Jamie Newman details his disastrous quest to find ‘The One’
on his blog, sharing the eye-wateringly personal details of his atrocious dates
and embarrassing fall-outs.
Our protagonist has no shame and sees no harm in sharing
even the most stomach-turning (and hilarious) mishaps that seem to plague each
and every date. There’s an unfortunate incident early on involving a
painting of Jesus and you couldn’t imagine what transpires during his second
date with the heroine of the piece, Laura McIntyre. Laura chooses to spill her romantic foibles in an altogether
more private and appropriate forum-her diary.
We first meet the pair before they have even met each other,
at an ill-fated speed dating event which ends before Jamie and Laura get the
chance to meet. Laura and Jamie chalk it up as another sign from the cosmos
that they’re both destined to end up alone, until they quite literally come
crashing into each other’s lives again. Cue a whirlwind romance, narrated from both Laura and
Jamie’s side that, despite a truly horrific incident, goes on to blossom, even
overcoming the reappearance of Laura’s ‘Big Love’ and Jamie’s temper.
Nick Spalding embodies the notion of ‘no holds barred’ with
this authentic, well-observed, hilarious insight into the minefield of modern
love. His gross-out approach to romantic literature is refreshing
and should be enjoyed by both sexes, but he did lose me with the lip-curling
schmaltz right at the end.
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