Now on her own for the first time, she relocates to a crumbling Greenwich Village hovel where she contemplates her next move. Along her way to the top of their food chain, she picks up an attached architect with a penchant for biting, two or three insane bosses, a gun, and some petulant clients. For most New Yorkers, it is almost a requirement to thrive on drama in order to survive. All of Belle's ebullient characters have plenty of drama and humanity. They are instantly recognizable.
Belle truly has a talent for characterization.
Even the supporting characters live in Technicolor in her world. Liv is funny, smart and real. She has the perfect sarcastic unaffected New Yorker tone to her voice and just the right amount of angst. And then there's Andrew. He is doting, accomplished, rich and insane.