The blurb initially grabbed my attention for The Note. Have you ever ‘met’ someone and known thy were the one? Well this story takes a glimpse at what can happen. It’s a sweet concept, Maya travels each day on the same train and spots a guy who lights her spark. Trouble is he always has he head stuck in a book and barely notices her. This goes on for a long time until finally with some encouragement from her friends Maya plucks up courage to pass ‘Train Man’ a note. Now I quite like that idea and admire her for her pluck. Apart from delving into Maya’s working life which involves fashion and advertising the majority of the story is a will they won’t they get acquainted. So many missed opportunities, she becomes obsessed almost to the point of being stalkerish at times. I didn’t particularly connect with Maya, as much as I would have liked to see her happy I felt like telling her to give up and get a life elsewhere. ‘Train Man’ was more attractive, he comes across as being a nice guy if circumstances were different. The whole fashion scene wasn’t really to my taste but I’m sure plenty of readers would enjoy the insights. I have to admit I did see an article on TV where Zoe was talking about the book, explaining it is a true story etc .. it was only when the title/cover of the book came up I made the connection that it was one I was due to read! So unfortunately I went into it knowing the outcome, whether that made it appear more drawn out than it was I don’t know. I believe this is a debut, it will be interesting to see what Zoe writes next. My thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for my copy which I read and reviewed voluntarily.