Having owned Claire Frost’s first book for about a year now (and it still languishing on my ever-increasing TBR list!] I was excited to read this book - especially having become addicted to Married At First Sight Australia through lockdown!🤣

It tells the story of Hannah, who having returned from travelling and is working with her best friend Jess at the dating app ‘Save The Date’ Jess launched. With the business in financial trouble it needs something to turn it around. Hannah is fed up of being single and dating the wrong men so suggests that Save The Date finds her a husband who she will only meet for the first time on the day of the wedding! Will it be happily ever after?

This book covers love, marriage, friendship and the toils of everyday life which, as we all know, isn’t always perfect. It is an easy read with likeable, relatable characters and I really enjoyed it. Yes it might be a little predictable at times but it doesn’t matter, it’s a really enjoyable read. I will be moving ‘Living My Best Life’ up the TBR list for sure!

Thank you to Claire Frost, Simon & Schuster and Netgalley for the advanced reader copy.

I really wanted to love this book - I’ve been desperate for a fun rom-com style book, and the premise for this is great fun. It is very readable, and I whizzed through it, but I found myself feeling very frustrated.

One of the things I really liked was the realisation that this book wasn’t just about the big relationship between the to-be-weds, but it would also be about and centre on the relationship between two friends. I soon realised that actually the book didn’t really explore in great depth or detail the growing relationship between the new couple, and instead solely honed in on the character Jess, the friend of the bride. Whilst this could have been alright, despite my disappointment over lacklustre scenes between the couple, with whole chunks skipped out - including the actual wedding and honeymoon, which I thought would be prime character growth time. Instead we go back to Jess, who is having problems with her own marriage - again, the reasonings were all good, but it wasn’t delivered very well, and even though I would be on her side in theory, the more I read the more I sympathised with her husband and disliked her. I also found that Jess, who is meant to care so much for her friend Hannah, is so incredibly judgemental and inconsiderate. She often takes the stance of looking down on her friend and criticising her decisions. Hannah isn’t the best friend ever what with there being very few moments where she checks in on her friend, but I found Jess to be an extremely unlikeable character. Most of the time she acted either selfishly or was totally inconsiderate to her friends and family.

Overall, this is an easy read, with a fun premise. I’m so sad that it didn’t have the result I so wanted. I don’t believe in publicly posting negative reviews, so will not publish this anywhere.

This is the 1st Book I have read by the author if they are anything as amazing as this book I be onto a good thing.

This book tells the story of Best Friends Jess & Hannah, Jess is happy married to Tom and has twins whilst Hannah is single, Jess and Hannah run a online Dating App one day Hannah comes up with the idea to put herself up on the dating app to get married to gain more expose for the dating app company that struggling and get a husband in the end.

Jess go through the applicants and picks a husband for Hannah and hannah gets to meet her Husband at the aisle , What happens next you have to read to find out as don’t want to give any spoilers away.

This Book remind me of don’t tell the bride tv programme as in the groom organised everything for the wedding and the bride has no idea but in case of the book Jess the best friend organise everything.

I loved this book and would give it 5 out of 5 stars,

With thanks to Netgalley & Simon & Schuster UK for the arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Married At First Sight is a book that I was really interested to pick up but not even halfway through, I was already losing my interest. It was disappointing that this book focuses on all the details of Hannah's pursuit of finding a husband through the app and her friend, Jess' help instead of actually about her story of getting married and what made them fall in love with each other. Instead, Its a story about friendship who would do anything for the other and making sure that Jess' choice for Hannah's husband is not a complete bust.

This book is draggy and I was more than ready to be done with it. I mainly requested this book because it got a lot of rave reviews in the description but I feel like I was cheated because I didn't like this book at all. Well, everyone has different opinions when it comes to books so this one is a total miss for me although I really hoped I would have enjoyed it.

