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| My own copy |
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| Original Cover |
The blurb:
Some people
book last-minute holidays, walk barefoot in the grass or party on a week night.
Not Nicola Brown. Nicola is the kind of girl who double-locks the front door,
leaves the plastic covering on new furniture, sticks to a super-strict diet and
definitely, absolutely Does Not Date.
Her
colleague Caroline – loopy, warm and exasperated by her, knows that Nicola's
reluctance to lose control means she's living only half a life. And so she lays
down the gauntlet: Nicola must cast aside her hang ups and go on as many dates
as it takes to find true love in time for Valentine's Day.
The pick of
local men is, quite frankly, a bit rubbish. And there are only three months
until February 14th. Surely it's an impossible task? But, as Nicola is about to
find out on her dodgy dates, letting go isn't quite as scary as she imagined.
In fact, it's rather a lot of fun..
My Opinion:
*Book
provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review* Thank you Kerry at Novelicious :)
I’ve heard different opinions about this book,
but I didn’t want them to spoil everything for me, so I just saw some ratings.
I enjoyed reading this story from the start,
it’s funny, bubbly and light.
Nicola is such a lovely character and I could
easily relate to her. In some ways I saw myself in her. Despite her OCD tendencies,
Nicola can let go and be funny. We especially get to see that when she takes up
Caroline’s challenge. It was such a pleasure to follow her story with lots of
LOL moments and funny conversations.
The task now was to find a date for
Valentine’s Day and that turns out to be really hard. All her dates are
disasters, but so great to read about ;).
Nicola’s brother Mark is so likeable as well
and I enjoyed the scenes with him, it was a pleasant change from the other
scenes. He’s an awesome brother and always there was his sis.
Then there was James, Nicola’s boss. He had a
little mystery about himself, which I really liked and I don’t know why, but I
sensed that he could be a guy for Nicola. Not telling you more here though...
I felt that the ending was a little rushed,
but still very adorable though and I would have loved to have more details
there.
Rosie’s writing is really refreshing, vivid,
fun and enjoyable. I’m looking forward to more exciting Rosie Blake stories.
Rating:
My possible
cast:
Nicola: Jenna Stone
James: Leonardo DiCaprio
Rosie on Twitter: @RosieBBooks
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