Book Review: "How to Get Ainsley Bishop to Fall in Love with You" by T.M. Franklin
In high school, I had a terrible three-year crush on a guy
we’ll call “John.” Though unrequited, my epic crush on John prompted me to do
things like spell his name in syrup atop my pancakes, memorize his volleyball serving technique (ten ball bounces then two steps forward), and spend the first weeks
of post-freshman year summer break dissecting his cryptic message in my yearbook.
Yeah, Usher. I had it baaaaad.
But for all the energy spent loving John from afar, I never
thought to put my brain to good use and draft a list of things I could do to make
him fall in love with me.
And that, dear friends, is the difference between me and
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the endearing protagonist in best-selling author T.M. Franklin’s latest novel, How to Get Ainsley Bishop to Fall in Love
with You.
While the title might be a mouthful, the story goes down
sweet and easy. This perfect beach read is engaging, touching, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. I inhaled the novel in a few hours and
would gladly reinvest that time doing so again for the pleasure of
spending more time with Oliver. Delightful, insightful, and adorably awkward,
he’s the type of guy you wish you knew in high school.
Or college. Or right now.
If Oliver weren’t enough, Ainsley Bishop also boasts a fantastic supporting cast, among them Oliver’s
skeptical yet supportive best friend Viney who keeps Oliver sane but not too
serious as he pursues his lofty goal, and Oliver’s younger brother Sherlock
Holmes, who is interesting beyond his noteworthy name and deserving of his own
book (hint, hint, Ms. Franklin). The subplots and secondary storylines are an
apt spice to this delicious story, adding just enough richness to fully satisfy
the reader’s palette.
Perhaps the most pleasant surprise lies in the title
character herself. Ainsley Bishop is more than a pretty girl with an impressive
collection of tennis shoes. Her flaws endear her to both Oliver and the reader, and as their relationship buds and blossoms, so does our hope to see it
in full bloom before the story ends.
You’ll have to read Ainsley
Bishop yourself to learn if Oliver gets the girl. Either way, T.M. Franklin’s
heartwarming, smile-inducing novel won this girl over, and I have no
doubt it will do the same for you.
How to
Get Ainsley Bishop to Fall in Love with You is available here:
Be sure to join me Thursday, June 19th where T.M. Franklin will be here for the final stop on her Ainsley Bishop blog tour, answering Seven Random Questions. Don't miss it!
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