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A review by tessanne
Searching for Perfect by Jennifer Probst
1.0
I was super excited to read this book, having seen and heard it recommended in multiple places. And when I started reading, it seemed like a great premise. But dear lord. What a hot mess of a book.
First I’ll say something nice: I really liked Ned/Nate. He was endearing, did his research, and was going after what he wanted. Very admirable.
The problems are as follows, and this is by no means an exhaustive list.
Ned did alll this research and knew what to say and do during the initial speed date. And it’s okay that he started second guessing himself, but then he took it all too far, relying instead on his brother’s advice?! Including after he was told how he screwed up and that he should basically stick with what his research taught him. That made no sense.
Sure, he wasn’t a virgin, but he was actually... a sex god? And seemingly largely due to his research??
The makeover. I’m sure he could have used some cleaning up, but Kennedy changed basically everything about him, appearance-wise. It was pretty mean and humiliating. Let’s not even talk about the fucking dog collar.
How did Nate get to be such a caveman? Like, there seemed to be consent issues here.
And why did Kennedy have to be such a natural at golf??
Nate made so many attempts to get Kennedy to see what they had together that I wish he’d moved on and actually found someone who loved him. Kennedy only decided she loved him because of... magic?! Not because of him AT ALL.
I’m so mad I read this book.
First I’ll say something nice: I really liked Ned/Nate. He was endearing, did his research, and was going after what he wanted. Very admirable.
The problems are as follows, and this is by no means an exhaustive list.
Ned did alll this research and knew what to say and do during the initial speed date. And it’s okay that he started second guessing himself, but then he took it all too far, relying instead on his brother’s advice?! Including after he was told how he screwed up and that he should basically stick with what his research taught him. That made no sense.
Sure, he wasn’t a virgin, but he was actually... a sex god? And seemingly largely due to his research??
The makeover. I’m sure he could have used some cleaning up, but Kennedy changed basically everything about him, appearance-wise. It was pretty mean and humiliating. Let’s not even talk about the fucking dog collar.
How did Nate get to be such a caveman? Like, there seemed to be consent issues here.
And why did Kennedy have to be such a natural at golf??
Nate made so many attempts to get Kennedy to see what they had together that I wish he’d moved on and actually found someone who loved him. Kennedy only decided she loved him because of... magic?! Not because of him AT ALL.
I’m so mad I read this book.