Was it Good For You? – review
I was kindly given an electronic copy of Was it Good For You by Kathryn Freeman in exchange for an honest review*.
Was it Good For You book blurb
If you’re not a ten on Sophie’s spreadsheet, you’re never getting her between the bedsheets…
No aspect of Sophie’s life goes unrecorded in her Excel spreadsheets, so when she accidentally sends it to her entire contact list instead of just her best friend, Sophie has a lot of uncomfortable explaining to do.
First on the list Dr Michael Adams.
After a disastrous first date, Michael scored a ‘3’ on Sophie’s ‘love life’ tab, but when she shows up to apologise for sharing his result with the world, he issues an unexpected challenge: ten dates to prove that love can’t be calculated by an equation or contained by boxes on a spreadsheet.
Sophie isn’t someone who’s used to thinking outside the digital box, but there’s something about Michael that makes her want to take a chance…
My overall thoughts on Was it Good For You
I knew I was going to enjoy Was it Good For You because One More Chapter never disappoint with their books.
Our main character Sophie is a typical type 1 person – she loves order and has a spreadsheet that keeps her busy life scheduled and on track.
She’s mourning the loss of her twin sister Rosie and has a difficult relationship with her family.
Sophie tries to live life to the full cramming her days with activities, dates and nights out with friends.
When Sophie asked her boyfriend of 2 years to move in with her, she was shocked when his response was “I just don’t see you that way”.
So she dips her toes into the dating world.
Because she doesn’t want to waste time and knows what she is looking for she adds her dates to her trusty spreadsheet to track the progress of the dates so she knows when to cut her losses and move on.
Michael got his heart ripped out when his girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend and told him it was because he was “too steady and she needed some excitement” – ouch!
So when they’re set up on a blind date by Michael’s sister-in -law, the date doesn’t go very well and Sophie scores him a mere 2.5/10.
And then Sophie accidentally shares the spreadsheet with all her contacts instead of her friend Ava.
Sophie is desperate to apologise to the men she’s dated and rated in the spreadsheet, especially Michael.
After meeting up to apologise Sophie agrees to go on 10 more dates with Michael to give him a fairer chance to up his score and to check whether the spreadsheet actually works!
Of course the more time they spend more time together, Sophie starts to realise there’s so much more to life than can be shown on a spreadsheet and starts to make positive changes in her life.
I think Sophie and Michael are good for each other – yin and yang balancing each other out.
The last 1/3 of the book gets a little spicy, and there was lots of rom-com moments as well.
I loved how much they learned about themselves through the other person and the supporting characters were great too – Betty is a legend.
Thank you to One More Chapter and NetGalley for this Arc in exchange for an honest review.
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