The First Date

The First Date

by Zara Stoneley

2 out of 5

Synopsis
Right place.
Right time.
Wrong guy …

After breaking up with her childhood sweetheart, clueless dater Rosie has found herself in a boyfriend-drought. So when she finally swipes right on a guy who seems interested, she can’t wait to meet up IRL.

Until she’s left standing alone. In a bar. Ghosted.

Enter Noah. Confident, funny … and a serial first dater. Offering to give Rosie a crash course in seduction, this could be just what she needs. Until her matchmaker turns out to be the best date she’s ever had – and Rosie wonders if she wants the fake dates to be the real ones after all …



Review
When Rosie tentatively attempts to join the dating scene, it soon becomes clear she doesn't have a clue.

I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Rosie has recently come out of a long-term relationship. As this is the first time she's been single since high school, she's terrified by the prospect of talking to guys she doesn't know, and having to flirt.
She envies her confident best friend, who can walk into the room and be the centre of every man's attention.
So she dips her toe in by joining a dating app and using her carefully constructed criteria, finds a guy she wants to date.
Unfortunately, he's a no-show to their first date, and Rosie is at a loss.

Luckily Noah takes great interest in the girl who is drinking alone, showing all the signs of someone stood up. He loves going on first dates, with the thrill, the buzz and the attraction. He just struggles with anything long-term.
All in aid of helping his new friend, Noah agrees to train her in dating. Purely platonic, of course.

This book was... manic.
I think that's the best word to describe it. Rosie and Noah were very manic. The narrative was very manic.
It all jumped around and was hard to follow, and when I did get my head around it, I wasn't invested in the characters.

Rosie completely other-thinks and over-analyses everything, making the story slow and repetitive. For a reasonably long book, not much happened, beyond Rosie having issues with his father, which was thrown in at every opportunity an non-opportunity.

This book was not for me.

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