Dana Dooley has just met the perfect woman. It really is love
at first sight. There is just one tiny problem, well two or three really, Dana
already has a girlfriend, so does Ellen the woman she’s just met. Plus there is
the fact that she met Ellen at an AA meeting, when she accompanied her best
friend Trudy there in her quest to find some new men to date. Somehow, Dana
doesn’t think Ellen will understand her questionable motives for being in an AA
meeting if she comes clean. However, Dana knows the only way she can keep on
seeing Ellen is by attending the meetings and pretending to be an
alcoholic.
Unfortunately, Dana is getting in much deeper than she thinks.
Surely there must be an easier way to see Ellen than this? Then of course, there
is another problem to face up to. If Dana does manage to admit her deceit and
win Ellen over, what about their girlfriends?
If anyone thinks this book is a straight forward, run of the
mill romance, they would be wrong. Yes, there is a romance, but it’s a
rollercoaster ride of side splitting, gut wrenching laughter right the way
through. Plus there is a deliciously hilarious twist that I really didn’t see
coming.
The main characters are both multidimensional and interact
well with the lesser characters. Dana and Ellen are very different, which often
makes for a good relationship. The only way I can describe Dana, is a loveable,
slightly nutty, screwball. Which is hardly surprising when you get to meet her
family. Ellen is the more staid of the two, although she has her
moments.
I like the way Layce Gardner seamlessly put this book
together. Dana herself is writing a book and there are snippets of her true
story throughout. It’s very cleverly crafted and it all blends in very well and
is easy to follow.
This is a book I would pick up to read again if I was in need
of cheering up. It would certainly uplift my spirits with a laugh on almost
every page.
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