A retelling of the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, it follows the formula fairly closely without straying much. Hannah is looking for a promotion but her boss doesn’t think she’s serious enough about relationships to have what it takes to move on to planning weddings. Hannah’s solution is to find a boyfriend and prove her boss wrong despite her relationship history telling her she’s just “not the girl you marry”, something she attributes to her being mixed race. 

Meanwhile, Jack is a journalist who is pitched a story about how to lose a girlfriend, something he has plenty experience with - despite being a genuinely nice man, things never work out between him and whoever he is dating. When he meets Hannah one night, he’s instantly smitten but also chooses to make her his assignment. But no matter how many terrible things he does, Hannah won’t break up with him because she’s determined to prove she can keep a relationship going. 

Along the way they develop real feelings for each other but have to figure out how to untangle the mess they’ve gotten themselves in. For anyone who enjoys romcoms and/or retellings, this is a great choice, as long as they keep in mind there’s not much variation from the plot formula from the movie. That being said, I genuinely enjoyed Jack and Hannah’s relationship and their progression from both using each other to falling in love. Secondary characters were also compelling. I’m looking forward to seeing what else the author has written.