Review: Better Date than Never Boxed Set
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed all five books. I really like how they all tied into each other. My favorites are Ellen's and Kaitlin's stories. It probably isn't fair because I had already read book #5, "License to Date" before reading the others and loved it. However Ellen's story, "Love at First Date" was very romantic and cute with an unexpected ending.I do have a few issues though. One I was pretty upset--rather disappointed--that Rachel's story, "Last Blind Date" was sooo short. I really expected it to be the same length as the other relatively short novels, but it was literally only one chapter, if it can even be called that. Another issue would be the ever present character, Ginger. She is in every book, but is really just a side character. I felt like there should've been a sixth book with Ginger's love story. I looked into some of the other books written by Susan Hatler and found that Ginger never gets her own story. It just seemed so odd to have her present in each book but not get a happy ending. It would be different if minor characters in one book did not become main characters in the next book.Other than those issues I really enjoyed the set and thought it was cute how each story was different and not at all overly mushy or sappy. It was nice to see the inner turmoil of each character as they're are trying to decide if the guy they like feels the same way or just see them realize they have always liked this guy. All these stories of course have the romantic feel and some of the elements found in other romantic novels, but they are modern, funny, unpredictable--to a point, of course, because as the reader you know the ending will be happy--and intriguing. Definitely recommending all of these books. They all read fairly quickly, but that's just because they're written so well.