A review by alexisisreading
Eight Dates by E.M. Lindsey

4.0

This was cute!!! Hallmark movie vibes to the extreme. Ben is set up on 8 blind dates as his Chanukah gift from his brother Aaron. All the dates occur at the same bar, and do not go well at all. Each one is worse than the previous. Luckily, cute and flirty bar owner Nova is there to provide all the excuses to get Ben out of the terrible dates. The slow burn was good! The progression from strangers to saviors to wanting more. I also kind of liked Nova's insistence on Ben finishing out all 8 dates even though they had really wanted to be together by date 5. Nova's insecurities seemed very valid but I would have liked to get to learn more about him. I felt like he didn't get enough page time. ALSO the smut once they finally get together????? Excuse me????? The book had seemed so, like, wholesome and then all the sudden it was like BAM Nova has some hidden depths lmao (I mean this in a good way).