Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie CousensSynopsis: “From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year, a hilarious love story about a disillusioned divorcée who agrees to let her children play matchmaker…

Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce. Who needs a man when she has two kids, a cat, and uncontested control of the TV remote? Besides, she’d rather be single than subject herself to the hell of online dating. But her office rival is vying for her column, and no column means no stable source of income. So, in a desperate attempt to keep her job, Anna finds herself pitching a unique angle: seven dates, all found offline, chosen by her children.

From awkward encounters to unexpected connections, Anna gamely begins to put herself out there, asking out waiters, the postman, even her celebrity crush. But when a romantic connection appears where she least expected it, will she be brave enough to take another chance on love?

Fall head over heels with Sophie Cousens in this witty, smart take on dating after divorce.”

My Review

This was good fun, I loved every minute of it, and it made me laugh out loud, a lot.

I really liked Anna, and her kids, Jess and Ethan. I felt sorry for her in the beginning when she was still feeling lost since her divorce and then the threat to her job. I loved the new dating column that she wrote with suggestions from her children, they were good fun, although one was not great at all.

The rivalry with her colleague Will was really good, and I loved the way it played out, not knowing until the very end how it was going to end, although I’d had a pretty good idea from the beginning. This was after all my very favourite romantic trope, of an enemies to lovers romance! 

Kerry Gilbert was a new-to-me narrator who did a great job with all the different characters. 

Highly recommended if you’re looking for a fun romance novel on audio

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