A review by sarahs_bookish_life
Strictly Come Dating by Kathryn Freeman

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 

Even though I’m not a fan of Strictly Come Dancing, having never watched an episode of it, I was still drawn to this book as overall it sounded a fun and light hearted read and it didn’t disappoint.

We meet thirty seven year old Maggie, a doctor who is bringing up two daughters on her own after getting divorced. Every week, Maggie and her daughters get together with Maggie’s best friends, sisters, Alice and Sarah, to enjoy watching the Strictly Come Dancing show on telly. I have to say I love Alice and Sarah as well as Maggie’s daughters, Penny and Tabby. They are all so lovely and couldn’t help finding Penny and Tabby especially adorable.

Seb is a good deal younger than his sisters Alice and Sarah at only twenty seven years of age but that doesn’t stop him instantly falling for their lovely friend Maggie. Whilst Strictly is definitely not his sort of thing, he starts joining his sisters and Maggie on a Saturday night to get closer to Maggie. Seb is an absolute dreamboat! Good looking, hunky, young, what more could a woman ask for? I love how much he takes in about Maggie and her girls and is very in tune with them, much to Maggie’s resistance as, even though she is attracted to Seb, she finds it hard to overcome the age gap between them.

Strictly Come Dating is much more than a romance novel. It’s about doing what makes you happy and not letting what others think stop you from going after what you want. There was the perfect balance of romance so that it was believable and not cringy. There is a lot of humour also throughout and by the end I was grinning like a Cheshire cat. Wonderfully uplifting, incredibly sweet, I loved every bit of this novel!