BOOK REVIEW: Dating-Ish (Knitting in the City #6) by Penny Reid Dating-Ish (Knitting in the City #6)
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Synopsis:

There are iii things yous demand to know about Marie Harris:
1) She's fed upwardly with online dating,
2) She'due south and then fed upward, she'due south willing to forego the badgerer and consider more creative alternatives, and
3) She knows how to knit.

Afterward the nearly bizarre and irritating commencement date in the history of human kind, Marie is looking for an alternative to men. With the help of her friends, she apace identifies a few possibilities:

Need a cuddle? Use a professional cuddler. Need affirmation? Go yourself a life coach. Need an orgasm? Try orgasm meditation! Why does she need the hassle of a romantic partner when she can come across all her needs with paid services?
But then her irritating date resurfaces. And he's not at all the person she thought he was. And he suggests a different—and crazier—solution to her dilemma . . .
As anybody knows (or will soon come to realize), traditional relations between humans are a matter of the past. Robots are our hereafter. And if robots are our future, then why do we need other people at all?

I won't prevarication and say I but read this and recollect everything…considering I don't. But looking back I can vaguely call up the main reasons I both liked and disliked this story.

Likes:

-Matt was super sweetness- I really enjoyed his quirky character
-The tone of the story-fun, but not too over the top
-The cute jealousy from him
-The style he always shooed other men off
-How he was e'er there for her on each new gamble, no matter what-even when she asked for infinite lol
-His surprising, ahem, sexual prowess

Dislikes:

-Frankly, I establish this a chip of a contradiction. They were trying to be so politically correct in the way they handled each other'southward feelings, even so they both trounce around the bush AT EVERY Turn. I realize in that location wouldn't be a story if not for miscommunication, but come on. They clearly liked each other early on….JUST Enquire ALREADY if yous seek clarity!
-The technical robot talk
-The Knitting group. Like…okay…nosotros know you lot honey to knit-STFU
-The main girl-something about her annoyed me. I don't know. Maybe she came off a bit like…too perfect?? HA expect at me calling someone a Mary Sue when all I ever do is fall in honey with Mary Sue's ha
-The repetitive mistaking of what was actually going on between them. E'er.
-The fact that apparently Penny Reid and I just don't gel. Or Mesh. She just isn't for me, I don't think.

Perhaps the problem is I'm aroused because this woman (and this could be the MC or even the author I'yard referring to. Hell I don't know!) totally has my humor but everything surrounding it is severely misplaced so I can't even enjoy the book every bit a whole! And I'g sure there'south more than…but honestly, I don't care to explore it any farther. MERP.

Here are all the quotes I would have used had I written a real review:

"What is the purpose of your written report? To piss off as many women in Chicago as possible?" "No," he footing out, mirroring my eye-squint. And wasn't that just the kicker? Him. Squinting at me.

"Um, let's see. Have you heard of dry out humping professionals?" He gasped, his paw clutching his chest. "Are yous shitting me?" "Nope."

"I'yard not." I grinned as I assured him of my veracity. "And I made an appointment at an OM studio." "What's an OM studio?" He looked petrified. "Orgasm Meditation."

"I'll never say this to yous once more, and then mind up. You're pretty badass, Marie." Abram interrupted my thoughts, leaning forward similar he was telling me a underground. "You're wicked smart. And cool. And drama free, which is a huge deal. Drama complimentary is at the pinnacle of my list these days. Yous can be intimidating." "Me? But I'm a Hufflepuff."

Matt looked at me like I was cute and weird. "No." "It's non even a little bit hard?" I didn't know why I was pushing. I thought I heard him mumble something like, "It wasn't hard with her for years." "Pardon?"

You tin can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink the water that will let it to enter into a happy, fulfilling human relationship. Peradventure the equus caballus likes being dehydrated. Or maybe yous weren't that equus caballus's type. Step dorsum from the stupid dehydrated horse .

"I don't intendance about glory clients," Matt said, picking up my hand and tangling our fingers together. He continued to scan the aerodrome and I thought I heard him mumble under his jiff, "I only care about you."

"You like that guy, you tell him flat out. Y'all only lay what y'all want and everything out at that place. Don't waste fourth dimension not saying things that need to exist said. He'll always be in your mind, wrecking the possibility of things with other people, considering your heart can't motility on until it knows for sure a door is closed."

Why are you crying, Marie? I didn't know. I honestly had no thought. Feelings? Whoremones? Possibly a nearby, merely as of all the same unseen onion?

His eyes moved over my face and he clenched his teeth. "Is this funny?" "Listen, just mind to me—" Abruptly, he sat upwardly, shaking his caput. A flush had appeared loftier on his cheeks. Jeez, he's really pissed. . . . Yay!

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