Quirky little romance story, by magazine journalist Zoë Folbigg,
in which a note dropped in a stranger’s lap plays a significant part, hence the
title. Not sure why I was drawn to this, as I don’t usually read romance at
all, but it kept popping up everywhere and I am a sucker for a lovely cover.
Perhaps not surprising then that our heroine Maya is an online fashion writer for
clothing giant FASH, and the object of her crush ‘Train Man’, works in
advertising, in London, which they both commute to from the burbs. In lots of
ways it’s the usual tale of boy meets girl, or rather doesn’t, lots of times -
which in the end of course is the suspense and fun. There are important life
milestones for James and Maya along the way, and winningly, Zoë Folbigg manages to
lead us around the houses until we begin to wonder, will anyone get together at
all? Based on her own experience with her very own Train Man, the writing has
the ring of authenticity to it, and the characters feel genuine. My only gripe
would be, do they all have to be so breezily successful, copping television careers
and newspaper columnist contracts with seemingly little effort? Ah well, we all like to
dream…
