“The Good, the Bad, and the Dumped” opens with Posy Fairweather getting engaged to her boyfriend Matt on the top of the mountain. All too soon, she starts feeling a little uncertain if getting married to Matt is the right thing to do. She decides to find her exes on Facebook and go visit them in order to find herself and figure out if she should marry Matt.

This is a lightweight romance is written with Jenny Colgan’s typical wit and humor. If not for Colgan’s distinctive voice, which is a favorite of mine, I would have written this book off as shallow. This book is sweet but I couldn’t get on board with the premise. I found I didn’t really like Posy and couldn’t understand her motivation to seek out old boyfriends (all the way back to college!) and put her engagement to Matt in jeopardy. Honestly, there was nothing great about any of the exes, and the mystery around Ex #3 (referred to as Lord Voldemort for most of the book until we meet him) was just unnecessary. Who can’t talk about an ex THREE YEARS after the relationship ends?

It’s worth noting that this is a new edition of a novel published in 2010. All in all, this is a cute story, but not as charming or polished as Ms. Colgan’s newer work.

Many thanks to NetGalley, William Morrow, and Custom House for providing me an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I couldn't get into this book and unfortunately was unable to finish it! I wouldn't recommend this book.

This is a DNF - I really enjoyed other titles from the author, but the characters in this story really irritated me.

Eh. As much as I love some books by Jenny Colgan, this book will not be on the list. The characters were unlikeable.

I wish that the publisher would have said this is a reissue of a book published in 2010 because I don't feel like it has aged well. This book takes place in the days when people wrote Facebook statuses like "Posy needs a nap" and therefore doesn't feel current.

I didn't really like any of the main characters - Posy and friends OR any of the (ex)boyfriends and seriously did not understand why A) Posy would have said yes to a proposal that she was clearly not ready for and B) after the proposal she wasn't ready for fell apart, why a good therapist wasn't her first phone call.

I usually like Jenny Colgan, but this one was definitely published before she hit her stride.

I love Jenny Colgan and this book did not disappoint. The characters were fun and it was a fast, easy read.

Delightful as always. A recommended purchase for collections where contemporary romance and lighter WF is popular.

It was good but, not my favorite Jenny Colgan title. The main character was kind of hard to like. Jenny Colgan fans will read it easily but this is not the title I will introduce new readers of her work with.

Jenny Colgan brings humor and insight into how our pasts effect so much of our present.
Posy Fariweather goes on a journey, emotionally and physically, to her past relationships to save her currant one.
She questions if what went wrong in the past will repeat. Finding truth where she didn't know it was missing.
This is a very enjoyable adventure. You can't help but root for Posy as she tries to put together the pieces of her past in order to move forward.

I'm a big Jenny Colgan fan but this is not one of my favorites. It's cute but more in the "Bridget Jones Diary" style than her others. There is more focus on fashion and ditziness than I enjoy and I never really developed any kind of caring for our heroine which is not a good sign. Decent writing though and charming surroundings

Posy Fairweather should be happier after her boyfriend Matt proposes to her, but she wonders if he is really “the one.” She decides to visit her previous boyfriends to make sure she isn’t missing out on anything. Penny has to figure out what and who she really wants, but it may be too late with respect to Matt; when he found out what she was doing, he asked for his engagement ring back.

Evaluation: I found it hard to warm up to this book. There is the usual obsession as in other Colgan books with weight and being thin, which onhy added to the impression of shallowness of most of the characters. Posy herself is whiny and self-absorbed, and it is hard to tell from this book why she would have had any boyfriends at all. She definitely seems to be more interested in the *idea* of a boyfriend or a husband than whoever might be willing to fill the role. In any event, we never got to know any of the characters very well, although from what we were told, I’m not sure that I wanted to know them any better.