I do love a good reality tv storyline and that is what drew me to this book right away. To be honest, I’ve never watched a full season of the US show, The Bachelor, which is basically the same as what the reality show in this book called The Stag is. But I have watched some, and my family members have watched whole seasons of it. So I know basically how it goes. The author did a great job on making this a perfect recreation of that type of show. I loved the added aspect of Abby’s being undercover, and even the way that the author had all the things go wrong! Some were unpredictable. And I loved that. It was also a great look at how it is so obvious the manipulations that are made just from the way the film is edited for the final finished show that makes it to air for the public to see. So really, if you are a fan of this type of show, or I guess even just a fan of British rom-coms, you will really enjoy this one!

My only issues have to do with how it seems British rom-coms or maybe all their books only use ‘this’ for when someone is speaking instead of what I’m used to for dialogue “this”. It makes it hard for me to follow along with what is being spoken aloud and what is just in the character’s head, especially if it is in first person. But I love first person, so I’m not complaining about that at all. It could also just have had to do with the formatting since this was an e-galley so maybe if it was formatted more like a finished book I wouldn’t have had that problem.

Review first posted on Lisa Loves Literature.