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A review by surbhi_reads
The Date Dare by Tara Sue Me
2.0
ARC received from NetGalley in exchange of honest opinion!
"But I can't help think that there's something more. That marraige is something more. That love is something more. And nice is nothing but settling. And I don't want to settle. I want it all. I want a fairytale, happy ending, happily ever after, and the to be continued."
Relatively “Date to Dare” makes for a fast and quick read. It’s some 175 pages and took me only about two hours to finish reading it. November has been a very intense month for me reading wise so I suppose this book was kind of a welcome change even though I didn’t enjoy it as much as I would have liked to.
It’s quite clichéd story following the lives of two people Elliot and Darcy, who are best friends since they were little kids and understands each other like no other. Or do they? Because Elliot is secretly in love with Darcy for the past one year and she has no idea. She is just pissed at Elliot for dating the wrong sort of women. Anyhow, they end up daring to find the perfect partner for each other and while Darcy clicks instantly with guy Elliot sets her up with, Elliot’s date ends up in a disaster. He should be happy for his best friend but instead he is miserable. What will Elliot do? Will he act on his feelings? Or will he let go of Darcy?
So, cheesy, I know, right? I won’t deny the fact that this book was a good change of pace for me and some parts were kind of tolerable. However, there isn’t anything new in the story. It follows the same old trope of friends to lovers; the writing is average and the characters are not that great either. It’s a very short book so there isn’t any sort of emotional, angsty developments. Everything just fell flat for me and the story didn’t really give me any feels. Things just happens and everything falls into place quite easily. Also, Elliot and Darcy acts more like teenagers rather than grownups.
Overall, I guess you need to be in a particularly silly mood to read this book because this book is just that, puerile, pulpy and corny. NOT FOR ME!
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"But I can't help think that there's something more. That marraige is something more. That love is something more. And nice is nothing but settling. And I don't want to settle. I want it all. I want a fairytale, happy ending, happily ever after, and the to be continued."
Relatively “Date to Dare” makes for a fast and quick read. It’s some 175 pages and took me only about two hours to finish reading it. November has been a very intense month for me reading wise so I suppose this book was kind of a welcome change even though I didn’t enjoy it as much as I would have liked to.
It’s quite clichéd story following the lives of two people Elliot and Darcy, who are best friends since they were little kids and understands each other like no other. Or do they? Because Elliot is secretly in love with Darcy for the past one year and she has no idea. She is just pissed at Elliot for dating the wrong sort of women. Anyhow, they end up daring to find the perfect partner for each other and while Darcy clicks instantly with guy Elliot sets her up with, Elliot’s date ends up in a disaster. He should be happy for his best friend but instead he is miserable. What will Elliot do? Will he act on his feelings? Or will he let go of Darcy?
So, cheesy, I know, right? I won’t deny the fact that this book was a good change of pace for me and some parts were kind of tolerable. However, there isn’t anything new in the story. It follows the same old trope of friends to lovers; the writing is average and the characters are not that great either. It’s a very short book so there isn’t any sort of emotional, angsty developments. Everything just fell flat for me and the story didn’t really give me any feels. Things just happens and everything falls into place quite easily. Also, Elliot and Darcy acts more like teenagers rather than grownups.
Overall, I guess you need to be in a particularly silly mood to read this book because this book is just that, puerile, pulpy and corny. NOT FOR ME!
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