Getting to Third Date

Getting to Third Date
By Kelly McClymer
Simon Pulse, 2006. 291 pgs. Young Adult

College freshman Katelyn Spears may have bitten off more than she can chew. Tyler, the school newspaper editor, convinced her to accept a position writing the dating advice column under the pseudonym Mother Hubbard. Katelyn's old-fashioned dating advice causes uproar across the campus, and Tyler challenges Katelyn to break her own dating rules--which are that (almost) every guy deserves a second date, but only someone with serious potential gets a third date. So Katelyn has to give guys she's written off a third chance and report on it as Mother Hubbard. However, this is all complicated by the fact that Katelyn has a crush on Tyler, who in turn likes Katelyn's roommate, Sophia. With the whole campus chiming on what Mother Hubbard needs to do with her love life, it remains to be seen if Katelyn can finally find the relationship she wants.

This quick-read, chick-lit-ish type book is fun and lighthearted, but at the same time, I have doubts about the appeal of the romantic male lead, so the book was somewhat unsatisfactory for me. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it, either.

AE