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

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

This review is from 2018 and is kept here for reference. Titles, prices and availability may have changed.

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Stars
★★★★★
Heat
Molten
Series
Standalone

Recommendation

First of all let me say that this might be my favorite Christina Lauren story… I abso-freakin-lutely LOVED this book!!! Hazel is a nut, I want to be her BFF so bad. And good LAWD, Josh is the BEST Asian book boyfriend that I’ve ever read! As an Asian American, this kind of representation in a genre and community that rarely writes stories that include people of color like me or mixed race relationships, a book like this means a lot to me on a personal level. Christina & Lauren NAILED his character. He was broody, sexy, intelligent, respectful and just basically all around swoon worthy! I might have peed myself a little in the scene where Hazel’s ring tone of Khai’s “My Neck, My Back” started playing… LOL, DEAD! This story is not only smokin hot, sweet and funny but for those of us with dating woes, it’s 100% relatable, Go. Run. Click. Now. You need this book in your life.

Excerpts

The world seems full of men who are initially infatuated by our eccentricities, but who ultimately expect them to be temporary. These men eventually grow bewildered that we don't settle down into calm, potential-wifey girlfriends.
I've never had casual sex. I've honestly never understood the impulse; sex is so supremely intimate. I give away a nonrefundable piece of myself, every time.
The tension in my body is so tight, and I ache so deeply it's nearly painful. I need his tongue there, and I want him inside me, and I feel like I want to climb out of my skin I'm so desperate to feel him.

Publisher synopsis

Most men can’t handle Hazel. With the energy of a toddler and the mouth of a sailor, they’re often too timid to recognize her heart of gold. New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Roomies, Beautiful Bastard) tells the story of two people who are definitely not dating, no matter how often they end up in bed together.

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?

Review published September 5, 2018

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