Really enjoyed this one's premise, but it was another one that I struggled to get into. I'll blame this one on my reading slump.

I thought the premise of the book was good and the character development was good. It was hard to get into at first. It was a slow start. It was also hard to relate to some of the characters at first. Overall I think the character development and the idea of the story was good.

First of all, let's address the elephant in most of the reviews, the editing and grammar are not great. The pace is fairly slow. However, the characters were developed well. There are some pretty funny parts. The plot had promise. There was too much lull. Overall it was lacking for me. You may love it.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and Harper 360 for the ARC!

Let me preface this review by saying I was not too fond of any of the main characters, Jemima, Meagan, and Simi. With that said, I did find their story very entertaining. Andi was able to bring plenty of humor to keep me reading. I was also nosey and waiting to see when everyone's secrets would spill. I do think the book could have been a little shorter. Some parts of the book felt like they were dragging on a bit. But, overall, I enjoyed this one.

Thank you @NetGalley for the ARC of Asking for a Friend.

This book was not for me.

The book read as mean girls. The main characters' voices were incredibly annoying to me; immaturity, and the entire premise of asking out people for someone else. It was just a no-go for me. I also thought there was too much going on in the story line at the beginning. Not much back story was included, the author dove right in. If I didn't have this as an ARC through NetGalley, I would have DNFed this book.

The only positive is that there was diversity of characters.

0.5/5 stars. I really wanted to like this book, but alas, not for me.

Thank you for this ARC for an exchange for an honest review.

Excellent book, I really enjoyed reading it.

Asking for a friend
by Andi Osho
4 stars

Asking for a friend is centered around 3 best friends who've been there for each other through a lot of hard times and good. Jemima is afraid of love and relationships after her ex messed her up. Meagan is set on having a plan for her life and doesn't want to rely on anyone ever cause the last person she relied on screwed her over. Simi falls in love way too fast she is just ready for married life and wants any relationship to last.
When they rush to help Simi get over yet another failed relationship, they decide it's time to try letting each other try to pick out a guy for them.
This book has a lot of ups and downs, you see the different sides of each woman and it is fantastic how they have such major different personalities. I felt a little connected to each woman with how they are, Jemima being afraid of flirting and falling for someone she has an instant spark with. Meagan with her push people away and hold them at arm's length and Simi we all have fallen hard at one point sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't, but I feel like everyone has been there. I felt at times I couldn't keep up with the different POVs and their different personalities.
Thank you, Net Galley and Harper 360 for this advanced copy for an honest review.

I loved that this was like a 24 (tv show) version of three best friends and the story of their disastrous love lives.
I love the linear time frame that the author wrote in. It makes you feel like a fly on the wall, and it was such a fresh take. Very entertaining!
The way you could almost hear the monologue coming off the page was hilarious and made you want to be friends with the girls and be a fly on the wall while they talk about their escapades.
Jemima, Meagan, and Simi were fun to follow throughout the book and I do hope that the author writes more.

One of the things that I value most in the world is friendship. I consider my friends to be my family and for my inner circle I know that is reciprocated. So when I came across this book I was intrigued and as I read it I was pleasantly surprised.

The story centers around three friends and how their lives are changing. Parts of me could relate to Jemima, Simi and Meagan equally. As single women trying to balance relationships, work and life in general, their stories felt real and relatable. But the one thing that I appreciated the most that their friendship was the focus of this book and their respective love lives played second fiddle.

Too often books that I think are about female friendships turn to be about romance. And even the cover of this book would make you think that romance would be front and center. But honestly the friendships and the growth of the characters is what stuck out to me more than anything else.

I'd like to thank Netgalley and Harper 360, HQ for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked this novel. I found it funny and easy to read. The story focuses on three women who decided to ditch dating apps and set their own rules for getting dates. They pick and ask out men for their friends. Each woman is having trouble in the "love" area and find a way to help each other out.
Jemima, an author, has an ex who won't leave her alone. Meagan, has a set plan for her future and is not looking for a serious relationship according to her plan but is unaware that she is actually in one. Simi, an actress was just dumped by her boyfriend and is trying to get over him.

I found myself laughing out loud. The characters are relatable and likable. I liked how their friendship took some hits, which had you yelling for the characters to just talk to each other but in the end they found value in each other and made it work.

Perfect for a beach read and for rom com lovers.

DNF at 25%

Wanted to love this. The premise is really neat. However, the execution was off.

