Dating the Alphabet
by Samantha Napier
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Ramona Rawlings is going
to make dating fun again. Armed with an alphabet poster, post-it notes and her
best friend Emma, Ramona is going to date the alphabet - from A to Z, Archie to
Zolon and everything in between.
Throw in the chaos of
managing a theatre restaurant with a roster full of strong personalities,
unfulfilled dreams and lustful hook ups and Ramona's world is turned
upside-down.
In between Evan the
arrogant, Ivan the emotionally stunted and Glen the racist, Ramona discovers
what she really wants: to be a good friend, to emotionally connect with a man
and to replace her vodka-tonics with kale smoothies. But how many frogs will
she have to kiss before she finds her fairytale?
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My Review:
I had lots of fun reading this story, is so ironic, full of humor, with bizarre and whimsical characters that appear at inopportune moments. There are many scenes in which laughing out loud, you can not resist.
Ramona manages one of the most successful restaurants in the city with waiters who play the characters of fairy tales. Her dear friend Emma suggests her the plan "Dating the Alphabet": if she dates a guy for each letter of the alphabet at the end be able to find the right one. At first she is skeptical, then to give more pleasure to her appointments decides to try. We will see all sort of men.
All the characters are really likeable, Ramona is an intelligent woman, with a strong imagination, created a business really prolific and original, has only the vice of drinking.
This is the first book hat I have read by this author, but it will not be the last.
It 's a novel light, fresh, fun with a fairly original plot, just missing a bit of romance. This was the perfect book for a quiet afternoon read!
If you are looking for in humor and funny book then you need to read this one.
I received an advanced reader copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
EXCERPT:
Mercifully the music was turned up again, and a lovely fresh
face sat down opposite me. This new man, with a smattering of freckles and a
receding hairline, seemed to be breathing heavily.
‘Are you okay?’ I asked
‘Yeah. I just got here, and the host told me to rush up and
grab this spot. Have I missed anything?’ he asked.
‘Nope, nothing at all. My name’s Ramona,’ I said hopefully.
‘Hi, my name’s Adam,’ he said, putting out his hand. I was
so excited about an A being right here in front of me that I didn’t notice what
he’d done. I just sat there beaming. My excited grin couldn’t have been wider.
I actually kept grinning until I realised he must have been thinking I might be
slightly simple.
In our five minutes together I found out he was an engineer,
still can’t remember which type he said he was, but it didn’t matter, because
he was my A. The rest of the allocated five minutes flew by, and not really
because it was scintillating conversation, but more because I was so excited
that my plan was whirring into action. I went through the motions with the
other guys, and curiously no other real ‘A’s came and sat at my table.
I nearly gave myself a neck injury trying to keep an eye on
Adam as he went from table to table. I was pretty sure I’d laid enough
groundwork, but as soon as the MC announced he end of the evening I made a
beeline for him. Of course I made it seem as casual as possible, but honestly,
if anyone had tried to get in my way it wouldn’t have been pretty!
‘So?’ I tried to sound cool.
‘Ramona, I’d like to see you again, so I indicated on the
feedback form that you’re the only one I’d like the details of, and I look forward
to getting that information.’
‘You know I could always just give you my details now and we
could get this rolling.’ I winked and gave a little flirtatious smile.
‘I think we should stay with the procedure here tonight. It
just seems like the right thing to do,’ Adam said solemnly.
‘Okay,’ I said, confused. I didn’t want to overthink it; I
wouldn’t let those little ding-ding alarm bells going off in my head dull my
enthusiasm.
We stood there awkwardly, waiting for the MC to bring us the
information. To pass the time I took out my phone and saw my home screen filled
with messages.
I had left the most competent person in charge at the
restaurant, and it seemed they still needed to ring me constantly. I’d been so
caught up with tracking Adam that I’d forgotten to follow up on the Tarzan
crisis, but I knew it was too late to help now. I would deal with that disaster
tomorrow.
I ignored all the work texts and missed calls and went
straight to Emma’s number and texted: I found my A.
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
Samantha will be awarding an eCopy of Dating the
Alphabet to 3 randomly drawn winners via rafflecopter during the tour.
Thanks for hosting!
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