BOOK REVIEW: Step On It, Cupid! by Lorelei Mathias

After seeing the vid-lit for Lorelei Mathias' Step On It, Cupid! I just had to give it a read. Granted, I'm not usually one for tales of dating (I'm a meanie who'd much love to see our heroines end up alone with twenty cats. Okay, joke!), but this one just seemed cute. Not only that, but the Little Black Dress series is wonderful (Spirit Willing, Flesh Weak is another great read, but we'll save that for another time.) Anyway, on with the review.

Sassy twenty-something Amelie (yep, just like the film) has a fabulous job in advertising, and after vowing to make her work the centre of her life for the coming year, she's determined to succeed when she and best friend Duncan are handed one heck of a task - an ad campaign for Fast Love, Britain's upcoming and already widely popular speed-dating company. The task at hand is to come up with a brand new strategy - but SPEED-DATING? Of all things!

Passing off speed-dating as a tool for the utmost in desperate, Amelie is stumped when she finds herself dragged along to speed-dating nights as research for the Fast Love project. And after being introduced to countless impossible suitors, maybe it's time to give up on the whole romance thing? Speed-dating couldn't possibly work...or could it?

Step On It, Cupid! is cute, romantic and definitely a joy to read if cutesy, romantic books are for you. However, despite the lovable Amelie and plenty of humour in places, I did think the whole concept (overworked ad girl with demanding boss finds love) is starting to become a bit overused. It may be dotted with cliches, but the speed-dating theme does bring a whole new, original twist to it. Needless to say, I enjoyed it, and as previously mentioned, I usually give the overtly lovey-dovey ones a miss.

In all, it's a fun, light read, that'll keep you guessing. And for once, the ending isn't TOTALLY obvious, either.

Rating: 3 out of 5

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