Suitabook10 Blind Dates
Ashley Elston
- Reading
- If the crowded cast is difficult to track, try reading in short stretches and pausing to note which relative arranged each date. The text-message passages offer a change of pace.
- Themes
- Heartbreak and changing feelings: After Sophie’s boyfriend breaks up with her, family members arrange dates to distract her; his unexpected return leaves her more confused as she develops feelings elsewhere. The story frames finding love and getting to know oneself as part of Sophie’s experience, rather than treating the dates only as a matchmaking contest.
- Family matchmaking and togetherness: Sophie’s grandmother sets up ten dates through relatives during a crowded family Christmas, and family members also make a betting pool about the dates. The matchmaking is presented as a well-meant attempt to distract Sophie, but its success and effects on her are not settled by the described events.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes a breakup and romantic uncertainty, as well as family members arranging dates and placing bets on how they go.