Have you ever wished you could mold your boyfriend into the perfect man? Do you wonder if the perfect man even exists? Have you ever been on a horrible date? If so, you will definitely relate to Lucy and Martha! In MAN CAMP, Adrienne Brodeur creates a wonderful place where we can send our not so perfect man to learn all the things men should already know!

Lucy, a biologist and Martha, an actress, are best friends living in New York. After a bout of disastrous dates, Martha decides to start a dating service called FirstDate. Martha goes on dates and then critiques the men to show them what they're doing wrong. The men she meets are egotistical and clueless on how to talk to women. Martha yearns for a masculine man and not one who talks with her as a girl friend would. She's starting to think New York is full of metrosexuals and all the manly men are gone.

Lucy has been dating her boyfriend Adam for two years. After going on a ''romantic getaway'' with him, she discovers he isn't as manly as she thought he was. Lucy credits living in New York for his lack of skills in the outdoors. If Adam doesn't learn some manly skills soon, this might seriously hurt their relationship. After all, what woman wants to have to be the one to chop wood and chase away the scary animals?

Lucy's friend Cooper comes to town to visit Lucy. Martha is blown away by Cooper's southern charm. She wonders why men in New York can't act like him. Together, the three of them come up with the idea of Man Camp. Martha would send all her past dates from FirstDate to Man Camp to learn how to be a proper man. Lucy tricks Adam into going under false pretenses.

Cooper lives in West Virginia and runs a farm. All the men are sent to his farm to learn how to do manly things such as fishing, chopping wood, milking cows, hunting, shooting, etc. Cooper will be the teacher to all the men, since he is the epitome of a real man.

Martha starts to develop feelings for Cooper but something is making him distant? What is Cooper so worried about? Will Martha end up with Cooper, the perfect southern gentleman? Can Lucy turn Adam into the perfect man by sending him to Man Camp?

MAN CAMP was a hilarious look at the way women and men differ from each other. The characters were a joy to read about and felt very real to me. I can picture myself in Martha and could relate to everything she went through on her dates. Adrienne Brodeur wrote a delightful story that will have you thinking about her characters long after you close the book.