Blog Blitz: The Dating Game by Susan Buchanan (with UK giveaway!)

Work, work, work. That’s all recruitment consultant Gill does. Her friends fix her up with numerous blind dates, none suitable, until one day Gill decides enough is enough.

Seeing an ad on a bus billboard for Happy Ever After dating agency ‘for the busy professional’, on impulse, she signs up. Soon she has problems juggling her social life as well as her work diary.

Before long she’s experiencing laughs, lust and … could it be love? But just when things are looking up for Gill, an unexpected reunion forces her to make an impossible choice.

Will she get her happy ever after, or is she destined to be married to her job forever?

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Review

When workaholic Gill decides to find love, she doesn't do things by halves. Throwing caution to the winds, she signs up for a dating agency and soon finds herself juggling dates and her already-hectic professional life, supported and egged on by her eclectic group of friends.

I don't think I could do what Gill did. Her life sounded exhausting before throwing dating into the mix, but I liked how it made her realise that her work-life balance was nothing of the sort. The prose delves deep into Gill's day to day, really highlighting how busy she is, but her series of quirky dates are interspersed with the occasional male point of view. They are a welcome and interesting change of pace, and a chance to see both Gill and her dates from another perspective, as much like most dating, not everything or everyone is always what they seem. No spoilers as to how it all shakes out, but it's a long rollercoaster of a ride to get there!

I felt this is as much a story about Gill's friendships as it was her love life. Her friends are bold characters in their own right, each bringing their own flavour to the story even if I didn't agree with all of them all of the time.

Best enjoyed when on a nice break - one where work is not on your mind - or shared with a good group of friends.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book via Rachel's Random Resources; all opinions are my own

Author Bio

Susan Buchanan lives in Scotland with her husband, their two young children and a crazy Labrador called Benji. She has been reading since the age of four and had to get an adult library pass early as she had read the entire children’s section by the age of ten. 

Susan writes contemporary fiction, often set in Scotland, usually featuring travel, food or Christmas. When not working, writing, or caring for her two delightful cherubs, Susan loves reading (obviously), the theatre, quiz shows and eating out – not necessarily in that order!

Social Media Links

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