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A review by keberwick
Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher
5.0
“Because they were never looking for a girlfriend, especially not her as a girlfriend.”
Jack has been blessed by good looks, charm, and a gentlemanly kindness that has left him with a string of girlfriends constantly telling him, “it’s not you, it’s me” and a boss insisting that his face is too handsome for hard hitting political stories. He’s desperate to get out of the “listicle” thing and get put on the political beat. Even though he has the lead, his boss is hesitant to let him out of the website’s biggest hit: his listicle videos. In order to get the story he wants, he has to write a how-to guide: How to Lose the Girl.
Hannah is an event planner blessed with a resting bitch face and a take-no-prisoners attitude to match. She’s tired of being treated like an exotic commodity and being told that “she’s not the girl you marry”. So when she gets the chance to work the wedding-of-a-lifetime with her best friend Sasha, she’s willing to do anything--even tell her boss she’s not as wedding adverse as she seems because she has a serious boyfriend!
While their first meeting isn’t a meet-cute, there’s no denying the two are attracted to each other. Even though Hannah initially plays hard to get, the promise of working the wedding and Jack’s persistence eventually wins her over. But will the two be able to salvage their relationship when everything comes out in the open?
Not the Girl You Marry is an amazing gender-bent version of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days . I was expecting this to just be a cute love story, but it was so much more. It also deals with the nuances of race in a seamless way. I really loved hearing Hannah discuss her racial identity, and how receptive Jack was. This book talked about so many different relationships--friendships, romance, familial-- and treated each of them with respect and how they all intertwine to make up our world view. I’ll definitely be looking for other books by the author!
Jack has been blessed by good looks, charm, and a gentlemanly kindness that has left him with a string of girlfriends constantly telling him, “it’s not you, it’s me” and a boss insisting that his face is too handsome for hard hitting political stories. He’s desperate to get out of the “listicle” thing and get put on the political beat. Even though he has the lead, his boss is hesitant to let him out of the website’s biggest hit: his listicle videos. In order to get the story he wants, he has to write a how-to guide: How to Lose the Girl.
Hannah is an event planner blessed with a resting bitch face and a take-no-prisoners attitude to match. She’s tired of being treated like an exotic commodity and being told that “she’s not the girl you marry”. So when she gets the chance to work the wedding-of-a-lifetime with her best friend Sasha, she’s willing to do anything--even tell her boss she’s not as wedding adverse as she seems because she has a serious boyfriend!
While their first meeting isn’t a meet-cute, there’s no denying the two are attracted to each other. Even though Hannah initially plays hard to get, the promise of working the wedding and Jack’s persistence eventually wins her over. But will the two be able to salvage their relationship when everything comes out in the open?
Not the Girl You Marry is an amazing gender-bent version of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days . I was expecting this to just be a cute love story, but it was so much more. It also deals with the nuances of race in a seamless way. I really loved hearing Hannah discuss her racial identity, and how receptive Jack was. This book talked about so many different relationships--friendships, romance, familial-- and treated each of them with respect and how they all intertwine to make up our world view. I’ll definitely be looking for other books by the author!