3.5 stars
I don't know about anyone else but I loved the movie this book was referencing... Had very cute moments and carried the theme to a happy ending.

Andie J. Christopher has written a fun retelling of one of my all-time favorite movies How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The book put a bit of a twist on it, this time it is the guy that is trying to lose the girl and it is the girl trying to prove that she can be in a relationship. This was just a Playful light hearted story Full of sass, Snark, steam, and four letter words. Jack and Hannah meet one night at a bar, there is instant chemistry, but neither of them are looking for a relationship. The night they meet they share an amazing kiss, exchange numbers, yet still they resist. Then Jack’s boss gives him and opportunity. If he can write an article on how to lose a girl in two weeks, then he will be given the opportunity to write a political column. Similarly Hannah who is an event planner is wanting to start planning weddings. When her boss implies that she’s not the right girl to plan weddings, because she’s not even in a relationship, Hannah lets it slip that she in fact is now in a relationship. SO now both Jack and Hannah are using one another to bolster their careers. The problem is they both start to catch real feelings for one another.

Told from both Jack and Hannah‘s perspectives, I really got invested in this seemingly doomed romance. Hannah was strong, smart, kind of a bitch on wheels, but she definitely had a sweet vulnerable side. Jack was such a good guy, A little clueless, but so authentic. If I had any complaint about this book it would be that Jack doing this was really out of character for him, but I guess it needed to happen for the book to work. Loved all the secondary characters in the story. Jack had the most amazing family even his mom who left him when he was younger was a great character. Hannah‘s BFF Sasha was amazing, I’d love to see a story where she gets her HEA! This book just made me smile and feel all warm and gooey inside. There is some definite sizzle in the story and these characters do like to throw around those for letter words, so if that’s not your thing this might not work for you.

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*** Big thanks to Berkley for my copy of this book ***

Set in Chicago this book is loosely based off of the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days with a gender-role swap. The two leading characters in this romantic comedy are Jack and Hannah. Jack is a journalist and Hannah is an event planner who are trying to move up in their careers. They have been out of a relationship for a long-time since they haven’t met someone good until they meet each other. They immediately hit things off and start dating with a catch. Hannah needs this relationship to work to get a promotion and Jack is working on a story of how to lose a girl in order to write the big name political pieces he aspires to. Can they keep up the charade?

I love romantic comedy books and I was excited to read about this book as soon as I heard the synopsis. While the novel is mostly lighthearted it also tackles issues such as careers, relationships, dating apps, and racial identity. Hannah has struggled with previous relationships because her exes try to put her in box or label her as exotic. She is comfortable with her identity, but wants someone to see her as her for who she really is. Jack has been struggling with his career for some years and wants to be independent. He doesn’t want to fall back in his family’s business and knows that he’s worth more than the fluff pieces his family gives him.

I love these two together! The cheeky banter, humor, and they way they really connect with one another is so genuine. You can see that they truly care for one another and their feeling run deep. They make such a good couple and reading the hilarious antics of their dates made me enjoy the book even more. It’s also full of many steamy moments. Its a well-balanced romance novel and it’s full of good characters, an exciting setting, and a fun plot. I want to read more books by Christopher and I'm going to check out her other romance reads.

I'm not sure what it was about this book, but I just couldn't finish it. I'm a fan of romances like these, and as someone who's been in many interracial relationships, I was excited to read it, but I just couldn't finish it. I think I didn't expect everything to be so on the nose. He's using her, she's using him, but they both like each other. It's a common theme in romances, but this one didn't work for me.

3.5 stars

Fans of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days will certainly appreciate the storyline of Not the Girl You Marry - although at times it might feel a bit like - "haven't I watched this movie before" - but still totally enjoyable. I enjoyed Hannah and Jack's relationship and progression and would have loved it more to see them in a more unique story. Christopher is definitely a sharp writer and I'll be interested to check her out again in the future.

This was cute, it's my first from this author and I loved the writing!I enjoyed both Jack and Hannah and their story was fun!If you've seen How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days then you are definitely going to love this one!

I loved how the story goes and I find both characters well developed! Jack and Hannah have great chemistry.Hannah is biracial and has had issues in past relationships.She has given up on love and sworn off men.I liked her a lot!

It was a great read and I'm waiting to see more from this author.

Not the Girl You Marry is a book I picked up to review based strictly on the blurb as the author is new to me.

The premise of the book puts a spin on the “fake relationship with a purpose” trope that was unique and had me curious about who these people would be.



The author included a note at the beginning of the book about how some of her personal experiences influenced the heroine’s attitudes. Having that information was helpful - knowing that Hannah’s experiences and her resulting thought process was even somewhat based real experiences made me more open to seeing where she was coming from and how she responded to some of Jack’s behaviors.



