Love by the Book
Love by the Book by Melissa Pimentel is a humorous debut novel published by Penguin in 2015, featuring 320 pages in English. The story follows Lauren Cunningham, a twenty-eight-year-old American who relocates to London in search of a vibrant single life filled with romantic escapades. As she navigates her dating experiences, Lauren grapples with her desire for casual relationships while experimenting with various dating guides to uncover the secrets of attraction.
Readers will find a witty exploration of contemporary romance as Lauren documents her monthly dating experiments, including following guides like The Rules and The Game. This narrative delves into the challenges of modern love, highlighting themes of humor and self-discovery. Love by the Book offers a relatable perspective on the complexities of dating, making it a fitting choice for those interested in lighthearted fiction centered on women’s experiences in the realm of romance.
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A laugh-out-loud debut novel that will delight fans of Bridget Jones’s Diary and HBO’s Girls
Love by the Book charts a year in the life of Lauren Cunningham, a beautiful, intelligent, and unlucky-in-love twenty-eight-year-old American. Feeling old before her time, Lauren moves to London in search of the fab single life replete with sexy Englishmen. But why can’t she convince the men she’s seeing that she really isn’t after anything more serious than seriously good sex? Determined to break the curse, Lauren turns her love life into an experiment: each month she will follow a different dating guide until she discovers the science behind being a siren. Lauren will follow The Rules, she’ll play The Game, and along the way she’ll journal her (mis)adventures and maybe even find someone worth holding on to. Witty, gritty, and very true to life, Love by the Book will have you in stitches.
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