The Write Stuff

Love Letters #3

by Jahnna N. Malcolm

You, like an angel…Wanted to say hello.

Rachel is so the It Girl. She has the looks and any guy she wants. Until Dylan. To get Dylan, Rachel has her best friend, Hannah, write an e-mail for her. It works. Dylan thinks he’s falling for Rachel—but he’s really falling for Hannah.

And now Hannah has two choices: bail on her best friend, or risk losing Dylan forever.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Chick Lit, Fiction

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 8, 2005

About the author

Jahnna N. Malcolm is the pen name for husband-and-wife team Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner. Together they've written four musicals, two movies, three CD-ROM games, and nearly one hundred books, including the popular series The Jewel Kingdom. They met in the theater and were married on the stage using Marlowe's famous love letter from "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" as their wedding vows.

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute YA book, sweet story, two girls, one guy, a bit of Cyrano thrown in. Will either girl get the guy?

back cover--Rachel is so the It Girl. She has the looks and any guy she wants. Until Dylan. To get Dylan, Rachel has her best friend, Hannah, write an e-mail for her. It works. Dylan thinks he’s falling for Rachel—but he’s really falling for Hannah.

And now Hannah has two choices: bail on her best friend, or risk losing Dylan forever.

[Diane ϟ [ Lestrange ] · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Write Stuff is actually the third book in the series LOVE LETTERS. Each book in this series has its own characters, and these characters are book specific and do not continue in any of the other books. When I read this book I did not know it was the third in the series, but enjoyed that it was written for first time readers of the series.

The story revolves around a senior named Hannah, her best friend Rachel and the new boy in town, Dylan. Hannah is very athletic and has always been surrounded by boy friends all her life. However, she has never had a boyfriend. Rachel is the school's official "It Girl", and she has never been without a boyfriend. Dylan is the new boy in school, who moved to Colorado from London.

The first time Hannah and Dylan meet, Hannah believes she has found just the right guy to date. As they begin talking and discussing similar likes (i.e. their love of horses - Hannah owns a horse and works at a stable - and their love of the outdoors - Hannah loves rock climbing and belongs to an outdoor group, which Dylan decides to join), it is time for class. In the lunchroom, they again start talking with the guys Hannah knows from her outdoor group. As they are talking, in walks Rachel. Dylan is instantly smitten with Rachel's stunning looks and beauty.

Dylan sends an e-mail to Rachel to introduce himself. Rachel, who is not that literary, asks Hannah to help her. Hannah writes a series of heartfelt e-mails to Dylan. Dylan thinks they are from Rachel and believes he has found the girl for him - but actually it's the writer he is falling in love with.

Dylan and Rachel have a first date at the football game. Rachel asks Hannah to come with to help her out with the words that Hannah wrote to Dylan. Hannah is enjoying herself until Rachel points out that she and Dylan are on a date. Hannah goes home alone, and feeling terrible.


-xoxo

[Zidane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Judul : The Write Stuff Diam-Diam Jatuh Cinta
Pengarang : Jahnna N. Malcolm
Penerbit : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Tahun Terbit : 2008
Tempat Terbit : Jakarta
Halaman Buku : 168 halaman
Panjang Buku : 20 cm
Tebal Buku : 0,8 cm
Lebar Buku : 13,5 cm
Kelemahan : tidak ada pembatas buku, tidak ada daftar isi, menggunakan kertas buram.
Kelebihan : mudah di mengerti, menarik,sampulnya bagus,membuat pembaca penasaran dan ingin cepat menyelesaikan.

Sinopsis : Hannah Briggs bertemu cowok bernama Dylan Saunders di sekolahnya Red Rock High School. Semenjak itu mereka berteman dan semakin dekat dan akrab.
Dylan juga diajak Hannah untuk ikut club pecinta alam

Suatu hari Hannah kerumah sahabatnya Rachel, Rachel meminta pada Hannah agar tidak terlalu sibuk, tapi juga punya pacar,setelah itu Hannah akan becerita tentang Dylan pada Rachel, tapi e-mail Rachel berbunyi, dia mendapat kiriman dari Dylan, akhirnya Hannah tidak jadi bercerita. Dia kaget, cowok pertama yang bias buat Hannah jatuh Cinta, malah suka sama Rachel, dan Rachel menyuruh Hannah untuk membalas surat dari Dylan, Karen nilai bahasa inggris Hannah A.

Sejak saat itu semua surat dary Dylan untuk Rachel di balas Hannah. Awalnya Dylan berkencan dengan Rachel, tapi lama kelamaanDylan lebih suka dengan Hannah.

Hannah sudah bosan terus-terusan membalas surat Dylan untuk Rachel. Suatu ketika Hannah dan Rachel bertengkar, Dylan mendengarnya, Dylan tau kalau surat itu bukan dari Rachel, tapi Hannah.

Dylan bilang suka pada si pembuat surat yaitu Hannah. Dylan merasa Rachel dan Hannah mempermainkannya terus Hannah menulis e-mail untuk minta maaf pada Dylan. Beberapa hari kemudian saat Hannah dalam bus saat akan mendaki bersama teman-temannya di tengah perjalanan busnya berhenti dan Dylan masuk bus lalu mengungkapkan isi hatinya pada Hannah.

[Natasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book, along with Perfect Strangers, was one of my favourite books to read in grades 10 and 11. I read this one a few times, though I definitely read Perfect Strangers more. It was nice to read them both again and relive the memories. Unfortunately, reading it 6-7 years later, I feel like I didn't enjoy this one as much. The plot is a little weak, and it's way too predictable like, a new guy comes to town and Hannah loves him but he's in love with her friend Rachel. Then when he starts messaging Rachel, Rachel asks Hannah to respond on her behalf. Hannah responds, but not how Rachel would. She responds on behalf of herself, really, with HER likes and interests. In my opinion I think that's kind of silly; why would you help your friend by writing all about yourself? If she didn't want to help Rachel reply, she just should have said no. (And of course, in the end, Hannah gets the guy), and that also made me find Hannah sort of frustrating and I started to not really like her. (How did I not pick that up as a 16-year-old??) Also, Hannah in general just seems a bit too much like a know-it-all when she's around Dylan (the new guy), so it was a little difficult to think much of her. But, all in all, still a not-bad read.
Favourite character: Rachel. Sure, she's a little ditzy and boy crazy, but she's not one of "those girls" who are obnoxious and show off-y; she's really sweet and nice.

[Lydia Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite books and I desperately want to read the rest in this series because I LOVE 'Perfect Strangers', another one of the Love Letters that I own. These books are pretty short, but fun, witty, and pretty realistic, too.

In this one, horse riding and rock climbing Hannah meets cute and British Dylan and instantly falls in love. Unfortunately, Dylan has the same 'love at first sight' with her best friend, Rachel. He even goes as far as to email his feelings to her and Rachel has Hannah write a reply for her, since she doesn't really like typing. The email comes straight from Hannah's heart, though, and isn't Rachel at all. So, while Dylan falls in love with Rachel's looks, he's really falling for Hannah's writing, too. If only Dylan wasn't so perfect for Hannah, she might be able to let him go...

[Annette · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading this book, I thought it was a pretty corny book. Though Dylan was falling for the wrong person, he finally knew who he like the whole time after all. The person that Dylan thought he liked was Rachel because of her e-mails. But then the emails were actually written by her best friend Hannah. The more Hannah wrote, the more she was attracted to him. While Dylan soon finds that it was different talking to Rachel in person than in the letter.


My favorite part in the book was when Dylan and Hannah get together.

My least favorite part was when Dylan liked Rachel for her looks.

[Missfzteta]

Rachel adalah kembang sekolah. Ia memiliki kecantikan yang membuat semua cowok tergila-gilla. Sampai Dylan muncul. untuk mendapatkan cinta Dylan, Rachel menyuruh sahabatnya si cewek biasa-biasa saja yang suka menunggang kuda dan panjat tebing, Hannah, untuk menuliskan email-emailnya. San siasat itu berhasil. Dylan mengira ia jatuh cinta kepada Rachel yang cerdas dan memiliki banyak kesamaan dengannya padahal sebenarnya dia jatuh cinta kepada si penulis email alias Hannah.

[Jean · Rating 3 out of 5]

I kind of grown out of this book, but no-doubt it was a good coming-of-age novel for preteens struggling through puberty and friendship problems.

The characters were believable, plot wasn't very fresh but nevertheless cute. Really corny, especially whatever Dylan was saying, but eh, I would recommend it to little girls. Also showed how guys could be kind of shallow c:

[Katrina Knittle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a fast, easy, short, and corny book to read. Even with the side of corny I still enjoyed it very much. The book is filled with drama, romance, and action. The main characters of this book seemed to have tight bonds, which I could relate too. I would definitely recommend to those who are looking for a corny and cute read.

[Latiece Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was good i really liked it. It was filled with all types of drama, romance,and action. The main characters in this book had a tight bond as close friends who liked to climb or hike up mountains.

[Indah W · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kelar juga baca buku yang satu ini, hmm.. enaknya dikasih rating berapa yaa? 3 aja dhe :D

Senang sih si Hannah in the end got her happy ending, and gara2 baca nih teenlit, gua makin berpendapat kalo kuda ituu.. gagah yaa, ahahahaha :))

[Annesa Saraswati · Rating 4 out of 5]

bacanya udah lama banget. mungkin pas kelas 1 smp (?). baca buku ini soalnya dibeliin sama mamah (tapi sekarang bukunya gaktau kemanaa.. hiks :( . bagus banget deh ceritanya. recommended banget. bisa dijadiin bahan bacaan seru disaat suntuk :D

[Raechel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was good from what I remember, because I read it last year. If you are a girl and you love gossip then this book is for you.

[mansha kakar · Rating 4 out of 5]

=/ wasnt very worth it!

[The Third Place A Teen Library]

F MAL ll

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

213th - 2011

[lee yuna · Rating 5 out of 5]

dianm diam jatuh cinta

[Haley S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good for all teen girls!! Liked it very much!!