‘A Glasgow Kiss’ follows the somewhat disastrous online dating life of our main character, Zara. I devoured this book in 24 hours, which was full of laugh out loud moments and inwards groans as we follow Zara on her dating journey. As a character Zara is easily relatable with her trials and tribulations of finding a suitable man in our generation where most dating appears to happen based off a swipe left or right. Zara’s somewhat turbulent dating life makes me incredibly chuffed to be happily married and not having to encounter the world of tinder in my late twenties. Having finished the book, I sought out the authors original blog ( https://sexinglasgowcity.com/author/datingdora/ ) and I do wonder if ‘A Glasgow Kiss’ is a dating memoir, rather than a work of fiction. Sophie your blog posts are hilarious, even with the pandemic putting a lock down on your dating life.
I’m not sure I would categorise A Glasgow Kiss as a romance, purely due to the severe lack of “romantic men” that poor Zara (and possibly Sophie) dated however there’s an underlying strong tale of friendship and inoffensive sex scenes a plenty, although not in a Jilly Cooper or 50 shades manner but more of a “oh my god do men actually do that to bodysuits?!”.. I’ve heard of selling your undies on eBay but the bodysuit fascination is news to me!
Overall ‘A Glasgow Kiss’ is fun, flirty and an easy going read that will be sure to improve a rainy weekend. Zara is unlikely to win any awards for feminist of the year and her story is not particularly emotionally in-depth however my biggest gripe was what felt an unnecessary and excessive use of the C-word. It’s a personal preference but I felt the book would have been fine without it and Zara’s personality would still have shone through.
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