Everyday you came to my house. You were a friend to my son. You made my daughter smile. You said your jokes and made me laugh. You sat at our table and ate our food. And always you were fixing things in the house. You helped us. We helped you. That's family. And then you just left. No explanation. No goodbye. Not even a phone call to let us know you weren't dead.” The two brothers also have a terrible relationship and are always screaming at each other, and yet, not once in all of those fights did the truth ever come out. Like "I felt abandoned by you" and "I did the best I could to get you and mom out of the house!" No. They have screaming matches, and PHYSICAL fights all the time, but this was never said before???? The characters meshed so well together and really brought out the best in each other. I love reading their story. Spice I found Liam and Daisy’s story more emotional, genuine, intense. They really deal with burdens, dysfunctional family issues, abuse, insecurities. Both of them learn their mistakes and changed themselves. Only thing didn’t change is the pure love they feel for each other which makes this book one of my favorite readings!

Daisy Patel has her life all planned out, and no interest in love. Her family, however, expect a marriage.Daisy is quirky. I like her OK. But her obsession with Marvel is being told and shown in the story too much. I got bored with her character toward the end.

Daisy’s “quirkiness” was so over-the-top and overplayed by the end of this book. I mean nearly none of her tendencies would be considered wildly strange or “weird” in 2021. Yet, even after telling us about all the ways Daisy was different, she barely showed them with her actions or thoughts. He wanted her to move and he didn’t. He wanted to kiss her, but he was so hard he wasn’t sure what would happen if he did. Raw desire coursed through his veins as his hands skimmed over the sweet softness of her curves.

Diaries & Calendars

Both of them know at the beginning, there is a great risk to cross the lines because starting a fake relationship could be threatening to break both of their hearts when they still have deep feelings for each other. We need more feel good, laugh out loud, warming your heart books like this! We need thousands of them! Because dear Sara Desai knows how to create amazing, quirky, adorable, smart, sassy and sexy characters, and absolutely knows how to write pant melting, steamy, hot as hell love scenes!

The Dating Plan follows Daisy, a software engineer desperate to stop her matchmaking relatives, and Liam, whose inheritance depends on him getting married. As a solution to both of their problems, they agree to a marriage of convenience, but as they spend more time together, they start to fall for each other. Daisy Patel is a software engineer who understands lists and logic better than bosses and boyfriends. With her life all planned out, and no interest in love, the one thing she can’t give her family is the marriage they expect. Left with few options, she asks her childhood crush to be her decoy fiance. This one would have. Plus, it’s not very romantic. I said we met at a bus stop during a rainstorm. Kissing in the rain is the ultimate cinematic symbol of uncontrollable passion. It’s the moment of willing suspension of disbelief when the audience is invited to enter a fantasy where love is so intense and all-consuming that nothing else matters.” I really liked the romance aspect — even when Daisy was younger, Liam helped a lot in making her feel more comfortable in her own skin. Even as adults, he still was able to make her feel that way. From the first day we met, I knew I needed you in my life. You took the chaos and made it calm. You lifted my heart with your smile and awed me with your brilliant mind. I kept every secret valentine, every scribbled note, your stuffed rabbit, and the answer to every math question I gave you. I hoped one day to be the kind of man you could love, a man who would hold and cherish you, a man worthy of you, and who would protect you with the sword you are going to allow him to have at our wedding.”

Games

In The Dating Plan we follow the relationship between Daisy and Liam. Daisy Patel is a software engineer and she has her routines and always follows logic. She analyses everything and doesn’t allow herself to get too involved—whether it’s with a partner or with work colleagues— as it’s better that way in case they leave, or in case she does. On the other hand, Liam works as an investor and is still affected by old wounds. Coming from an abusive household, Liam used to spend his time at Daisy’s house when he was a kid. He was Daisy’s brother’s best friend and was treated like family. That’s why when Liam stood Daisy up on her prom night, things changed completely. Liam disappeared and Daisy’s heart was crushed. Will have readers laughing, with family dynamics and personal growth rounding things out for an enjoyable read.” —Library Journal