I am just really disappointed with this book. I was really hoping to get more from Hannah and Toby but the interactions I got were very minimal. The author even skipped the wedding and goes straight to the morning after. I really wanted to get a firsthand experience of what they both think of each other when they first met but I was robbed. If you're like me and love all the romance you can possibly get, I won't recommend you to read this book.

I did find this book a little far fetched for me. The idea seemed to be very similar to the tv shows ‘married at first sight’. The idea that someone (Hannah) would marry a stranger just to save her friend’s (Jess) business didn’t sit well and for the friend to let her do it was not what you would expect a good friend to do. I really wanted to give Jess’s husband a shake though. The idea that he could be an artist living off Jess who also was the main person running their home with 2 children wasn’t good and for Jess to be blamed for this rankled somewhat.

I hope the errors in the book were corrected before putting it out to sale. I found at least 2 paragraphs the wrong way round and also the authors name used at least once in the book instead of Hannah!

This is 3 stories in one book! What a bargain! First we have Hannah who is an adventurous soul who travels miles and lives her best life. She has stopped at home for the longest time and is working for her best friend Jess.

Jess has been married for 20 years and has twin girls, but through building her business she wonders if there is more to life. Jess’s business is struggling when Hannah comes up with the idea of Jess finding her perfect partner through the business which is a dating app.



The whole book is about friends relying on each other and having the faith in being able to rely on each other. Brilliantly written with fab descriptions, lots of humour and real life for the reader to relate to. This book hooked me as much as the Australia version on TV did. However I felt the end wasn’t long enough and although the right pieces were there I felt I could have missed vital points. That being said I loved the book and would recommend.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this lovely, warm, fun story of love and friendship and all that goes with it.

I loved the read up of this book as I've also been watching married at first sight so knew I'd should enjoy this book.

It didn't disappoint the main characters were all really likeable and relatable and throughout I wanted it to work out well for them.

I liked the premise of the story, but as others have mentioned, there was too much build up to the wedding and not enough wedding.

Overall a good read for a bit of escapism. Thank you.

Married at First Swipe is a fun story of a modern-day arranged marriage with a difference and I loved it immediately.

Hannah works for her best friend Jess on her dating app called Save the Date. Jess had got into some financial difficulties and Hannah came up with the hair-brained idea that Jess should find her a husband through the app, and but not meet him until their wedding day. The ultimate blind date! They decided that the exposure in the press and on social media might just save the business.

The first half of the story focuses on the lead up to the wedding. Obviously, I believe in the sanctity of marriage, but this was a fun adventure to follow, a bit of ridiculous light relief.

The second half is more serious as the newlyweds get to know each other. It also looks into the more realistic issues of relationships, including the marriages of Jess, Hannah's parents, and grandparents.

I really enjoyed this. It was well written and all the characters were interesting and far from being perfect.


* I presume the publishers/editors know but there is some editing needed at the end of chapters 10, 11, and 15 as there are some incomplete sentences.

Loved, Loved, Loved it! This is probably one of the easiest book reviews I have written to date.

I actually wanted to read this book again once I had finished it. It may be because the story is set in Manchester (my hometown) but I actually loved all of the main characters.
When I first read the description, I thought it sounded rather farfetched nut having watcher Married at First Sight recently, I thought it may be quite similar… I’m glad to say, it wasn’t! (well apart from marrying strangers obviously!)
Hannah is very much like myself, single, well-travelled and loves being independent, a relationship just had to fit in with future adventures. I’d be more than happy for one of my friends to set me up with someone they’ve found online – well, maybe!

Hannah and Jess work together, in Jess’ back garden ‘office’ for Jess’ online dating business, ‘Save the Date’. STD was struggling financially so an idea popped into Jess’ head to have a STD wedding… a BLIND DATE WEDDING! During this time, Jess’s stress caused strain on her own marriage and family life, I liked that this was part of the book. It made it more ‘real life’ to read about relationship struggles with couples who appear perfect to outsiders.

