Here on the East Coast, July decided that it was going to start with a bang... in the form of a heat wave...
A heat wave that landed me in the bookstore not once but twice in two days. (Yes, I know that I have a book problem. My book problem is not as bad Jessica's though. haha).
I've been reviewing a lot of adult fiction lately. I felt like I needed to go home to my roots and pick up a good ol' YA book.
You guys, I am so glad that I did.
When we were at Bookcon this year, I stopped by one of the publisher booths and I picked myself up a copy of this book. Like some of the other books I have read and posted about here, I first saw this book when it came through as library loan at work.
I decided that Wednesday would be the day that I would start this book. I did not think that Wednesday would also be the day that I finished this book. I did not think that I would start this book at 7:00am that morning (while I was on ambulance duty) and finish it that afternoon.
It was just THAT good.
This book also totally fits the criteria for being a beach ride (#deweyattheshore2018)
Onward to A Date with Darcy!
In A Date with Darcy, we are intorduced to Merrilee Campbell, a 15 year old who is a total bibliophile! Merri always has her head in book, and she believes that boyfriends are better in books (I would like to second this notion, as a 28 year old. haha.)
Merrilee Campbell is a high school sophomore who is a new student at Reginald Hero High. Her first date at her new school is not off to a good start... She has run in with the Headmaster's son, Fielding Williams when she goes to throw away her garbage in the recycling bin. (In her staff, the markings for the bins were on the ground and not on the receptacles themselves.)
Fielding makes it VERY clear to Merri that is not amused by her and her "antics". So much so, that these two develop a rivalry with one another!
On her first day, Merri saw who she thought to be perfect- he has dark hair and was all broody. To her, he would have been her prefect literary boyfriend.
Little did Merri know, this brooding boy turned out to be a real life Romero.... and not so much in a good way... :/
Moreno (see what Schmidt did there? Genius!) is a high school junior. He’s VERY theatrical. So much so, that he embodied the actions and lines of Shakespeare’s very own character, Romero Montague from the classic “Romero and Juliet”.
Not gonna lie, when I was reading through everything going on between Merri and Monroe, I was confused as WHY the title involved Darcy and not Romero. Monroe’s character also started to get on my nerves. In the worst way possible.
I’m glad that Merri came to her senses and was able to dump crazy pants Monroe. Ugh. He gave me a serious case of the heebee-jeebees.
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This where I’m going to say a spoiler. Soooo if you don’t wanna know that I’d advise not to continue on!!
I’m really upset that Merri didn’t pick Toby!! He seems so cute and he seems that he really does care for her and that he would be a good boyfriend to her.
It made me sad....
Spoiler over.
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I would give A Date with Darcy a solid 4 coffee beans out of 5.
It was a cute story and I’m very excited for the books that will proceed this one.
(Check out my photo posted to IG to see what the author, Tiffany Schmidt, thought! This is the second time an author has commented on one of our photos and let me just say, it’s the coolest feeling!)
I have a review that I’m waiting to take a bookstagram over and type up. Hopefully I’ll get that up tomorrow since it’s going to be short and sweet.
See ya back here then!
- Jillian aka “The Bookterminator”
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