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Married at First Swipe by Claire Frost

 


SYNOPSIS

Hannah lives life on the edge. Never one to pass up on a new adventure, she has truly been living her best life. But once the adrenaline wears off, she wishes she had someone to spend the quieter moments with too. Learning that her best friend's online dating business has taken a hit, she comes up with an idea that just might solve both of their problems...

Jess has been with her husband for twenty years. They have a stable marriage, great kids and run their own businesses. But what looks like a perfect life from the outside has its own problems within, and with her business on the brink Jess can't help but wonder where the spark has gone in her life, and whether settling down is all that it's cracked up to be.

When Hannah embarks upon her latest scheme: finding a man using Jess's dating app and meeting him for the first time at the altar, both women start to realise the grass isn't always greener. Can Hannah help her friend save her failing business or will Jess stop her from making what could be the biggest mistake of her life?

In the modern tech-fuelled world of dating, is it possible to find true love?

REVIEW

When we all think about dating apps in this day and age we do not necessarily see the positives that come from it. Instead, for a significant amount of us, we tend to think of it as a tool to be unfaithful to the partners that we already have, or to use for purposes which might not last for a night. There are only some of us on the other hand who want something substantial and have found the dating app as the last resort to finding their one and only.

In this particular story we find two women who have been the best of friends since their childhoods and thus, know each other inside out in terms of how they are all like. However, even though this seems like an idyllic prospect when reading up on a romance book, instead, it feels stilted. It seems like both characters have a problem with communication, with both each other as well as other relationships that they have with other people. The only form of communication to show how they really feel is through technology. Maybe this was an analogy of how we have all become reliant on our phones and the internet, but as a reader I don't find this enjoyable.

As the story progresses it does not necessarily feel as though a romance book, but rather what is wrong with romance itself. When everything dies down and you truly experience what it means to be with your life partner. The sad part about it is that it feels like how this kind of love is portrayed is a bad one. Isn't those types of relationships the best to have? Because you see someone who they truly are. The good parts as well as the bad. I felt like both the protagonists missed something that was staring at them right in the face.

I wish that there was much to say about how good this book was, but really I'm not sure that I truly get it. The writing is not bad, in fact, it is better compared to some author's writings I have read from in the past. I just think that maybe this plot missed something that could have easily been put in at the draft stage. No matter, they have achieved an amazing feat of writing a book, which in any case must be applauded.

RATING: ** (TWO STARS)

WHERE TO BUY

Amazon: Married at First Swipe: The most hilarious and heart-warming story you'll read this Spring!: Amazon.co.uk: Frost, Claire: 9781471193859: Books

Waterstones: Married at First Swipe by Claire Frost | Waterstones

Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3917/9781471193859
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