Blind Dates
Is true love just a few dates away ... or even closer than you think?
Tom has always been a hopeless romantic: but now he's just hopeless. After lockdown in particular made the millennial a reclusive introvert, it was finally time to get back 'out there' - at least according to his best friends Adam, Allison and sister Sarah.
As the group sets up ten miracle dates to rejuvenate Tom's love life, he soon realises how difficult the dating scene has become, along with juggling his Shakespearean-themed café on the side and a hobby of romantic mixtape making.
As the dates continue to turn into disasters, an old flame keeps reappearing in Tom's sight - along with bittersweet memories. Fearing it may be too little too late, Tom must decide whether he can date his way to happiness, or find his true match was under his nose the whole time...
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Gordon is a former journalist writing about media and technology. He now works in marketing for Twitter UK. He has also blogged about dating and politics. His first novel Songs For Your Mother was published in May, 2021. His second novel, Blind Dates was published in 2022. He lives in North London, and is working on his next book.
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First, I want to thank Gordon Macmillan, Hera and Rachel’s Random Resources for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
OH WOW!!! Blind Dates by Gordon Macmillan was just the fun read that I needed. Having been single for so long and not sure how to navigate dating in the post pandemic here comes this fun read. Oh Gordon will have you smiling ear to ear, laughing out loud, rolling your eyes at some of his dating options, and wondering about the one that got away. It is definitely a must read!
One big theme in both books that Gordon has written (that I have had the honor to read and review) has been his love of music. In Blind Dates each chapter is titled a song title that compiled at the end can be a mixed tape found on Spotify. Two of the songs that are posted he actually wrote himself. He also has his character in his books make a mixtape of popular songs as well. I smiled at this because when I was younger I made mixtapes all the time and loved them.
I loved that Gordon took the modern day topic of the Pandemic and used it in the storyline. Dating is hard enough but this day in age with the pandemic it is even harder. So I am glad that he addressed this issue.
As a huge fan of all things pop culture I smiled at all the references to it like when he watched all the seasons of Gilmore Girls during the pandemic! What guy would admit that?! I loved that series!
Gordon let us readers be a fly on the wall as we got to be a voyeur on these interesting dates. Oh there was one that I totally shook my head at and couldn’t believe how rude she was!! I was laughing my booty off at the backlash on the social media commentary! He met a lot of interesting people, learned a lot about himself, and gained experience in the process.
With Blind Dates Gordon did his research on dating and educated us on the statistics on various points.
At the end of the book Gordon gives a very nice write up of what his inspiration was to write this book.
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