Guest Review: 33 Valentines – Stephanie Monahan

All Sophie wants for her thirty-third year is a calendar without a February—and without a Valentine’s Day. The unlucky month haunts her with regrets, loss, and missteps she can never take back. But this year, she’s determined to make a change— and she’s going to start with telling her best friend, Sam, how she feels about him.

But February isn’t making it easy for her. Sam’s got a date with his dream girl, and Sophie finds herself in the hospital. Then there’s her father, who has a surprise that’s about to turn her world upside-down, and her little brother, who doesn’t seem to have any room for her in his life. While everyone else seems to be living life, Sophie is stuck in neutral.

Now, Sophie must come to terms with everything that’s holding her back in order to fight for what she wants before she loses the chance to turn her luck around.

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Release Date:  January 21, 2013
Publisher:  Entangled Publishing
Source:  Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

Hilarious, sweet, romantic and touching, this book is absolutely delightful.  Sophie wants her 33rd year of life to be better than the years before.  She wants to take charge and make something of her life.  She decides to tell her best friend, Sam, her true feelings for him.  But when she reads an e-mail from him that says he’s found the perfect girl and they’re going out on Valentine’s Day, Sophie’s shock ends up putting her in the emergency room with a broken arm.  From there, it’s just one thing after another for our heroine, transpiring into a climactic ending that’s romantically sweet.

The characters in this story are written with such detail, that you feel as though you’re living vicariously through them.  The intense chemistry between Sam and Sophie is fun, frustrating (as I started to yell at the book because she wouldn’t just tell him how she felt!), and romantic.  The secondary characters in the book are fun as well, as they add depth to an already entertaining life for Sophie.  The story is a perfect Valentine’s Day romance, a quick read, and one that I would highly recommend to anyone who loves a good contemporary romance.

Cocktail Recipe

Rediscovered Cherry Cosmo

2 oz. Smirnoff Black Cherry vodka

1 oz. white cranberry juice

3/4 oz. Cointreau

Splash of fresh lime juice

Combine all the ingredients in a shaker, and add ice. Shake and strain into a glass. Garnish with fresh or dried cherries.

(From Cosmopolitan magazine)