Book of the Week: Opportunity Rings

Erica Swift, the protagonist of Sherl Steinberg's Opportunity Rings, is a tech-unsaavy woman who runs the marketing department at Rockit Wireless, a cell phone provider. As the book opens Erica's trying her best to balance career with putting the spice back into her marriage. The latter turns out to be an exercise in futility, because her stuffy husband promptly dumps her for his older boss. Erica seems more devastated that the other woman is a cougar rather than the fact that her husband has actually left her (that should tell you something about their relationship).

Erica dates eligible men and when she finally ends up with the right one--not a surprise who this turns out to be--the payoff is rushed. Barely a couple of pages.

Honestly, I didn't love this book. There were some parts that were funny, but there didn't seem to be any meat. I mean, not that chick lit is generally excessively meaty, but I guess the problem is I didn't feel a connection with Erica and her plight. Although I could relate to the tech-unsaavy part. What's the last book you read that you didn't really love?