A review by 13rebecca13
The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss

5.0

Such a beautiful, festive read!

Kate is in her thirties and unlucky in love. Her best friend Laura convinces her to sign up to Lightning Strikes, a dating site with a twist. If you sign up to their Christmas event, you go on twelve dates with twelve different men during the month of December. Kate isn't convinced she will meet "The One".

I love the depth that Kate's backstory goes into, in particular her relationship with her best friends Laura and Matt and her parents too. There are so many laugh out loud moments and I just love Kate and Laura's friendship.

The dates themselves are great. I love all of the activities that they go on, from cocktail making to hiking and even an escape room.

I did figure out what was going to happen pretty early on, as did many of my readalong buddies. Usually this would put my off a book but with this one, it made me want to read on to see how it all worked out.