Author: Tami Anthony
Published: June 3, 2012
Source: From Author for Review
Purchase: Amazon
When an unfortunate twist of fate leaves 28 year-old socialite Leslee Robinson broken-hearted and unemployed, she embarks on a journey to discover what boggles every twenty-something single woman’s mind: What do men REALLY want and how do you find the perfect mate? With the help of her two best friends; Annie, a self-conscious, sarcastic single mother; and Karen, the neurotic, perfectionist ‘bridezilla,’ Leslee creates The BACHELORETTE Project, a ‘scientific’ dating experiment designed to uncover the enigma of the male species.
After multiple dates gone awry and unanticipated encounters of the extreme, Leslee decides to confide in the last person that she’d ever consider asking dating advice from: Eric, her handsome, womanizing college friend with a well-known ‘love ‘em and leave ‘em’ reputation. Aside from Eric’s infamous bachelor tactics, Leslee can’t help but to be oddly attracted to him, but will pursuing the charming, ‘bad boy’ philanderer that Eric is even be worth the risk?
With unbelievable twists and a contemporary, comedic Chick-Lit feel, The BACHELORETTE Project is the chronicle of a single woman’s journey to finding true friendship, discovering herself, and learning the enigma of love down to a science.
This story is told from the POV of Leslee, a materialistic, overly-confident woman who recently lost her job, was dumped by her rich fiance, and is now determined to find a new man, a good man, a man worth dating. Leslee decides to conduct an experiment to find out what women really want. Is this little experiment going to work, you ask? Well, you'll just have to read the story to find out. :)
Leslee's definitely the kind of character you love to hate. I didn't care for her one bit. I hated her from the beginning. But that also made the story more interesting to me, like she was completely over the top and belonged on a The Real Housewives episode. There are definitely many people out there that are just like Leslee, so her character was totally believable and really pretty comical at times. There were several times that I just wanted to reach through my Kindle and slap her. And really her group of "friends" weren't much better... total tools, if you ask me. This may turn some readers off, not being able to relate to the characters... but it made me enjoy it even more.
Anthony's writing style is so fun. The story was witty, silly and carried with it a load of laughs. I really enjoyed how Anthony brought the characters to life, each very unique in their own way. My only complaint is I thought it was a little long, dragging a bit in the middle. I think several scenes could have been cut out to make the story flow more smoothly. I would still definitely recommend this to chick lit lovers who are looking for a fun read. :)
Tami Anthony is an author, a playwright, and the beautiful mind behind Pink Butterfly Publications, a publishing company devoted to female-driven literature. She is a graduate of Rutgers University with a Bachelor’s in English Literature and Theatre Arts. Tami presently resides outside of Philadelphia with her son and is currently working on her second novel and future plays.
I Iove the crazy Housewives so I think I will love to hate this heroine.
ReplyDeleteWitty, silly and funny, sounds good! And I'm curious about this Leslee character!
ReplyDeleteBTW, just emailed you! :)
It's so cool that you liked this, despite not liking the mc. It must be a cool, well-written story to accomplish that ! Thanks for bringing this one to my attention. Great review!
ReplyDeleteGreat review. This sounds like a fun book.
ReplyDeleteI can honestly say that I do not think that I would like this one. I think the Real Housewives reference threw me. I am not a fan. And unlikable characters aren't my bag. But I do like the premise behind it, and I think if the MC was likable I would be all over it!
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