Overall, I liked Jack and Hannah. Both characters were interesting and a bit different than those I’ve seen before. I appreciated the emotional growth that both experienced, I could especially (and I think most woman can) relate to Hannah’s experience and how history influences how she responds.



The plot and pacing of the story was entertaining, but I felt like there were places were the cross purposes being worked on could have been explored a bit more for the humor aspect. There were times the story felt a bit heavy. My other concern/ complaint was some of the language used - and I don’t mean the f bomb, etc- I mean some of the “headline” words that I’m not sure are mainstream yet. (I had to google a couple of things).



This is a book that I liked and I will definitely be exploring more by this author, there are just a few small things that fall under the “ maybe think about this” list.

This slightly updated homage to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was a very fun rom-com. It's got as many frustrating moments as its predecessor- problems that could be solved or avoided with better communication, but since the point is that they are trying their hardest to avoid genuine connection so that they will be able to drop the other, it makes sense. It was entertaining and solid.

Not the Girl You Marry is basically a gender swap of How to Lose a Guy in ten days.  This means a woman had to have a boyfriend to get promoted and a Guy had to be a bad boyfriend.  Neither of which I particularly liked as a plot.

Jack is apparently the perfect guy, but he keeps getting dumped, so I was a little unclear why he had to try to lose a girl in two weeks.  Hannah wants to start planning weddings at the events company she works for, but her boss thinks she doesn’t believe in love so of course, she has to find a boyfriend to prove it.  Both characters are using the other one, and both actually like the other one, and I have to say I never got why. Though Jack really didn’t do anything too terrible, the mansplaining was a lot I will grant you, but every time he did something bad he would make up for it ten-fold.

In all honesty, I just didn’t care about these characters, I wasn’t drawn to either of them.   And I was indifferent to whether they ended up together or not. This book was not bad, and I think a lot of people would actually like it, it just wasn’t for me.

3.5 STARS! ~

Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher was a retelling of the classic romantic comedy movie from the 2000s: How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. Only, Andie puts a unique spin into play as well as reversing the roles of the characters.

We first meet Jack Nolan. He's the kind of man who thrives in relationships. He's been in three so far but now that's he's single he wants to try the casual dating thing. That is until he meets Hannah and feels an instant attraction.

Hannah is a strong, intelligent and independent woman but she, unlike Jack, struggles with relationships. She believes men don't see her as the serious type of girl. You know, the girl you take home to met the parents. She's dated guys; however, it seems once they have sex and are together for a little while, the guy soon realizes that he doesn't want to go any deeper. This has made Hannah feel a disdain towards men.

Due to their demanding jobs they each must lie to the other to further their careers. Everything becomes a mess of epic proportions when these two begin to develop feelings for one another.

I struggled with moments of repetiton and when Hannah would constantly bring herself down, coming off as a character who self-loathes. Battling her own inner demons of self-love and accepting herself, Hannah knows who she is and she is in fact fierce but she didn't believe anyone could love her. The fact that Jack goes out of his way to prove her wrong in that aspect is something I found I rather loved.

Overall, Not the Girl You Marry is a sweet romance full of wit with bits of angst thrown in. I really enjoyed the relationships between the characters. I'm looking forward to Jack's sister, Bridget's book next 😏


*I received a complimentary copy of this book from Berkley through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.*

So cute! Being in an interracial relationship as well I completely connected with this book! I love a cute contemporary romance novel to take me out of a slump and this did it for me. This was my first time reading anything by Andie J. Christopher, and it was not a let down! Thank you so much Netgalley for the opportunity!

When Hannah and Jack meet at a bar, they both convince themselves that despite their initial attraction, nothing will happen. Jack starts to pursue Hannah with all intentions of getting inside her head and using her for an article on How to Lose a Girl. Hannah’s focus is to make sure Jack doesn’t go anywhere since she needs to clean up her image and show she has a romantic side.

So I admit I really wanted to read this to do a comparison for the movie, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. I love that movie and to see a book with some of the same premise but with gender reversal sounds exciting. However, the execution is slightly off and it may be due to the fact the readers are inside the mind of the main characters.

Hannah has a lot of issues. Her previous relationship really damaged her. I also believe that her own views of being biracial really started the issues she continues to face as an adult in relationships. Let’s break some of this down. Hannah use to date a guy name Noah who wanted her to embrace her “black” side and since she went to a primarily white school and have mostly white friends, she struggled with being the girlfriend he wanted. He ended things and told her that she is not the girl you marry. I say good riddance but of course, this messed Hannah up and she believes no one will ever marry her.

