A review by anna4
Someone to Kiss by Jamie Anderson
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was really looking forward to this one, mainly because of the character's age. Online Dating in your 40s ? Yes please.
However, the only thing that made me really see their age was the occasional "in your 20s", "20 years ago", etc stuff. Anything else was pretty much as it would have been if the characters were not in their 40s.
I was actually enjoying the book up until about the 50% mark. Kate was..something. I thought she started to get annoying and I think it was mainly because I couldn't see a 40+ year old woman in her behaviour.
There was a point when Kate was mainly judging all the messages she received from men, which sure, fair enough, but I kept thinking "why didn't Kate took the initiative and wrecking her brain for a good opening ? Why does she wait everyday for a man to write her ?". Isn't online dating all about how to start the conversation and then get to the dating part ? Well, apparently she did indeed wrote some men, which was later mentioned in a sentence. Ok. I guess.
Terry was an annoying piece of a human being but he was suppose to be like that and that's fine. The whole situation of Kate having to set up a work out plan for Terry...sorry what ? I just couldn't wrap my head around her just nodding and off and didn't even properly say "no" to that. Why didn't she stand her ground ? This is a reaction I would expect from a 20-something intern, not from a grown woman.
I will say that this probably threw me more off than it should have, but I just don't get it.
Also, staying with Terry, big yes to Kate actually standing her ground during that last staff meeting. And what an absolute mess that no one in that company supported her ? Like wtf. Anyway..
It got a bit fast towards the end though. You can see the moments when Kate actively started to think more and more about Ben, but the moment between this and the realisation "it has always been Ben" was not very obvious I guess. It happened very out of nowhere.
Generally, I liked the short chapters, but this is more personal preference than anything else. The writing itself was also super easy to follow.
I really enjoyed the chapters from Julie's and Ben's pov!
It was also very predictable on who Kate will end up with, which was fine by any means.
Over all my main take from this book is that dating sucks no matter your age. It was a fine read for in between.
Thank you BooksGoSocial for providing this book for review via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.
However, the only thing that made me really see their age was the occasional "in your 20s", "20 years ago", etc stuff. Anything else was pretty much as it would have been if the characters were not in their 40s.
I was actually enjoying the book up until about the 50% mark. Kate was..something. I thought she started to get annoying and I think it was mainly because I couldn't see a 40+ year old woman in her behaviour.
There was a point when Kate was mainly judging all the messages she received from men, which sure, fair enough, but I kept thinking "why didn't Kate took the initiative and wrecking her brain for a good opening ? Why does she wait everyday for a man to write her ?". Isn't online dating all about how to start the conversation and then get to the dating part ? Well, apparently she did indeed wrote some men, which was later mentioned in a sentence. Ok. I guess.
Terry was an annoying piece of a human being but he was suppose to be like that and that's fine. The whole situation of Kate having to set up a work out plan for Terry...sorry what ? I just couldn't wrap my head around her just nodding and off and didn't even properly say "no" to that. Why didn't she stand her ground ? This is a reaction I would expect from a 20-something intern, not from a grown woman.
I will say that this probably threw me more off than it should have, but I just don't get it.
Also, staying with Terry, big yes to Kate actually standing her ground during that last staff meeting. And what an absolute mess that no one in that company supported her ? Like wtf. Anyway..
It got a bit fast towards the end though. You can see the moments when Kate actively started to think more and more about Ben, but the moment between this and the realisation "it has always been Ben" was not very obvious I guess. It happened very out of nowhere.
Generally, I liked the short chapters, but this is more personal preference than anything else. The writing itself was also super easy to follow.
I really enjoyed the chapters from Julie's and Ben's pov!
It was also very predictable on who Kate will end up with, which was fine by any means.
Over all my main take from this book is that dating sucks no matter your age. It was a fine read for in between.
Thank you BooksGoSocial for providing this book for review via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.