Review: Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

Published: September 4, 2018

Publisher: Gallery

Format: via Edelweiss

Rating: 5/5

Synopsis

Hazel Camille Bradford knows she’s a lot to take—and frankly, most men aren’t up to the challenge. If her army of pets and thrill for the absurd don’t send them running, her lack of filter means she’ll say exactly the wrong thing in a delicate moment. Their loss. She’s a good soul in search of honest fun.

Josh Im has known Hazel since college, where her zany playfulness proved completely incompatible with his mellow restraint. From the first night they met—when she gracelessly threw up on his shoes—to when she sent him an unintelligible email while in a post-surgical haze, Josh has always thought of Hazel more as a spectacle than a peer. But now, ten years later, after a cheating girlfriend has turned his life upside down, going out with Hazel is a breath of fresh air.

Not that Josh and Hazel date. At least, not each other. Because setting each other up on progressively terrible double blind dates means there’s nothing between them...right?

My Thoughts

There is just something nice and comforting when I read a really great rom-com book and this is my favorite one so far this year. Josh and Hazel meet in college under the most embarrassing way but it isn’t until years later that they become friends. Unknown to Hazel, Josh is her best friends brother and when they meet up again they soon become friends. After Josh breaks up with his cheating girlfriend Hazel decides that it is best that they try and hook each other up with dates and help each other out. These dates never end up well and Josh and Hazel just end up back together hanging out. 

We all know where is this going to end, it’s the most used toupe when it comes to books…friends that end up together in the end. However, I am not complaining because Josh and Hazel are so freakin’ adorable!! I loved everything about them and how they balanced each other out. You see Josh is so…perfect to say the least and Hazel is quirky and definitely moves to beat of her own drum, but they just work somehow. So when they finally get together I was so happy and cheering for them. I loved how Josh was so protected of her and how Hazel didn’t care what people thought of her, which I found so refreshing! So while I saw the outcome from a mile away I didn’t care because I loved seeing these two fall in love. Though I wish they would’ve admitted it to each other quicker, seeing them go from friends to lovers was so fun. This is definitely my favorite Christina Lauren book thus far it was fun, cute and utterly romantic if that is something you are looking for then look no further than this book.