This is a story of one young woman’s
journey through the dating world, and only one of them took the cake—the
wedding cake. The reader must guess who, out of the three men, ends up being
the groom. It’s like that Ryan Reynolds movie, Definitely, Maybe, a story about a guy who tells about the three
girls he dated and makes it a game for his daughter to guess who her mother is.
As a teenager, Poppy is a giddy,
overzealous, boy-crazy kid. I could almost hear her screeching in my ear every
time she got a text message from Dax. Annoying! Although that little text
mishap, A.K.A. the “Freudian slip,” was funny. Fortunately, she kind of grew
out of that silly phase….sort of.
In each chapter, we get a glimpse of
each guy and the experience Poppy had with him. For instance, we had a “Meet
the British Parents” scenario with Simon, leaving Poppy to endure the snooty,
haughty attitude at a fancy dinner and to wear the American dunce cap during a
game of Scrabble. I really did think the Brits were making up words. Another
chapter told the tale of a mood killer when “Lumber Jack” Mike took Poppy on a
camping trip and he mistook her for a cougar, throwing her to the muddy ground
while she was in her underwear.
The overall story is not written in
sequence; it’s all in sporadic segments. We go from a dinner disaster with
Simon, to a rendezvous with Dax, to a fight with Mike, to a meeting with Simon,
and so on. It’s not at all confusing, but it can be disconcerting.
Still the question remains: Is it
Dax, Mike, or Simon?
Quirky and humorous, this story is an
enjoyable tale of the love entanglements of a hopeless romantic. A fun and
quick read!
My rating: 4 stars
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