Rules of Seduction by Jenna Mullins
Publisher: The Studio, a Paper Lantern Lit imprint
Release Date: 21st April 2015
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this novel in return for an honest review
You may already have seen my (many) updates of this book, as I was reading it (here), and I think it's safe to say that it took me quite a long time to get into this novel, to enjoy it, and to like the characters.
I was unsure of the premise from the off: a girl attempts to seduce her friend's boyfriend, as a favour to the friend, to make sure he's not the cheating kind. There's more to this novel than just that; it explores the idea of writing and hollywood and trying to find a job fresh out of university. But, for the most part, it's a love story. And I knew that the girl would end up falling in love with her friend's boyfriend (because, come on, it was inevitable), and I worried there'd be cheating, which I'm not a massive fan of reading about.
But, actually, though the whole idea is absurd (no one would really ask their friend to seduce their boyfriend for them, and even if they were stupid enough to ask, no one would be stupid enough to say yes), I thought it was handled quite well - even if it did wrap up a little bit too neatly in the end.
This book is fun and light-hearted, and relatively well written. At first, many of the characters struck me as a bit silly/unrealistic, or they made decisions that I really didn't agree with - like the main character, Dani. I did develop a soft spot for them by the end, and wanted Dani and Tate to end up together. It just took me a little while to get to that level, as Tate irritated me for the first few chapters, and Dani for about half the book.
If you're looking for a quick, light New Adult read, then I'd recommend this for you. You can't take this book too seriously, and you have much more fun reading it when you don't! This is a GREEN book.