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3.51k reviews for:
The Dating Plan: The One You Saw on TikTok! the Fake Dating Rom-Com You Need
Sara Desai
3.61 AVERAGE
3.51k reviews for:
The Dating Plan: The One You Saw on TikTok! the Fake Dating Rom-Com You Need
Sara Desai
3.61 AVERAGE
Rating: 3
The childhood trauma was kicking Daisy and Liam’s asses the entire book. Them falling in love was really cute and I enjoyed reading those moments. However, I didn’t like either characters. I’m not a fan of their personalities. In general, there were no characters I actually liked in the book. They just did annoying things. The last line was really lovely though. It’s a decent book.
The childhood trauma was kicking Daisy and Liam’s asses the entire book. Them falling in love was really cute and I enjoyed reading those moments. However, I didn’t like either characters. I’m not a fan of their personalities. In general, there were no characters I actually liked in the book. They just did annoying things. The last line was really lovely though. It’s a decent book.
emotional
fast-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
Why did they keep telling every person they met that the engagement was fake? What was the point of a fake engagement if you're not even going to try to keep it a secret?!
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had high hopes for this book, because who doesn’t like a good ol’fake dating trope. However, this was not the most well-done version of that and I found myself wanting to scream into a pillow every time I read about Daisy’s MARVEL UNDERWEAR. OK. WE GET IT. SHES qUiRkY and not like oThEr GiRlS and is wEiRdLy SmArT (whatever that means). But seriously, a reader can only take so much — like “quirkyness” was taken way too far …
It was very much:
“Me *an empath* sensing that Daisy is not like other girls
It was very much:
“Me *an empath* sensing that Daisy is not like other girls
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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
supa cute. these people hold madddddd grudges though. stfu about prom you’re 29.
Book felt cheesy, too corny, and just flat. I couldn’t connect with the characters, hated all the marvel references, and just found it just very lacking. Also both characters seemed so angry about different things and I just had a hard time liking them. I debated finishing but after reading other reviews on BOTM that mimicked what I was feeling, I figured it best to just DNF and not risk being put in a reading slump.
I received an ARC of this title from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Daisy Patel loves her family. Really. Truly. Dearly. But if they could get off her back about finding her a man, that'd be great, thanks. Unfortunately, she has been hung up on her first crush, her older brother's best friend, for years. Yes, even after he stood her up for her senior prom and then went completely off the grid. She hasn't seen Liam Murphy in years, and the last place she expects to see him is at the expo her company is presenting at. And she definitely doesn't need one of her well-meaning aunties to see them together. And she really, really, really didn't need to blurt out to her auntie that she can't go out with the nice guy her auntie dragged along because she's with Liam.
Liam really never expected to see Daisy again. He kind of hoped he wouldn't, honestly, given how badly he screwed up all those years ago. But maybe if he could just explain that he's not the man he used to be, explain what happened on that fateful prom night he stood her up, maybe she'd give him a-- Oh, who is he kidding? If he was dying of thirst and she had the only glass of water in the world, she would drink it herself while looking him in the eye. And he knows he'd deserve it. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Liam learns he has the chance to inherit the family's whiskey distillery... if he's married by his next birthday. Which is about a month away. He needs a fake fiance, fast.
Coming to an uneasy alliance, Daisy and Liam team up with a plan: convince their families that they have been together for months, marry in Vegas, and divorce after Liam successfully inherits the distillery. The hard part is convincing their families that they are in love. But not to worry, Daisy has a plan. A Dating Plan. What could possibly go wrong when you have a plan?
The second of Desai's novels, focusing on the wonderful Patel family, "The Dating Plan" is fun and witty, a delightful spin on the fake-dating trope as well as presenting a wonderful second-chance romance story. It's impossible to not love Daisy and Liam, though sometimes you want to throttle both of them and call them idiots because, well, they can be self-sabotaging idiots who think they are unworthy of love or let past emotional hurt take them down a dark path. But, ultimately, that makes the Happily Ever After at the end so satisfying.
Daisy Patel loves her family. Really. Truly. Dearly. But if they could get off her back about finding her a man, that'd be great, thanks. Unfortunately, she has been hung up on her first crush, her older brother's best friend, for years. Yes, even after he stood her up for her senior prom and then went completely off the grid. She hasn't seen Liam Murphy in years, and the last place she expects to see him is at the expo her company is presenting at. And she definitely doesn't need one of her well-meaning aunties to see them together. And she really, really, really didn't need to blurt out to her auntie that she can't go out with the nice guy her auntie dragged along because she's with Liam.
Liam really never expected to see Daisy again. He kind of hoped he wouldn't, honestly, given how badly he screwed up all those years ago. But maybe if he could just explain that he's not the man he used to be, explain what happened on that fateful prom night he stood her up, maybe she'd give him a-- Oh, who is he kidding? If he was dying of thirst and she had the only glass of water in the world, she would drink it herself while looking him in the eye. And he knows he'd deserve it. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Liam learns he has the chance to inherit the family's whiskey distillery... if he's married by his next birthday. Which is about a month away. He needs a fake fiance, fast.
Coming to an uneasy alliance, Daisy and Liam team up with a plan: convince their families that they have been together for months, marry in Vegas, and divorce after Liam successfully inherits the distillery. The hard part is convincing their families that they are in love. But not to worry, Daisy has a plan. A Dating Plan. What could possibly go wrong when you have a plan?
The second of Desai's novels, focusing on the wonderful Patel family, "The Dating Plan" is fun and witty, a delightful spin on the fake-dating trope as well as presenting a wonderful second-chance romance story. It's impossible to not love Daisy and Liam, though sometimes you want to throttle both of them and call them idiots because, well, they can be self-sabotaging idiots who think they are unworthy of love or let past emotional hurt take them down a dark path. But, ultimately, that makes the Happily Ever After at the end so satisfying.