Book Review – ‘Dashing for Love’ by Valerie Pepper

Synopsis

A dating app that hides your identity is great—until you realize who’s on the other side.

In the margarita-fueled wake of his thirtieth birthday party, small town veterinarian Matty Brodigan takes the plunge into Blinding Love, an app where pictures aren’t allowed and users are paired based on personality tests. How is he to know that the woman he matches with is his best friend’s little sister?

Goldie Dash is finally getting her life together: she’s in her own place and has a burgeoning career as a journalist. She’s probably never going to shake her crush on her sister’s best friend Matty Brodigan, but that’s okay, because she just matched with someone on Blinding Love.

Hidden behind fake names, Goldie and Matty fall for each other. It’s only when they agree to meet at a masquerade ball that Goldie realizes what’s happened, and when she finally reveals the truth to Matty, the shocked pair decide to keep their relationship under wraps while they figure out what to do.

But secrets only last so long, and soon they face a choice: play it safe and walk away, or risk it all for the love they never knew they had?

My Thoughts

Dashing for Love was actually a book that took a whole different turn than I thought it would.  That is only due to the title I kept thinking one of the main characters would be a chef.  Spoiler they are not but the FMC’s sister is a chef in the family restaurant.

There is a lot going on with the world and news right now, and for me, books are my escape to be in a world where none of this is going on.  Valerie was able to create that world and was able to give it a Gilmore Girl vibe.  The small town and the great cast of side characters are all anyone would ever need in a book.  And let’s not forget the MMC in this book is a vet with dogs, cats, and a hedgehog.

Now Dashing for Love is the second book in the Lucky in Love series but I have to say I didn’t feel lost one bit. I got enough information about what happened in the last book to make me not feel lost but in fact, it makes me want to pick up that first book. Not just for the story that was told but to also be able to go back into this town.

Dashing for Love is a four-star book that will have you chuckling and really enjoying the love story that was told and make you want more.  The Spice Level is a 3 so that means there are a few open-door scenes and trust me those are adding a bit of a kick to the book.  Please don’t worry because that spice is just right. 

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**I would like to thank Happily Booked PR and Valerie Pepper for the ARC Copy of this book. Getting the ARC Copy did not influence my thoughts on the book as they are all my own**