Review: Blonde Date (The Ivy Years, #2.5) by Sarina Bowen

A blind date. A nervous sorority girl. A mean-spirited fraternity prank. What could possibly go wrong?

As a sorority pledge, there are commandments that Katie Vickery must live by. One: thou shalt not show up for the party without a date. Two: the guy shall be an athlete, preferably an upperclassman.

Unfortunately, Katie just broke up with her jerkface football player boyfriend. Even worse, her last encounter with him resulted in utter humiliation. She’d rather hide under the bed than attend a party where he'll be.

Yet staying home would mean letting him win.

Enjoying herself tonight was out of the question. She could only hope to get through the evening without her blind date noticing that he was spending the evening with a crazy person.

Andrew Baschnagel is living proof that nice guys don’t finish first. He’s had his eye on Katie since the moment her long legs waltzed into his art history class. So when her roommate sets Andy up to be Katie’s date, he’d be crazy to say no. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a lot of practice with either girls or parties. Yet.

Goodreads | Source: Kindle freebie (Amazon)

Review:

Great freebie NA novella. I was impressed at how much story and emotion Bowen was able to pack in.

After becoming a victim of a horrible prank by her ex, Katie’s self-confidence is shaken to it’s core. Unfortunately, as a sorority girl, she can’t slink off and hide until the whole thing blows over. Nor does she want to.

Katie and adorable, nerdy Andy were a perfect match and I’m so glad that she was able to appreciate what a great person he was so quickly even though he was so different from the type of guy she usually dated. They were awkward, sexy  and totally believable together despite how seemingly different they were from each other.

Katie realized what’s really important to her and it’s not popularity or the having the *right* boyfriend. I also loved how she grew as a character but she didn’t change who she was. She was rattled but not broken.

Andy – well he was just wonderful. Totally my kind of guy. Nerdy, sweet, willing to stand up for those he cares about. *sigh*

The epilogue was a bit unique and a really nice touch.