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My Review:Title: Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend
Author: Lucy Eden
Series: Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend #1
Published by: Indie
Release Date: February 23, 2020
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 110
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2022 Diversity Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:Hi, I’m Jordyn. I flew from New York to Culver City, CA to interview for the job of a lifetime.
When I walked into The Bookstore, I only wanted a steamy romance or two to help pass the time before my big meeting.
I walked out with a gorgeous and sweet, cinnamon roll who was more funny and charming than all of my favorite book boyfriends combined, which definitely wasn’t the plan.
But Mike was irresistible, and the time we spent together exploring Culver City was more fun than I’ve had in a long time.
But I’m smart enough to know if something feels to good too be true, it probably is.
I mean, Happily Ever Afters are just for fairy tales and romance novels … right?
4 stars — OK, for a novella this was pretty solid. I find novellas to be really hard to get right, because inherently you don’t get the background and depth of a full length book. But you still have to get the reader to connect with your characters, and Ms. Eden certainly accomplished that for me!
I think part of the reason I fell so easily for this book and these characters is that it was the perfect fluffy happy read that I was really needing in my book hangover. Yes, there was a conflict. But mostly it was watching Jordyn and Mike fall in love in a short amount of time.
Jordyn was the perfect balance of wary/skeptical and embrace it/adventurous. I love that she went with her feelings, even if they felt more romance novel than real life. And while we don’t get Mike’s POV, he was pretty adorable. I loved the way you could tell he was a bit awkward and uncomfortable, but he couldn’t let the opportunity pass him by.
And they were so freaking cute together. I could feel their connection and chemistry right from the beginning, and I was rooting for them to make it!
It ended a bit quicker than I expected — there’s a first chapter of another book at the back…which was only disappointing because I would greedily love more of these 2. I can definitely see checking out more books by this author in the future, I’m so glad I took a chance on this novella.
High praise for a novella. I agree that they can be hard to find that connection with the characters. I’m glad this one did it well enough.