Enjoyable chicklit with characters that you can root for even if the idea of their workplace is slightly unbelievable!

Milo, Saffie, and Tam are dear friends (Tam and Milo are siblings) who work together at an eclectic little newspaper. They're unlucky in love, and feeling more and more desperate. After having no luck with online dating, they answer an ad for an unusual dating service that promises to find your soul mate in a 24-hour period. The character in this story, Milo, Saffie, and Tam are kind and interesting people. They've all suffered and deserve a Happy Ever After. Their exes are just mean enough to make you root for the three friends. However, there's a pacing problem. The book is slow for a long while, with much restating of everything; ruminating on their problems endlessly. The book needs an edit, but the story is enjoyable, and I found myself becoming more interested at the halfway point.

I would like to start by thanking Head of Zeus, and netball do for an arc of the 24 Hour dating
Agency.

I wanted to read this book based on the cover and description.


This book was adorable. Perfect ROM-COM x 3 rolled into one book!!! Such a great book will definitely be a reread in the near future..

This book was not what I was expecting and I was very pleasently surprised! Although predictable in some ways, the book really made you want to carry it through to the end mainly due to the main characters, Tamara, Saffie and Milo. I loved seeing the relationships blossom and the way they supported each other was adorable. This book had a lot of laugh out loud moments and was quite sarcastic in parts which is just my style! Overall, a really lovely heartwarming romance novel which will go down a treat.

I usually feel like a book with multiple perspectives can be confusing and in-cohesive, but the 24-Hour Dating Agency really benefited from that format! The three main characters of this novel give it a lot of personality, and I love how the story is told bouncing from one to the other.

Overall, I really enjoyed this read! Predictable without being extremely cliche, some fun twists here and there. I didn't love the storyline of the magazine, that time could have been better spent on Saffie, Milo, and Tamara's friendship!

✨️Thank you to Head of Zeus, NetGalley, and Mary Jayne Baker for the opportunity to read and review this book ahead of publication!✨️

While this book definitely took me a bit to get into, I ended up really enjoying this story line! And, looking back, I realize that the slow introduction to the three main characters was absolutely necessary for the overall story.

Basically, we have three friends, connected mostly by work at a cute little magazine. The three of them are wildly different and complex in their own ways. Oh and single. Very single. So, when Milo comes across the 24 Hour Dating Agency sign, he is quick to sign up and is followed by Tamara and Saffie. And from there, the story explodes. I couldn't have guessed about some of the little twists that came along and I feel like that's rare with romance novels.

I really enjoyed this book and will be looking forward to more books by Mary Jayne Baker! 4.5⭐️

Well this isn't what I was expecting!
I love when you pick up a book thinking it's one thing and it turns out to be another and you have to just keep reading until it done!
Definitely want to re-read this in the audio format.

You know what… this may be my favorite book I’ve read so far this year! I liked the three different storylines and how everything intertwined. Three friends (well, two of them are also siblings) are frustrated with single life and agree to try a new dating agency. The 24 hour dates they went on were entertaining and unique, but the majority of the story came after the dates and that’s when things got even better. .

And, as always, I love a happily ever after… or maybe three?! ❤️

Thanks to #NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in return for a fair review.

This novel is marketed as romance - which it does have plenty of - but the thing that made this book stand out for me was the strong friendships between the three main characters. Saffie, Tamara & MIlo all work together at the quirky magazine owned by siblings Tamara & Milo's Grandmother.

Milo has had his heart broken again, Saffie is fed up of the usual dating scene and they both think that divorced Tamara is overdue for some happiness & a life outside of her work & children. So when they hear about a new dating agency that promises to find you 'The One' or give your money back they figure they have nothing to lose and all three sign up!

An enjoyable read

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you so much Head of Zeus/Aria and NetGalley for this opportunity.

I loved this book, one of my favourite of this year so far. I was worried about having three main characters, but I think the writer did a marvellous job since none overshadowed the others.

The idea I think is brilliant and well developed. I loved the way the characters' imperfections were portrayed so that I could relate to those characters.

I can't wait for the release and buy my physical copy.

I absolutly loved this book....fun, really to easy to read but with a fab story line. A massive hug in a book.

Tamara and Milo are brother and sister and work with best friend Saffie for the family production of a niche perodical. Tamara has 3 children and is divorced from a husband that wanted nothing to do with his children. Milo and Saffie are both post relationship break ups but still wishing for partners. Signing up for speed dating does not end positively.

After seeing an advert for the 24 hour dating agency, all 3 decide to sign up...all for their own individual reasons. Saffie in particular is using the experience purely as research for an article for their magazine.

