It's Not Okay

I would give this no stars if I could. I thought this was going to be a delightful dirty pleasure read (HUGE Bachelor fan, and references to this book were cropping up left and right on the show, so I felt like I had to read it to be in the loop.....CLEVER MARKETING ABC), but it is just straight trashy. Before reading this book, Andi was one of my favorite Bachelorettes. Now, I realize she's not a really great person (or writer for that matter), at all. While some of the insights into how the show works were interesting, the rest was essentially unreadable. So, yeah. Not proud I read this. But it happened, and will likely be the last time I pick up any book written by a reality TV contestant.

I wanted to read this book because watching the Bachelor(ette) shows is one of my guilty pleasures, regardless of the grief the men in my house give me. :) The book is well written and she did a good job explaining the relationship she found herself in and how she recovered from it and moved on. It was, in fact, more of a “how to survive a big breakup and move on” than a tell-all. I'm glad that it was for her sake, and I found myself feeling like maybe people deserve their privacy and deserve to live out their relationships in private. Time will tell if I ‘tune in' for the next round of the show.

I read this after listening to reality steve's podcast interview of Kelly Travis (one of Andi's close friends). Shoutout to reality Steve and his podcast. Hardcore recommend.

This book was...good, at times. I like Andi, I like who she is and although there we don't seem to have much in common besides sassy/assertive personalities and law school I didn't find this book annoying.

The only thing is it read as part memoir part actual novel. It would've been better for her to pick a lane. I'll probably read her new book though not gonna lie. She made me care about her and I appreciated that she included the inspiration for the book in this: a realistic self help post breakup novel.

This book is for you if - and only if - you enjoyed Andi's season on The Bachelor and then watching her on The Bachelorette. (If you aren't a fan of her or this reality TV franchise then definitely pass on this light read.) These pages reaffirmed how much I like this authentic, intelligent and fun-loving woman!