I think a lot of people have marked this book down as it's been marketed as a romantic comedy but it really isn't. I did love reading the descriptions of the vintage clothes (by now I want one of those prom dresses too) however the vintage shop is a vehicle for the characters to meet and their stories to unravel and intertwine. Phoebe is interested in the lives the clothes were part of and through that she hears a story from the past that mirrors her own guilt. The book does have a central romance, but that's not what it's about, its themes are guilt and loss. I stayed up late to finish it and cried in a few places...signs of a good book!