Toby (The husband-to-be) seems to have more of a hidden depth, has had a heartbreaking past which took him out of the dating game and was urged by his sister to sign up for Save The Date. There was something about his parents which I wasn’t too keen on, I don’t know what it was but I got the vibes that they wanted to shield Toby from further heartache which I understand but I feel that there was more to it.

I really liked the little blog posts that were open letters to the bride and groom to be. I think I’d have been intrigued by it if I’d have come across it in real life too, its no wonder the public got involved!

I think I’ve given enough away without spoiling the whole book so it’s 5 stars from me!

Thank you to Simon & Schuster UK and NetGalley for the ARC.

This book was marketed as a romantic comedy, ideal for fans of Mhairi McFarlane. This grabbed my attention and I was pleased to receive an advanced copy.

I’m not entirely sure the comparison to Mhairi was justified. Her writing style is engaging, and pulls you in from the first pages...I didn’t get that pull with this book.

I struggled to warm to the characters, and although I liked G-ma’s character, the name g-ma began to irritate me as the book progressed.

I liked the premise of the story, but as others have mentioned, there was too much build up to the wedding and not enough wedding!

I will look out for future books by this author as I think there’s something there. But this book didn’t really do it for me.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for my advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review 📚

Thanks to all for the arc of Married at First Swipe! It clearly takes inspiration from married at first sight the tv show and of
Course dating apps.

The story is of two best friends who also work together on a dating app. The story is told from both ladies points of view. It was interesting to hear the view points of both a brand new marriage and a very long term relationship- both the pros and cons and struggles both relationships had.

I warmed to the characters and it was an easy enjoyable read. I’ve had liked to have read more about the wedding and honeymoon which was skipped over which was a great shame. A longer epilogue too as we didn’t get to find out more about Jess’ marriage and business.

Hannah works with her best friend, Jess, in a dating app. Her dating life has disappointed her, she is ready to have a serious relationship and get married. 

While the app has financial problems she comes up with a idea to both  help the app by gaining more subscribers and her dating life. 

Her friend Jess will find her next date which will also be the man she will marry. She won't get to know who he is until the wedding. It will be a first date wedding. The only way of communication with him will be through the app's blog. 

I like the idea of a modern day marriage of convenience a lot. It was a fun way to have two people decide to marry each other. 

The beginning of the story was interesting.  I didn't expected to have both Jess and Hannah's pov, I liked it up only until a certain point, they was a lot of information about both of their lives while I was more focused on the wedding and Hannah's life. I would love to see more of Toby and the actual wedding  and the first meeting, as well as more of the aftermath of their marriage.

*I received an ARC  from the publisher through Netgalley.

Married at First Swipe is a heartwarming, emotional and often hilarious read that explores the ups and downs of a relationship when combined with societies love for modern technology. It's a real feel-good read that leaves you smiling.

Thank you netgalley and The publisher for giving me this arc copy.
I really wanted this book to be a good one that would give me this swoon feeling and butterflies. It almost did but it fell flat at some point. I just kept saying more to my self because I wanted more something to take this book from good to great. I wanted more drama, more lust , more something. I liked it but I didn’t particularly love it. It was a good read for me.

I loved the concept of this and the fact it was compared to Helly Acton and Mhairi McFarlane. I am always so keen to have a rom-com where I can snuggle in my blanket and escape.

For me this fell a little too short and things needed to be fleshed out a lot more, although it was interesting and refreshing to look at problems in marriage whether you’ve been together years or when you’ve never met your husband. It’s not often authors speak about the troubles in relationships, so I welcomed this.

I would have liked to of had more Toby and Hannah – was frustrated when we got skipped to the morning after their big wedding day. Surely this was what the whole book was supposed to be about? I wanted reaction, I wanted drama, I wanted lust – you get what I mean.

