Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date
The title of Heaney’s wry memoir could have readers believing she’s lived the life of a nun. Hardly. At 25, she has, in fact, had plenty of engaging encounters with the opposite sex, just no serious, long-term relationships. When it comes to courtship, Heaney laments that she is not a “lighthouse,” a luminous being who easily attracts others. Her lovely and slightly wild gal pal, Rylee, on the other hand, possesses maximum wattage, racking up scores of romantic attachments (Heaney calls her the “Babe Ruth of daters”). Heaney is a tall, attractive brunette, and there is nothing wrong with her libido; case in point, her caffeinated crush on a Starbucks barista. Heaney even survives a slightly frightening foray into online dating, describing her time logging on for love at matchup site OKCupid as tantamount to a free zoo. “There are some cute animals there that you can look at without paying a dime,” she writes, “but spending too much time there is just going to make you sad.” --Allison Block