A Question of Us by Mary Jayne BakerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Clarrie Midwinter is nearly 30 years old but she's still not really got the hang of being an adult. Permanently broke, cadging cigarettes from her friends and crippled by social anxiety when among strangers she is happiest working in her little book shop and quizzing in the local pub league with her friends, The Mighty Morphin' Flower Arrangers. Clarrie is the only woman in the team after Sunny and Gem split up. The other team members are Sunny, Simon, Dave and Dave's dad.
Simon has been asking Clarrie out on a date forever, they've been friends since infants school and Clarrie can't take him seriously, especially since he seems to have a procession of giggling women walking through his front door, so Simon makes a bet - if they win the quiz league then Clarrie will have to go on a date with him. Can Clarrie overcome her fear of losing Simon forever and take a chance on love?
Although the Might Morphin' Flower Arrangers are adults none of them have really grown up, except maybe Simon, some of them still live at home and they have a juvenile sense of humour which can be an acquired taste - you know when teenage boys are scared of girls so they cover it with bravado and sexist comments? That sort of humour.
I enjoyed this book, I love a pub quiz so this was right up my street, however Clarrie's fear of being an adult (because really that's what it was) did get a bit tedious, she was too old to have such a fear of marriage and having children and to make such crass inappropriate comments when in social situations.
Simon doesn't get off scot free either.(view spoiler)
Overall, if you have a soft spot for quizzers and young men who aren't ripped and don't have glamorous or sexy jobs and normal lives then I think you'll enjoy this low key romance.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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