The Love Wager by Lynn PainterMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
Following a harrowing 'I don't think I ever really loved you' breakup, Hallie decides to step away from romance and concentrate on paying off her student loans and building up some savings by working three jobs and apartment-sharing. However, when an old school 'friend' talks about her being a Hot mess shit show when Hallie is bartending at a swanky wedding she realises her sensible plans might look a bit different from the outside. So when she accidentally gets drunk and has a one-night stand with the bride's brother she decides she's through acting like a college student. Hallie decides to get back into the dating game, get her own apartment, give up her part-time jobs, and dress more like the grown-up she really is.
Jack seems to have everything he could ever want on paper, rich, good-looking, highly-successful, but he's lonely. He almost made the terrible mistake of proposing to his latest girlfriend until her ridiculous (and unfounded) jealousy together with her atrocious behaviour towards the bartender at his sister's wedding brought him to his senses. His sister signs him up on a dating app - but his first match is none-other than his one-night stand from the wedding.
Hallie and Jack agree that they shouldn't date, but they get on so well that they decide to meet up after each date to discuss how it went and hone their dating techniques over tacos. Oh, and there's a side bet as to which one of them will find love first. Of course we the readers can see that they are totally right for each other but the two of them are oblivious, until Hallie finds a serious boyfriend and Jack gets jealous.
This was a pleasant read, good banter, and lots of sparks. The only problem is I didn't write a review and then couldn't remember anything about the book after only a couple of days. Ideal beach holiday reading.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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