I just finished this book called The Experiment by Jennifer Edlund and loved it. With this book it was actually the cover and title that drew my attention. This book wasn’t even on my radar until I saw it posted on facebook as a freebie. I can’t remember who posted it (I follow a lot of other book blogs) but it grabed my attention. Normally when I download a book, it sits on my kindle or kobo for a while, however this was definitely one of the books that shot right to the top of my TBR pile.
I think sometimes after you’ve finished a book and are looking through your bookshelf for something to read, sometimes a book just grabs you and this one did. I have 3 other books I’ve started but are unfinished at the moment but those are books that are collections of short stories so I tend to read those right before bed. This book I read when I was hungover after a fun night out with my new CrossFit friends and my husband didn’t want anything to do with me. I think that’s why I chose to read a book about experimenting with online dating which I haven’t done since I was a teenager about 15 years ago! I was very curious as to what it was like these days. It was lovely to just lay down on the couch and read something completely different to what I’ve been reading lately. It brought me back in time but was very modern!
I really loved this novel. It took me 2 days to read because I only had a few hours reading time each day but I definitely knew exactly where I left off and was super keen to see what happened in Holly’s life. This book was very real for me and kept my attention!
The blurb of the book is:
At twenty-nine, Holly Sparks finds herself in a position few women her age could ever imagine—CEO and owner of a prestigious matchmaking company based in Los Angeles, California. The red head can predict engagements, find impossible matches for her sometimes nearly impossible millionairesses, and dish out dating and relationship advice on her blog like nobody’s business. But none of that has helped her get far in love. With the overwhelming demands of her high-paying clients, Holly spends most of her time tending to their needs instead of her own. Balancing a career and a love life seems nearly impossible, specifically when her boyfriend of four-years decides to dump on her Valentine’s Day, the night she believes he is going to propose. Just when this matchmaker fears her own love life is doomed, she is visited by family friend, Dr. Catherine Adams, an eighty-year old renowned relationship therapist. The doctor comes to Holly in hope of using her as bait for her latest experiment: to go undercover on her new dating website, and blog about each date for an entire year. There is only one rule—no getting involved romantically with any of the test subjects, every date is strictly experimental. This should be a breeze since Holly has been against online dating since it was invented. After a slew of horrendous dates, Holly meets Jake McClusky. Just by his pictures on the dating website, he is the last person Holly would ever be attracted to, but of course, she agrees to meet Jake for experimental purposes. Surprisingly, he ends up being one of the more pleasant dates—a true gentleman whose passion in life is running a children’s group home in the valley. Suddenly, love is in the air and an unexpected real romance unfolds between Holly and Jake, the kind that was never supposed to happen. Holly discovers that the line between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren’t always neat and sometimes you have to risk everything for love.
I rate this book 5 stars because I couldn’t put it down and it was right up my alley of books! I loved the blogging elements mixed in with Holly’s story! Definitely a romance novel with a twist! Highly recommend!
Genre: Contemporary Modern Romance
Author: Jennifer Edlund / @JenniferEdlund
Rating: 5 stars
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