10 Blind Dates

by Ashley Elston

Would you let your family play matchmaker to help you get over a broken heart?

Ashley Elston's 10 Blind Dates is the perfect Christmas treat: delicious, warm, funny, escapist YA romance.

Sophie wants one thing for Christmas - time with her boyfriend Griffin. So when her parents plan a trip to visit her sister over the holiday, Sophie begs to be left behind with her grandparents and her boisterous extended family. But she and Griffin break up and she's devastated.

Sophie's grandmother, hating to see her so upset, devises a (not so) brilliant plan - to distract her from heartbreak. Over the next ten days, different family members will set Sophie up on ten different blind dates, which doesn't sound awkward at all . . .

When Griffin turns up unexpectedly, it makes Sophie more confused than ever. Because maybe, just maybe, she's started to have feelings for someone else. Someone who is definitely not available.

Film rights have been bought by Matt Kaplan and Ace Antertainment, the team behind hit Netflix YA movie Jenny Han's To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Everything Everything screenwriter J. Mills Goodloe is attached to adapt the screenplay.

• ISBN10: 1368027490
• ISBN13: 9781368027496
• Publish Date: 1 October 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Disney Book Publishing Inc.
• Imprint: Disney Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781368027496

Reviews

[Steph L]

This book was so good! I loved it so much and the writing makes it feel you're a part of the giant family!!! I flew through this book and I'm so glad I read it this year.

[Stephanie]

This was such a cute, fun read! I felt like I had a smile on my face the entire time I read. I loved the family atmosphere and the 10 blind dates Sophie’s family set her up on were fun and entertaining. I loved it all and couldn’t read it fast enough.

[tweetybugshouse]

A hilarious romantic comedy that I could not put down and read in one day. I laughed out loud at several of the blind dates and cringed as I also have a huge family. If your in a slump this one is sure to cheer ya up.

[bgsbooks18]

I thought this was a very cute story. All the different dates and how her family made bets on when she would come home. Her family was very funny and could be like other family's. Very relatable family. I would highly recommend this book.

[merryfaith]

3.5 stars. Super cute (though predictable) YA quick read set during the holidays (but not so festive you couldn't read it any other time of the year).

[Sam@WLABB]

In an effort to help Sophie mend her broken heart, her Nonna proposed for family members to set her up on ten blind dates. Sophie reluctantly agreed, and though every date might not have been a love match, the entire experience brought her a host of rewards.

I knew when I first saw this cover, when I first read the synopsis, when I featured it for my Can't-Wait Wednesday pick, that this would be a hit for me. And, guess what? It was!

I always appreciate a good YA romance, and this one was rather sweet, but the romance wasn't the focus of this story. This was a story about family, and Sophie's family really won my heart.

My mother is the eldest of nine children, and I grew up spending my Sundays crammed into my grandparents tiny apartment in Brooklyn with all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. Therefore, I really related to Sophie's LARGE family, and I loved bearing witness to all their chaos. Those scenes with her family, never failed to make a smile appear on my face, and I loved all the page time I spent getting to know this clan.

I also enjoyed watching Sophie reconnect with her family. She had isolated herself from them in recent years, but with each day that passed during her break, she realized how much she missed them, and longed to be a part of "this" again. The missing wasn't one sided either. The other three of the "Fab Four" also longed for Sophie to rejoin the group, and Sophie easily slid right back into the fold as she was welcomed with open arms.

Not only did Sophie find her way back to her family, but she found her way back to herself. When she decided to avoid family gatherings, she threw herself into her school work, and that, along with her boyfriend, became the central focus of her life. It was an important part in her healing process, to recognize all the things she had lost, and it was great seeing Sophie get her groove back.

This book is called 10 Blind Dates, and the dates ranged from cute and fun to utterly outlandish. Throughout them all, it was easy to figure out, who was really the apple of Sophie's eye, and I must say, I absolutely 100% approved of this love match!

An epilogue! I got an epilogue! You all know that's one of my favorite things. Elston did a bit of a time jump to show me how Sophie's life had changed due to that winter break, and I was so happy with where the story ended up. It crackled with happiness and possibility.

I feel like 10 Blind Dates was a great way to start the holiday season. This book was filled with so much humor, love, and warmth. It was a cup of hot cocoa with at least four large marshmallows on a cold winter's day. It warmed me up from the inside out, and left me grinning like a fool.

Whoever said you can't go home again, wasn't part of Sophie's family, because they easily opened their arms and hearts to her.

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[Rowena]

4 out of 5

This was cute! I'm glad that I read it and I really need to read more books by Ashley Elston! Why did I stop reading her?