I won this book on the Goodreads book give-away. This is the first time I have read a pre-edited version of a book and at first it was a little distracting. I wanted to get out my red pen and proofread as I was going. Don't these typesetters know about spell check? Now I have that out of my system, I can get on with the story itself.

The story was a little bizarre and unrealistic, but that kind of added to the fun. I had a little trouble getting into it in the beginning, but I just had to keep reading to find out what adventures these women were getting themselves into. The premise of the story is that there is an invisible thread that binds all women together, no matter how different they are. I thought this was really nice, because I do believe that women share that bond of sisterhood that only they understand.

Five women randomly meet in an airport restroom when they try to rescue one woman's cell phone from the toilet. In the meantime, a raging storm is brewing that shuts down the airports in most of the country. One woman suggests that they all go back to her hotel suite and stay together instead of sleeping in the airport. The women range in age from early twenty-something to mid-sixties and no two of them are alike. I don't want to say anything about the plot to give it away, but I'll just tell you that nothing like this would happen in real life. I thought the book was quite entertaining and humorous in parts. Just don't try to take the book too seriously. Overall, it was a nice change of pace and a quick read ( )

Chick-lit. This book would make a great sitcom. Read it when you have a lot of time on your hands cause it takes awhile to get to know all the characters. ( )

This book has an interesting concept though not a realistic one. It is unrealistic to think that five women would spend four days together in a hotel room after only knowing each other for less than an hour. Each of the women have secrets of their own to tell which comes out during their time together. The ending of the book though is far fetched though the relationship aspect is realistic. ( )

I received this book as one of the giveaways. it took me awhile to finally read it but it was worth the wait. I really enjoyed it. Some of the reviews say the book is unrealistic and that the author is too wordy. Maybe the premise of 5 women sharing a hotel suite during a storm is a little unrealistic, but I looked at it as something that could maybe happen with my co-workers during a blizzard or some catastrophe. People staying in close quarters, even best friends, are bound to get on each other's nerves.
I like the women- each one had her own very separate personality and also a secret. During the course of the hotel stay, the women learn much about each other.
When the book ended, I wanted to keep reading and follow the women through the next year. ( )

Warning: Some spoilers Included! Hearts on a String is a novel about five women who meet in a most unlikely way in an airport restroom. They find themselves stuck at the airport and decide to stay in a hotel suite together until the storm that has stranded them there has passed. What ensues is a lot of bickering, shallow conversations and then, at the last moment, a bonding that seemed as unlikely as the rest of the circumstances in the book.

It isn't the worst book I've ever read, but the writing is awkward and you get the impression that it's a novel that's been dictated verbally in a sort of stream-of-consciousness manner. The characters have more secrets than people in the real world usually have (high crime, secret government agents, murder, and psychics all in one room, really? Is that a cross-section of five of your friends?) and fight so much that I found the bonding unlikely.

This book doesn't make me inclined to read another by this author. It would be ok for a beach read, but put "willing suspension of disbelief" high on your list as you read it. ( )