and it end up creeping me out? Or maybe Beth will run into him and that FATE thing would happen. 
There's no way I'm spilling the beans on this one, but trust me... you are going to want to pick up this book just to find out what happens next. Rowell has written yet another show-stopping book and I just can't help but be truly impressed.