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The Dating Plan: The One You Saw on TikTok! the Fake Dating Rom-Com You Need
Sara Desai
3.61 AVERAGE
3.5k reviews for:
The Dating Plan: The One You Saw on TikTok! the Fake Dating Rom-Com You Need
Sara Desai
3.61 AVERAGE
medium-paced
2021 is the year of me rediscovering the joy or actually reading books. This book, was fun, amazing, and kept me up every night way past my bed time. I devoured this book in a weekend. I loved Daisy, it was refreshing to get a character that although she had some low points still knew her worth. The fact that the story focused on her intelligence and her career path made me love it even more.
I love me some angst in a romance, and there was angst, but it was resolved in an amazingly adult fashion.
At one or two points the story was a little predictable, but in that fun way of oh no is this where they're going?! no way!! You loved every moment of it.
Diverse, fresh, and fun I will be recommending this book to everyone!
Thank you to Netgalley for an advance copy to give my unbiased review.
I love me some angst in a romance, and there was angst, but it was resolved in an amazingly adult fashion.
At one or two points the story was a little predictable, but in that fun way of oh no is this where they're going?! no way!! You loved every moment of it.
Diverse, fresh, and fun I will be recommending this book to everyone!
Thank you to Netgalley for an advance copy to give my unbiased review.
medium-paced
This one was miles better than the first book in the series. I liked the characters a lot more than the first book's couple!
More like 3.75 stars.
I liked the tropes in the book: “nerdy” heroine and “bad boy” love interest, fake dating, and engagement of convenience.
However, there were a few things that happened either things Liam did or plot wise that occurred that gave me a bit of the ick. It’s mostly small things that Liam said that he meant to be sexy but they weren’t. The other thing that was crazy was how plot wise Daisy told his family that he cheated on her as her reason for not attending his grandfather’s funeral, and they just kind of accepted that. That was INSANE. I don’t care if it was assumed in character for him by his family someone should’ve been pissed with him for cheating on his girlfriend / fiancée. Also the way the interaction with his finance bros went down at the hockey game also gave me the ick. I know that characters aren’t perfect and make mistakes and love is a testament to loving and knowing someone despite their flaws, but the way both those situations were handled or kind of brushed over just rubbed me the wrong way.
On to other things: I love Daisy: woman in STEM coder, now CEO, dog lover, and fan of Marvel. She’s pretty awesome. My suspicion is that she’s neurodivergent in some capacity. I related to her in her rule follower mentality and having the realization that you don’t want to spend your life alone, been there, felt that. I empathize girlie. I appreciated that she felt comfortable with Liam and was happy with how he made her lax in good ways with the plans and rules she set out for herself, that he brought out the rebellion in her.
I liked the tropes in the book: “nerdy” heroine and “bad boy” love interest, fake dating, and engagement of convenience.
However, there were a few things that happened either things Liam did or plot wise that occurred that gave me a bit of the ick. It’s mostly small things that Liam said that he meant to be sexy but they weren’t. The other thing that was crazy was how plot wise Daisy told his family that he cheated on her as her reason for not attending his grandfather’s funeral, and they just kind of accepted that. That was INSANE. I don’t care if it was assumed in character for him by his family someone should’ve been pissed with him for cheating on his girlfriend / fiancée. Also the way the interaction with his finance bros went down at the hockey game also gave me the ick. I know that characters aren’t perfect and make mistakes and love is a testament to loving and knowing someone despite their flaws, but the way both those situations were handled or kind of brushed over just rubbed me the wrong way.
On to other things: I love Daisy: woman in STEM coder, now CEO, dog lover, and fan of Marvel. She’s pretty awesome. My suspicion is that she’s neurodivergent in some capacity. I related to her in her rule follower mentality and having the realization that you don’t want to spend your life alone, been there, felt that. I empathize girlie. I appreciated that she felt comfortable with Liam and was happy with how he made her lax in good ways with the plans and rules she set out for herself, that he brought out the rebellion in her.
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
this is the second Sara Desai book that I’ve read, and they’ve both been very medium for me. The fmc of this book have off manic pixie dream girl/not like other girls vibes which I didn’t love, and I just wanted the book to over by the end. It started out strong but fell flat, and I ultimately wasn’t very invested in their relationship
Moderately better than [b:The Marriage Game|51588815|The Marriage Game (Marriage Game #1)|Sara Desai|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569423917l/51588815._SX50_SY75_.jpg|72212019] but I'm gonna be totally real: the supporting-character Daisy in the first book was not the same as protagonist Daisy in this book. She's shy? Literally since when? She bullied Sam every time she saw him one book ago. She's loud and confident around Liam and her family. That's really just me nitpicking though. Truth be told, this was a (just) fine romance.