Emma (SCR)
I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to Simon and Schuster for my copy of this book via Netgalley. I loved the fun that Claire brought to Living My Best Li(f)e. I was excited to read Married at First Swipe. I love the show Married at First Sight so I was excited by this premise.
We have two main characters Jess and Hannah. I loved both women even though they were very different. Hannah is impulsive. So far she has lived life on a bit of a whim. Jess is the organised one. The one who does the right thing. She married her childhood sweetheart, they had twins and bought a house. Jess feels her life has got stuck while Hannah dreams of having that security.
I did feel like we heard about a lot of things when Jess and Hannah talked but didn't get to experience them. We skipped the hen do and the whole honeymoon which would have been really interesting to read about rather than Jess and Hannah discussing it after the event. I also felt like the book ended abruptly. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of their marriage and to see what happened with Jess and her husband.
The blog posts on the Save The Date website were really interesting. I loved seeing what both characters said in response to the questions. I think a chapter or two from Toby’s POV would have been really cool.
Claire does an excellent job of keeping the book current with the app and how social media plays a part in business these days. This is clearly well thought out.
This is a light entertaining read that you can easily spend an afternoon or two escaping to.