After paying their 500 poubd fee and completing a questionaire they are each matched up to their ideal match. What follows is a journey of tears and laughter as each begin their journey into the unkbown in the dating field.

Really brilliant read, highly recommend.

Saffie doesn’t seem to have any luck in the dating department, and feels like she’ll be eternally single. She works at a magazine called The Throstler. Her boss and friend, Tamara, and co-worker and friend, Milo, also feel like they will be eternally single. Tamara is divorced with two teenage twins and a five year old little girl. Milo feels that he’s already met all the men in the town and there’s no one new left to meet. The three of them decide to try a new 24 hour dating agency – where instead of going on dates across many months, you go on one date for 24 hours. The success rate is 100% with a find your soulmate money back guarantee. Have they met their soulmates, or is a secret one of them is keeping bound to work against their favor?

This was a very cute, flirty read. There were so many times in the book I felt myself smiling along with the characters. I really loved that even though this is a romance novel, there are other aspects to the book as well. First, there is the bond of friendship between the three characters – Milo, Saffie, and Tamara. Each one is so unique, but they all fit together perfectly as friends (and family). The other aspect of this book that I really enjoyed was that there was a twist. I usually read twists in thriller books, not in romance ones, so when the twist occurred, my mouth was left agape. The ONLY reason that I didn’t give this book 5 stars was the fact that the author took a bit to get to the point of the book – there was a lot of background in the beginning and I felt it could have been handled quicker.

If you love a good, wholesome romance novel, this is for you. Pre-order your copy today!

I loved getting to know Safie, Tamara, and Milo - they are colleagues working at an oddball newspaper, and friends outside of work - I enjoyed getting some insight into their trials and tribulations with dating and a bit about their lives before all the action happened. I thought this book was such a nice balance of fun and silly, and some more serious themes - but I was laughing within the first pages and throughout.

I loved that they didn't just jump at the idea of going to a 24hr dating agency, but were like... hmm I don't know about this. I loved that the character development by the end of the book. There was a real journey to get to the HEA, but one that made sense for each of them.

If you love a heartwarming story about strong friendships and romance you’ll want to add this to your tbr!

We do not get the classic romcom with this story as we are given 3 main characters to follow on their journey together as well as individually.

The amount of depth and character in this book was amazing and the plot was unique and unpredictable.

I will definitely be adding a physical copy to my collection once released :)

I really enjoyed this book. I liked that it was 3 main characters and none overshadowed the others. All three coworkers/friends decide to go on a date through the 24 hour dating agency because dating apps suck. Each date is very different and specific to the couple. I liked that the couples weren’t perfect and there were some things each one had to work through in order for their relationship to work.

This was absolutely adorable. I really appreciate books that feature main characters getting a HEA beyond their early twenties, and this book delivers that in spades. I loved the characters in this book, they were all so unique and fun, I couldn’t help but root for them (well maybe not Andy). While the book did feel a little long at times, I was never BORED. The plot had so many surprise twists that I never saw coming. I really did enjoy this!

I was given an ARC of this book by NetGalley and Head of Zeus. All opinions are my own.

This is a tale of dating, yes, but also and just as importantly, family and long-term desires and recognising that you don’t necessarily know what’s right for you until it’s deliberately put in front of you. The author writes realistic, nuanced characters dealing with a variety of situations, and while it’s unusual to have three (third-person) points of view and three developing relationships, it works and doesn’t get diluted or confusing. I particularly liked that the main characters were all in their thirties and forties, with life experience which contributed to their general jaded outlook on dating, and also enjoyed the way the plots played out, with a couple of twists I didn’t see coming. It kept me hooked and I finished it very quickly - highly recommended if you’re looking for a funny, fast-paced read.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, Head of Zeus and by #NetGalley. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

What a great book. It was absolutely adorable and fun to read.

This is one of those where i can't quite tell if it's a romcom because it doesn't quite hit the usual beats. It's almost like 3 romcom novellas, all threaded together? Anyway, this was a fun take on using a bunch of different tropes, and also the first romance novel i have read with a ventriloquist LI so that's really something! It was a fastpaced read with some workplace drama thrown in (which i always love--could have handled more, but i loved the caper feel of the power going out and having to figure out what to do.

The thing that didn't quite work for me was the dating agency itself. Like was there a whole part cut that made its existence, elusiveness, and financial structure make sense? Is the proprietor going to get her own follow-up book? I was not clear on a lot of that. But overall, it was really fun!

This was a NetGalley ARC.

you need this book in your life! THIS WAS SOO GOOD! I can’t even express how much I loved this book. Going from searching for love in all the wrong places to being thrown the most unexpected match. If you love rom come with all the feels this is the book. It was so well written and character development and world building were on point. I need this to be a movie because I loved it so much