Hazel Camille Bradford is a woman who has terrible luck in
dating. She believes it might be due to her unfiltered
personality and wardrobe, but that seems a little harsh.
When Hazel takes a job teaching third graders at a new
school she runs into her best friend's single brother:
Joshua Im. Joshua and Hazel met one another in college under
less than favorable circumstances, and they have zero
interest in dating one another. However, when they are
forced to live with one another after Hazel's apartment
floods will their feelings change for each other?
There are so many things I loved about JOSH+HAZEL'S GUIDE TO
NOT DATING by Christina Lauren. I saw a lot of myself in
Hazel and appreciated that a character similar to me is
finally a heroine in a romance story. I also loved that
Christina Lauren took the time to showcase Josh's
Korean-American heritage. Humor spills off so many pages,
especially in beginning as we get to know Hazel. I found
myself laughing outloud so many times while reading so many
highly-unexpected situations.
JOSH+HAZEL'S GUIDE TO NOT DATING is a breath of fresh and
worthy of excitement. It took me three days to finish, but
every minute I didn't spend reading JOSH+HAZEL'S GUIDE TO
NOT DATING, I was dying to know what would happen next to my
new favorite characters.
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?