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Sophie couldn't wait for the holiday break so she can spend time with her boyfriend and away from her overprotective parents. When her parents decide to spend some time with her older sister, Sophie is beyond ecstatic to have her freedom. Sophie couldn't wait to tell Griffin the news but, then she finds out that Griffin wants to take a break from their relationship.
Sophie is heartbroken and decides to spend her time at her grandparents' house where the entire family is gathered for the holiday. Her Nonna has a brilliant idea to help Sophie get over her pain by allowing each one of her family members to plan a different blind date for her. With each date allowing Sophie to get over Griffin and enjoy herself, she finds herself lost for words when Griffin begs her to take him back. However, Sophie is more confused than ever when she finds herself falling for someone else. Will Sophie be able to find the person she should be with?
I thought the novel was a cute and fun read especially when someone is going through heartbreak. However, I was a bit put off by some of Sophie's behavior such as almost ghosting someone when she realized she might like someone else. I thought as she experienced first-hand someone being less than kind with her that she would be better. Or when she felt that excluded from her cousins and instead of telling them how she felt, she pulled away from them. And then she feels hurt when she doesn't feel included in their plans. I feel like as a person who has been heartbroken or lonely, she isn't very empathetic to people around her. Overall, I still found the novel to be an enjoyable read especially the dates she went on.
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About the Book
Title: 10 BLIND DATES
Author: Ashley Elston
Pub.
Date: October 1, 2019
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 336
Sophie wants one
thing for Christmas-a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when
they decide to spend Christmas in South Louisiana with her very pregnant older
sister, Sophie is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out)
time with her long-term boyfriend, Griffin. Except it turns out that Griffin
wants a little freedom from their relationship.
Heartbroken, Sophie
flees to her grandparents' house, where the rest of her boisterous extended
family is gathered for the holiday. That's when her nonna devises a (not so)
brilliant plan: Over the next ten days, Sophie will be set up on ten different
blind dates by different family members. Like her sweet cousin Sara, who sets
her up with a hot guy at an exclusive underground party. Or her crazy aunt
Patrice, who signs Sophie up for a lead role in a living nativity. With a boy
who barely reaches her shoulder. And a screaming baby.
When Griffin turns
up unexpectedly and begs for a second chance, Sophie feels more confused than
ever. Because maybe, just maybe, she's started to have feelings for someone
else . . . Someone who is definitely not available.
This is going to be
the worst Christmas break ever . . . or is it?
"This
piece-by-piece romance doesn't need its Christmas theme to sell, but it makes
it glitter all the more."—Booklist
"In a funny
holiday romance that has Sophie dog-sitting in a hockey rink, watching porn at
a drive-in theater, and playing the Virgin Mary in a middle school Nativity,
Elston cleverly reflects the family members' personalities through their
choices of dates for Sophie."—Publishers Weekly
About Ashley:
Ashley Elston is the author of several
novels, including THE RULES FOR DISAPPEARING (a finalist in the Best Young
Adult Novel category of the International Thriller Awards) and THIS IS OUR
STORY. She graduated with a Liberal Arts degree from Louisiana State University
in Shreveport. Ashley worked for many years as a wedding photographer before
turning her hand to writing. Ashley lives in Louisiana with her husband and
three sons.
Ashley is represented by Sarah Davies at The
Greenhouse Literary Agency.
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