I was not expecting to have so much of Jess’ point of view. I do understand what the author was trying to do here, but I just wasn’t sure. In all honesty I think this was trying to do too many things at once, I think it needed to be stripped back and focused on Hannah and Toby and how they overcome this unusual and weird situation. Maybe we should have had two books? One focusing solely on Jess, the business, and her troubles with Tom and one focusing on Hannah and Toby. I also wanted more of G-ma! She was brilliant.

Overall this was a quick and light read, does exactly what it says on the tin. I laughed a lot, - this was genuinely at times so funny, but also felt like we got a little of everything rather than one solid plotline.

Thanks for Simon and Schuster for ARC!

Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK, Netgalley and Claire Frost for providing me with the ARC.

I'm sorry to report that I struggled with this storyline.

This follows a year in the life of Jess happily married and friend Hannah.
Hannah wants to settle down and meets her husband at the altar.
Told in chapters in the POV from Jess and Hannah.

I found this a little hard to read as not much happened until the wedding, for me it wasn't gripping enough and didn't keep my attention I kept reading a chapter putting it down and going back to try again, it took about 3 weeks to complete.

Maybe other readers might enjoy this one but unfortunately this was not for me

If I'm honest, I found this story a bit unrealistic. Does anyone really really want to marry someone that they have never met?
It just isnt my sort of book, but I can imagine it being very popular.
Thans for a chance to read and review it.

Married at First Swipe focuses on a year in the life of two best friends - Hannah and Jess - switching between their perspectives to discuss a course of events. Jess is the head honcho of 'Save the Date', a wedding app that aims to find marriage partners for people as opposed to one night stand, and in an attempt to increase subscriptions and save the business from financial difficulty, her best mate Hannah agrees to marry a man from the app without ever having met him. It's basically the concept of many MANY reality TV shows (like Married at First Sight, and Love is Blind), but with a lot less punch and drama. I felt as though the pacing is too slow, and there's no real drama or action other than the main 'we-got-married-without-meeting-each-other-beforehand' plotline, and instead there's a bunch of additional dialogue and circumstances that don't really aid the narrative.

I can see why the author chose to do dual perspectives - one from Jess who's married to her childhood sweetheart, and one from Hannah who's experiencing the trial and tribulations of a new marriage - but it didn't feel cohesive or that it meshed that well together. I really found myself having to push through pages rather than enjoying the story.

I loved this book! For me this book was up there similar to a Mhairi McFarlane which is as high as a compliment I can give!

Thanks to Simon Schuster UK and Netgalley for an early review copy of this book.

What can I say? It's funny, romantic, emotional and a perfect escapist read for these weird times we're living in. I loved the almost sisterly relationship between Hannah and Jess, they were great main characters.

I thought the blog posts were an interesting way to find out more about Hannah and Toby, it worked really well. (Also Tom's nickname being Tank -LOL!!!!!)

A perfect read for laugh out comedy and relaxing, I'll definitely be recommending this to others.

Described as perfect for fans of Helly Acton and Mhairi McFarlane (which I am) and loosely based on one of my favourite TV shows 'Married at First Sight' I couldn't wait to read this. Sadly though I was left disappointed as it wasn't anywhere near as funny as 'The Shelf' or 'If I Never Met You' or as dramatic as the show.

The big problem for me was that this focused way too much on the pre-wedding and not enough on the wedding or marriage. I wanted more of their first impressions of each other, more of what happened on the honeymoon, more dates, more getting to know each other, more Toby - just more of everything really. I also wanted more from the epilogue - which was too soon after the end of the story to see how things worked, particularly for Jess who wasn't even given an update.

The other problem was main character Hannah - who I found slightly annoying and totally selfish. Any problems were Toby or Jess' fault and never hers although thankfully G-ma (who I did like) eventually talked sense into her.

Maybe this tried to be too many things with the blind -date-wedding, Jess' own marital problems and the perilous state of Save The Date business - which really could have provided so much comedic fodder but didn't.

An easy read but one that ambled along and unfortunately just didn't live up to its potential.