The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club

By Jessica Morrison

Book Overview

28-year-old Cassie Moore has always played it safe, living life according to a meticulously organized Master Plan. But when she loses her Perfect Job and finds her fianc in bed with his ex on the same day, it's clear that The Plan has failed her. She awakens the next day from a drunken stupor to discover that she's booked herself on a six-month trip to Buenos Aires. She speaks not a word of Spanish, but she's already emailed the news to everyone she knows, so there's no turning back.

Once in Buenos Aires, Cassie is reluctantly seduced by this glorious city. Her exuberant landlady introduces her to the handsome but haughty Mateo, a man Cassie clashes with right from the start. She soon befriends other lovelorn travelers and together, they start a "Brokenhearts Club" at a local bar, attracting a cast of characters that includes Dan, a sweet handsome man who lives as carefully and predictably as Cassie. Before long, Cassie's making a new plan:

1. Learn Spanish.
2. Stop obsessing about impossible Mateo and fall for perfect-on-paper Dan.

But staying on track isn't so simple anymore and Cassie finally realizes that sometimes life--and love--defies her best-laid plans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446699128
• ISBN13: 9780446699129
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: 5 Spot
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Loved It!!!

I loved this book! It wasn't too heavy but very entertaining. It was easy to read, enjoyable and had some fun twists and turns throughout the novel. I really hope Jessica Morrison writes more like this one.

Great Summer Read

The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club is a great summer read. I read it while on a cruise and it was perfect. The plot line is easy to follow, and if you stop reading for a while and then come back, it is easy to remember what has happened. Cassie is a great, engaging, fun character. The concept of planning your life out is fascinating, if a little odd. The writing style is also very fun and down-to-earthy.

Fun Summer Read!

Great summer read! One of those interesting not too deep but really fun books. Perfect for sitting at the beach or having along when you want to dive into a novel and forget everything around you-- It is always interesting to see how a girl handles a REAL bad day, and comes out on top!

Chick lit at its finest - in an authentic setting...

Meet Cassie, a twenty-something it-chick with OCD tendencies, who launches herself into the unknown (Buenos Aires) after personal distaster (Cassie's perspective) hits her in her hometown Seattle. In Buenos Aires she goes through the stereotypical notions of a foreigner who has never been out of his geographical or lingual comfort zone. She meets Portenios as well as other foreigners with sob stories of their own. And then there are elements of personal growth and life-changing experiences. The book is chick lit, entertaining, witty and funny, including the most gorgeous of all men, of course. It may contain elements of soap-opera style exaggeration on the interpersonal level. Jessica Morrison paints a very true picture of Buenos Aires through the eyes of a non-native who falls in love with the city and its vibes. As long as the reader manages the literary expectations, you will thoroughly enjoy it. If you have seen all seasons of Sex in the City a million times and are looking for a read when you're away from your DVD player - this is it!

If you are going to read one book this year - make it this one!

Reviewed by Stephanie Rollins for Reader Views (6/07) I have read "The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club" for 4 hours straight, because I just had to see if Cassie and Mateo would come to their senses. You must read this book. While you are buying your copy, buy copies for your friends. You will find yourself calling them to discuss: Cassie and Mateo, Cassie and Jeff, Cassie and Dan, and Cassie and Antonio. Cassie lives by "The Plan." She created "The Plan" when she was seventeen. She is great at her career and she has the perfect guy (Jeff). I find so much humor in "The Plan." Then I realized I have had a plan since middle school. Maybe I need counseling....Anyway.... She is engaged. Then she gets fired for being too perfect. She finds an eviction notice on her door right before catching Jeff with his legs around Lauren doing the nasty to blaring classical music. What is she to do? She grabs her clothes, checks into a pricey hotel, gets drunk, and orders plane tickets and rents an apartment in Buenos Aires; however, this is not in "The Plan." The only thing that makes her follow through with it is Jeff's doubt that she has the courage to do such a thing. Screw Jeff. She pawns her ring, and shows Jeff that she is up for the adventure. In Buenos Aires, she stays in a cute apartment behind a nice family that sort of adopts her. She meets many gorgeous men. "Shouldn't every woman have one wild fling with a sexy foreigner?" She meets Zoey, a Texan with much flair and attitude. She is also a dumpee. They meet to bash cheating ex-boyfriends. "She even joins in on the Jeff bashing, not letting a little thing like never having met him slow her down." Cassie starts a blog that bashes her ex and describes her adventures in Buenos Aires. It becomes so popular that a group of broken-hearted individuals starts meeting Cassie weekly. This becomes The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club. The club has a special toast that starts out the drunken gathering: "Here's to the ones we love. Here's to the ones who love us. Here's to the ones we love who don't love us. Hell, screw them all, here's to us!" In the meantime, Cassie meets Dan. He is perfect--too perfect. Antonio is but a fling. He is a fling I wish upon all women who have been cheated on. He is great-looking, and he can hardly speak English. Is that a perfect fling or what? Mateo and Cassie have a love-hate relationship that has caused me much frustration. Can they just hook-up? They obviously are attracted to each other. She begins to blog about Mateo. Mateo reads her blogs. This puts a damper on their smoldering attraction. Through the entire book, I wanted to sit Mateo and Cassie down (after the fling with Antonio, of course). They needed my guidance to realize that they are falling in love. Will they look past their heartbroken pasts to see they are a perfect match? Maybe Cassie will just marry Dan. He does fit nicely into "The Plan." If you are single,