Review: Alphabet Dating

Alphabet Dating by Monique McDonell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Synopsis:

Serena’s friends have a plan to get her dating again - 26 dates in a month - one for every letter in the alphabet. What could possibly go wrong?
When Serena Sanders reluctantly agrees to participate in the Alphabet Dating Plan she knows it will be tough but there’s so much she hadn’t factored in. Who knew men were so complicated? Not Serena.
As she begins dating her way through the alphabet she starts to learn more about herself and her friends than she ever expected as secrets and hidden agendas are revealed. Alphabet Dating is a love story – a tale of lost love, unrequited love, platonic love and ultimately it’s about learning to love again.

My Thoughts:

Cover/Title: These definitely drew me in. Just the idea of dating by the alphabet sounded like a fun book.

Characters: I loved Serena and her friends. I wasn't so wild about her sister or how she acts.

Plot: Serena lost her boyfriend in a crash years ago. She survived the accident, was in a coma for a while and then had to relearn how to walk and live her life. Now 5 years later, her friends and sister are all either married or engaged and they think she needs to start dating. This leads to the Alphabet Dating plan. Even though, she doesn't want to, Serena agrees and starts on a merry-go-round of dating.

Overall: Honestly, I am disappointed. Why? Because I would have given this a higher rating except for a couple reasons. One, editing counts: because you don't want to insert the wrong name in the wrong place. It confuses the reader and they have to re-read it to make sense of it. It wasn't the only grammar error but it was one glaringly obvious one. Two, write a real ending: Do not just end a book abruptly. It annoys your readers. Where was the rest of the book? She never went out with Letter M (although her crazy sister had him scheduled). I don't want to spoil the ending but it just didn't work. Had the story played out naturally, then I would have loved to give it a 4 or 5 star. Unfortunately, I couldn't do that this time.

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