I liked Jack but for the life of me I couldn’t understand why he continued the charade with the article. Every chapter that had his POV, he spoke about loving Hannah and how great she is. So did he think this would end up working out and he gets the girl? Maybe if he wasn’t so into her and slowly realized how great she is, I could have stayed with the silly idea of the article.

The chemistry between Jack and Hannah kept me going. I love all the silly banter and sexy times with them. Hannah’s conversation with her best friend really reminded me of some of my own conversations with my friends. They were spot on.

Overall, this is a cute and funny romance that I would recommend.

~ Samantha

I received an ARC from Netgalley for an honest review. Not the Girl You Marry is a contemporary interracial romance. I loved the idea of an interracial couple as I feel there are more pairings beyond staying within one's race. And to have a strong bi-racial heroine is even more bonus. There are some fun moments, witty exchanges between Hannah and Jack. However, sometimes I felt the dialogue was forced and the exchanges and inner dialogue a bit over the top. I wanted to love this book because the premise is so good. I feel the book needed a bit more editing to tone down the dialogue and help develop the character arcs more completely and with finesse. Also, I didn't really feel the chemistry between Hannah and Jack. I usually get gooseys on my arms when characters have amazing chemistry. Unfortunately, this one fell a little flat for me. I think there's great potential, but it needed more polish and editing.

Not the Girl You Marry was described as a modern/updated version of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and honestly, at its very base, this is the most accurate description out there. For that, I IMMEDIATELY knew I needed to read this book. I cannot count how many times I watched that movie.

On the flip side, while I knew I would enjoy this book, I knew I wouldn’t fall in love with it for the premise. It is merely a cute and fun book that you read and go about your life at its base. What kept me riveted was the role reversal (the male was columnist) and the unique biracial perspective. I am not a WOC myself, but I love to read them in my stories in any capacity. I feel like this gave a fresh, but educational twist for me. Her struggles are a conflict/issue I never would know otherwise, and I am forever grateful to have gained the knowledge of a fellow female’s struggles.

This book was mostly light and fun, with a bit of drama and intriguing perspective.

I wanted to like this. A biracial romance with a mixed girl at the forefront? Sign me up. We needed this in the world. However, this was just not good. The writing isn't great, but it's not a deal breaker. However, the premise of How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days but gender-bent is a wonderful one, but the characters just suck. They are terrible, annoying and mean; I wasn't rooting for them to figure it out. I just didn't care.

Thanks for the opportunity to read this title. Unfortunately, it was not for me. I was expecting more of a romantic comedy chick lit type read, but this was a little too raunchy for me. I know that there is an audience that will love this title, therefore I will not be sharing a review on Goodreads, in order not to skew the rating.

Andie Christopher’s Not the Girl You Marry is a smart, sexy, sassy and laugh-out-loud funny romance that will leave you with a huge smile on your face. Jack and Hannah are utterly adorable as they argue, flirt and banter their way into love. He is the ultimate nice guy, who makes an epically poor decision while romancing Hannah, but he’s aware enough to realize and acknowledge his mistakes. While their romance is fun and lighthearted, it is also complex and emotional as Christopher presents Hannah’s experience of being biracial, and I truly enjoyed everything about Not the Girl You Marry.

I couldn't get into these characters at all. They were talking about falling in love and getting dogs a half an hour after meeting, and brought up his dick far too many times.

There is so much of this book that I just absolutely loved.  There was a bit of a slow start for me but I HAD to keep reading.  The writing is spot on, the characters one's you can't help but love (or possibly hate!).

Hannah hasn't had the best relationships...she's been beaten down a bit and her self esteem is a bit bruised.  She's a smart, successful woman who is now a bit jaded but is about to meet a man who will change everything.  She's been tasked by her boss to show that she "believes" in love again and with her being so jaded, it's not going to be that easy.

Jack - a semi-successful writer who's been pigeonholed into writing fluff pieces is looking to change her reputation a bit has been tasked to "lose a girl" after dating her for just a short while (yeah - how to lose a guy in 10 days movie - but Andi J. Christopher has switched it up).  Problem #1? Jack's a good guy and it's just not in him to be a jerk...but then again - getting his job the caliber it deserves is petty important too.

The back and forth banter had me laughing and the sweet moments had me swooning - the perfect mix of Rom and Com for me!

Andi J. Christopher did such a beautiful job of giving us characters that give us everything - laughs and tears and there are some sexy times too!

Funny, charming genderswapped take on How To Lose A Guy, with a prickly heroine and the cinnamon roll hero who realizes he’s actually falling for her (or really, has been falling for her since she first flipped him the bird). I loved this so much and can’t wait to read more from Andie Christopher.