This was full of bumbles and love. Although it wasn't exactly what I was expecting, I enjoyed it.

When I read the premise, I wasn't expecting Erin to end up spending a lot of the book with a married man. This was hard for me to really get into since it made me feel uncomfortable, and I couldn't buy into the love between them as to really buy into it, I'd have needed his involvement in this book.

Other than that, however, this was a really strong book.

I loved the characterization in particular. From her four best friends to her parents, I really felt like I knew everyone and seeing how her friends especially changed throughout the year was fun. Some of them were homosexual, some of them tried online dating, some had crazy adventures across the world, and all were a lot of fun.

Additionally, the Boston setting was great, though it felt like every month in Boston had some detriment to it. I enjoyed the use of real places and names as these really brought life to the book.

Despite all its merits, however, her dating a married man really just made me very uncomfortable, and though I'd definitely read more by this author and I thought this was well written, I didn't enjoy it as much I might have had the premise been a little different. ( )

This book was slow until the end, I can't say I really enjoyed it, it was just okay. ( )

This book can be summed up in one word--tedious. The plot centers around four thirty-somethings who are looking for Mr. Right. The main character, Erin, becomes involved with a married man. The plot is predictable, the characters are sometimes whiny, and it is difficult to be sympathetic with the decisions some of the characters make. ( )

Overall, I didn't mind this book. It was a fairly quick read so that was nice. Erin's relationship with Doug annoyed me first of all because he was a married man. She was never going to get what she wanted out of the relationship because he was already married. And also because he obviously wasn't good for her and didn't treat her right. However, I thought Holly Chamberlin did a good job developing her characters and I enjoyed reading about Erin's friends and their relationships.
The main thing that annoyed me throughout the book was "Romance" and Reason." In every chapter at least once (and often many more times) mixed in with Erin's thoughts were Romance and Reason. It started on page 3 "That was Reason." It got old fast always reading the struggles of Erin's life through Romance and Reason.
In general, it wasn't a badly written book. However, I didn't agree with Erin's moral standards and that made it difficult to read the book.
I received this book for free from LibraryThing Member Giveaway in exchange for an honest review. ( )

This is one of the best books I read in awhile. I thought the plot was good. It was a easy read for me. I have given this book for my sister to read it now. ( )