Holiday Date – review (AD)

I was kindly given an electronic copy of Holiday Date by Debbie Ioana in exchange for an honest review*.

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Holiday Date book blurb

Jenny is back in this romantic comedy, and this time she has her man. Life is wonderful as she switches her sex dreams for the real thing with her hunk, Zack. As well as feeling loved up, she must also console her recently-single best friend, Sarah.

Those much-loved blind dates make a welcome return as Jenny gets the sweet taste for vengeance.

After a girly holiday to Rome, and a somewhat unexpected vegan experience, Zack whisks Jenny abroad for a romantic holiday of their own.

However, jolly holidays aren’t on the menu when faced with a twenty-something stunner in the next villa.

Holidays take the centre stage for this sequel, where relationships are put to the test, at home and abroad.

Also includes a bonus chapter.

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My overall thoughts on Holiday Date

Holiday Date is the follow up to funny and heartwarming Blind Date and I couldn’t wait to get stuck into whatever shenanigans Jenny had been up to.

As we know in Blind Date (the first book in this series) Jenny’s best friend Sarah was dumped by her cheating-scumbag-ex-fiance Max.

In this book we join the best friends as they embark on a girly holiday to Rome to try to cheer Sarah up.

I enjoyed exploring the ancient city of Rome with the duo – Ioanna has a real flair for making you feel like you’re right there with Jenny and Sarah – walking the cobbled streets, drinking wine and enjoying chocolate biscotti.

Jenny had some serious dating disasters in the first book so I was really pleased that Jenny and Zack were still together – he was her dreamboat ultimate crush and is now her fully fledged boyfriend.

But as ever with Jenny her love-life is never plain sailing, she goes away with Zack for two weeks to his family villa and Jenny’s green eyed monster threatens to split the couple up.

Will Jenny and Zack survive two weeks away together and finally move in together?

Just before the holiday Jenny and Sarah had a major bust-up – can their friendship ever be repaired or is it all too much water under the bridge?

As with Blind Date I really enjoyed Holiday Date.

Although it didn’t have me laughing out loud quite as much as the first book; I still really enjoyed catching up with the characters and enjoying the drama!

Ioanna has a flair for humour, and making something ordinary and mundane seem very sweet and interesting.

Jenny’s life is not flamboyant, but she is such a likeable main character – I could see myself being good friends with her.

It was really sweet watching her support her friend Sarah, as she finally finds her confidence back after the ultimate betrayal from Max.

And it was funny to see Jenny get her own back, insisting that Sarah had to try online dating too – with some disastrous dates of her own.

This was a short, sweet, fun read.

Read on to the bonus chapter – we finally find out what went down during the infamous Zante holiday!

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About the author Debbie Ioanna

Debbie is a multi-genre indie author and blogger who was born in Bradford and lives there with her husband, two-year-old daughter and anti-social cat Cleo. When she isn’t busy being a Mum, working for her local council or studying towards her Open University degree, she is busy focusing on her writing career.

Debbie doesn’t write to just one genre as she likes to write about anything. She is currently working on a romantic-comedy series but who knows what she will be working on in the future.

As well as writing novels, short stories and blogs for her website, she is also reviewing other works by indie authors. She is passionate about helping other indie authors as she knows it is a hard world to master and getting reviews is a challenge on its own.

She has been a regular attending author at the UK Indie Lit Fest in Bradford for the last
few years and will be returning in 2020, as well as attending events in Shipley and Liverpool for the first time.

Debbie began studying with the Open University in 2015, aiming towards a BA Honours in Humanities, focusing on History and Creative Writing which are her two greatest passions. It is a part-time course, due to end in 2021 which Debbie is hoping means she will have more time to write.

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I was not financially compensated for this post. I was given an advance copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions expressed in this post are completely my own based on my own experience.

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