Ahhh, I wrote a review and then it vanished. I hate it when that happens! Ah, wells, I'll try again and will hopefully write an even better one than before. 
 This book is by Rainbow Rowell. That seems like an obvious statement, but it's important. I promise. 
 You see, last month I read (and loved) Rowell's YA novel Fangirl. I went so far as to write a raving five-star review. I gave five stars to a contemporary novel. A contemporary, love story novel. 
 That, my friends, is rare. 
 The fact that I loved her one book that much, made it very clear to me that I must read all the Rainbow Rowell novels in the world. So I went on a Rainbow Rowell hunt and found Attachments, her adult novel. I dug in eagerly, and I wasn't disappointed. 
 Because it was technically an 'adult' novel, I was aware that I may have to stop reading at some point or another due to discomfort. That never happened, thankfully. 
 But, the novel. Let's jump into it. 
 Lincoln is twenty-eight. He lives at home. His mom cooks him his dinners to take to work- which is being the IT and Internet Security guy at The Courier newspaper. He's in charge of the computers, obviously, but he also is sent 'flagged' emails. Emails that contain possibly untoward contents. He reads those emails, and then sends warnings to the workers who sent them. 
 Enter Beth and Jennifer. One's a movie review for the paper, one's a copy editor. Both are bored, and both love to send emails back and forth. Emails that definitely fall into the 'not working and probably should be flagged by the IT guy category.' 
 But they don't get warnings from the IT guy. In fact, Lincoln enjoys reading the emails,and may or may not be in love with one of them because of the emails. 
 Awkward. 
 And troublesome, both to the reader and Lincoln, who is acutely aware that reading the emails is an invasion of privacy and definitely not ethical. 
 As for the characters, I was impressed. Rainbow Rowell manages to create wonderfully round characters, especially in Beth and Jennifer. The fact that they have maybe two actual 'scenes' in the traditional sense of the book makes it all the better. Through their many emails, she shows us their friendship, their personalities, their personal struggles, and makes us appreciate them as characters. The fact that she can do that through snippets of emails is amazing. 
 As for Lincoln, he was awkward, sweet, and like-able enough. He's pathetically pitiful in one sense, but it's a pleasure to see him grow up and grow into himself. Though that's usually the kind of thing you read about in a YA or New Adult book, not an Adult one. Still, it was good. 
 All in all, this book was funny, cute, fluffy, and serious by turn. It was an enjoyable read. Congrats, Rainbow Rowell, on doing it again.