2.5 Stars

ARC kindly provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The idea of this book is a good one. The guy has a horrible proposal and wants to make it up to her in 10 days. Sounds like it'll be charming and romantic and possibly funny, and of course the title of the books can't help but make you think of the Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

In reality though, I found the book wasn't really all that good. It didn't keep me captivated like I had hoped it would. Mikey is a charming character, and watching him get to know Dave and help him win Jazz back is great, but of some reason I just wasn't hooked on it.

I didn't really care too much about Jazz's chapters in the book as I just didn't connect with her. She has her reasons (and very understandable ones) for her confusion and doubts about marriage, but I just didn't connect with her or feel myself cheering her on. I was more for Mikey in that way.

Mikey's thoughts about how people perceive him and his feelings about people etc etc are very valid and true. I have a gay friend, and I know he has been through a lot of this stuff himself. Its quite a true concept to have in a book of today and interesting to see it included.

Of course we're all hoping for the happy ending in a book like this, but I just found myself reading it to finish it, and not particularly caring one way or another. I wasn't hooked on the story or the characters as I have been with some novels.