I didn't find the characters very likable, and I couldn't keep them straight from one another. I'm sure that would have come as I kept reading, but I was losing interest fast. Especially because there was so much dialogue and pop culture references that I didn't get.

Overall, I couldn't get a sense of where this book was headed. By this point in a book, I should have a pretty good feel for what's going on and I wasn't feeling that. If it wasn't for the marketing synopsis, I wouldn't have a clue what was happening. And while that might be fine for some genres, romance is one that needs to have a clear direction.

Thank you to #NetGalley, Andi Osho, and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book tells the story of three close friends Simi, Megan, and Jamima. All of their love lives are in the dumps and the girls are determined to do something about it! The girls develop a dating game where they pick dates for each other to keep each other from their "type". What could go wrong?

This book was very cute as I enjoy a good chick lit book. It was hard to follow at times as it rotated between the POV of the three women. All in all, I would recommend it to other readers.

Jemima and Meagan come running when their best friend Simi goes through yet another bad breakup. They decide all three of them keep failing at relationships because they're choosing the wrong men for themselves. So they decide to choose for each other. Along the way, they realize the problem isn't the men—they're approaching relationships the wrong way. And it's not just affecting their personal lives. It's taking a toll on their careers as well. Can they work through their baggage before past hurts destroy their friendship?

This women's fiction is amusing but also dives deep into the psyches of the three heroines. None of them realize how damaged they are—they're convinced that other people are the problem. And at first, that appears to be the case. Over the course of the novel, the author deftly unravels them one by one, until they finally have to admit that they've got work to do on themselves. Well done!

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

DNF this book at chapter 10. Unfortunately I just couldn’t get into it, and I wanted to like it so much. I loved the premise of 3 very different girlfriends who help each other find love, but I think maybe the switching back and forth between all the characters POVs made it very hard for me to follow, and it just took too long for anything to happen. Again, I stopped reading at chapter 10, and there has yet to be hardly any plot.

I really wanted to like this, but I just didn’t. Hopefully I’ll find the courage to read it again sometime, but I don’t know.

Jasmine, Simi, and Meagan are all from different walks of life but connected through their amazing friendship. Each are having their own share of problems with realationships, until they decide that they will stop using dating apps and instead only ask people out in person but for each other rather than themselves.

I thought this a fantastic book. Each woman is in a different place in her life, and each has her own challenges. They were all wonderfully flawed, and their friendship was so much fun to watch. There were times I spent rooting for each woman, and times I wanted to yell at them. I thought this was a really great and quick read.

Thanks so much to Harper 360 for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was an entertaining, well-written book. It was creative, fun, clever and I wanted to find out how things would turn out. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others.

DNF this book didn't hold my attention which was disappointing. She has an annoying ex who she's avoiding but went to LA for a vacation . She meets an annoying flight attendant. She has annoying friends...

Friends Jemima, Simi, and Meaghan haven’t had the greatest luck in their careers or in love. Their greatest successes are their friendships with each other.

One night, after another heartbreak, they decide to play a dating game - where they find dates for each other but never themselves. What could go wrong?

I really enjoyed this debut novel by Andi Osho, which was more a glimpse at modern female friendship and less about romance. It was funny, too, with quips about it bars like “the staff were so hipstery, the whole place smelt of beard oil.” Jem, Sim, and Meag all make plenty of mistakes along the way - and some are easier to forgive than others.

“Good girlfriends were a rare and precious thing and in their womanhood they had a matchless kinship.”

Thank you to HQ/Harper 360, Andi Osho, and Netgalley for an early copy of this book. My review is voluntary and all opinions are my own.

The premise of this book is so cute, so I was very disappointed when this didn't turn out to be the adorable and fun book I was expecting.

I still enjoyed the overall plot, it was the three women who bothered me most. They, especially Simi, seemed completely immature and were frustrating to read about.

I had high hopes but they all fell flat.

I am really disappointed in this book, so I’m going to try and keep this review short and sweet. Frankly I hated the three main characters. They are so over-the-top and so incredibly immature that it is hard to believe they are grown women. Their ages range from late 20s to early 40s, but I would almost swear I’m reading about high school students, that’s how bad they are, in particular Simi. In addition, this is being billed as “hilarious“ because the author is a comedian in the UK, but the comedy attempts are just cringy and clichéd. I really am sorry that I don’t have anything positive to say.

Thank you to NetGalley & Harper 360 for this advanced reader copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.