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Intervention #1
The Dating Intervention
Delaney Collins’s intuition is always right on. The trouble is, she never listens to it - especially when it comes to men. So when her fail-proof dating system fails completely, her best friends, Summer and Josie, stage The Dating Intervention, in which they take control of her dating life. Although she struggles to follow the rules they set out for her, her intuition tells her that if she doesn’t, she may end up alone and forever lonely in a sea of men with stained neckties and cumbersome baggage.
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First published August 1, 2015
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Hilary Dartt
45Ìýbooks48ÌýfollowersHilary Dartt loves great adventures, whether she’s writing, reading, or living them. The author of nine women’s fiction novels, Hilary lives in Arizona’s high desert with her husband, their three children, her Weimaraner and running partner, Leia, a failed barn cat, and a flock of chickens. She loves camping, exploring in the Jeep, and dance parties with her kids.
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August 14, 2015
Funny romcom that a LOT of people can relate to, especially the single ones! Join Delaney as she wades through the muck of online dating, finding her true love, and revamping her life.
August 3, 2015
Let me start by saying that this is completely my type of book! I love a book about good friends, dating life, and the occasional scene of sultry sex. That being said, I need to also have a good laugh and read a book that is well-written and basically all around fun! The dating intervention, hit all of those marks for me.
I knew I would like the book when the first scene was three girlfriends sitting in a bar having a happy hour drink and discussing their problems. Delaney, Josie and Summer have been friends since childhood and their most recent mission is to help Delaney fix her life, starting with the men whom she chooses to date. Throughout the book there were times that I could relate to each of the woman, depending on what they were going through. I thought this was a level of the book that really made sense, it kept me hooked because I felt as if I had, "been there, don't that."
While it took a bit for me to get to the "must read" stage, once there I read 80% of the book in one night. I love the comfort that I felt throughout the book, the town of Juniper was a place that I wanted to live. I could see myself grabbing a drink with the girls at Rowdy's and enjoying the small town life.
All in all I think the book is profoundly about friendship. Our friends see the best in us and they the worst in us. If they are good enough friends, they help us overcome the worst and become the people we are meant to be.
I knew I would like the book when the first scene was three girlfriends sitting in a bar having a happy hour drink and discussing their problems. Delaney, Josie and Summer have been friends since childhood and their most recent mission is to help Delaney fix her life, starting with the men whom she chooses to date. Throughout the book there were times that I could relate to each of the woman, depending on what they were going through. I thought this was a level of the book that really made sense, it kept me hooked because I felt as if I had, "been there, don't that."
While it took a bit for me to get to the "must read" stage, once there I read 80% of the book in one night. I love the comfort that I felt throughout the book, the town of Juniper was a place that I wanted to live. I could see myself grabbing a drink with the girls at Rowdy's and enjoying the small town life.
All in all I think the book is profoundly about friendship. Our friends see the best in us and they the worst in us. If they are good enough friends, they help us overcome the worst and become the people we are meant to be.
August 29, 2015
This is a good fun read with more than one serious message. When a young woman who has kept three steady boyfriends on the go, loses all the relationships, her girl pals decide to intercede and find her Mr Right. She has to go along with the plans and tries blind internet dating, speed dating and more.
However we start to see that what this lady really needs to find is herself. She has lost her way since qualifying as a vet and is stuck tending a bar and hearing sob stories from losers. Until she straightens out her life she is not going to find, or keep, the right guy. And she's over thirty, so as her pals demonstrate, most of the good men are taken.
I can't see anyone with the determination and love of animals to become a vet losing all contact with animals, and if the girl could not find work I believe she would have volunteered at an animal charity or shelter, where they'd be delighted to have her and she would find friends and jobs. To me this is just not credible. It's not a calling you can put on and off. And in Arizona there must be plenty of horses. So I am having to ignore this aspect to give the book the five stars it deserves. The Dating Intervention is a character-filled, fast-moving entertaining adult read.
However we start to see that what this lady really needs to find is herself. She has lost her way since qualifying as a vet and is stuck tending a bar and hearing sob stories from losers. Until she straightens out her life she is not going to find, or keep, the right guy. And she's over thirty, so as her pals demonstrate, most of the good men are taken.
I can't see anyone with the determination and love of animals to become a vet losing all contact with animals, and if the girl could not find work I believe she would have volunteered at an animal charity or shelter, where they'd be delighted to have her and she would find friends and jobs. To me this is just not credible. It's not a calling you can put on and off. And in Arizona there must be plenty of horses. So I am having to ignore this aspect to give the book the five stars it deserves. The Dating Intervention is a character-filled, fast-moving entertaining adult read.
May 14, 2019
Delaney was a working vet, then something happened and she walked out and didnt go back to being a vet and never told her friends why,
8 years pass and her fail safe dating is suddenly not fail safe at all and all her dates leaver all at once.
Her friends Summer and Josie decided to start a dating intervention, for Delaney and she has no control over it, shes been working in a bar for 8 years but now they want her to go back to being a vet,and start to date the guys that they pick.....
I DNF'ED this at page 200 this was slow it couldnt hold my attention, i kept putting it down and having to orce myself to pick it back up again.
It was quite repetitive and Delaney was made out as a tartjust jumping into bed with anyone.
Disappointing.
8 years pass and her fail safe dating is suddenly not fail safe at all and all her dates leaver all at once.
Her friends Summer and Josie decided to start a dating intervention, for Delaney and she has no control over it, shes been working in a bar for 8 years but now they want her to go back to being a vet,and start to date the guys that they pick.....
I DNF'ED this at page 200 this was slow it couldnt hold my attention, i kept putting it down and having to orce myself to pick it back up again.
It was quite repetitive and Delaney was made out as a tartjust jumping into bed with anyone.
Disappointing.
April 19, 2016
I don't like not finishing books, but I couldn't make myself continue reading. Delaney's friends seem mean and not very good at the whole intervention thing. I mostly just felt annoyed at Josie and Summer during the whole time I was reading. I made it halfway and then just needed to be done.
May 22, 2019
What friends do to help
Delaney is a 34 year old trained vet who has been working as a bartender for several years. We come on the scene after Delaney has been dumped by all three guys she had been dating. Her married friends, Summer and Josie, instead of being sympathetic decide to implement some tough love in the form of the dating intervention. They basically take over Delaney’s life (dating and career). There are lots of humorous shenanigans that occur as a result. Delaney also exacts her own “revenge� on her friends by making them both work on what dreams they have.
Although there were parts of the book that moved slowly for the most part the book moved at a fast pace.
Delaney is a 34 year old trained vet who has been working as a bartender for several years. We come on the scene after Delaney has been dumped by all three guys she had been dating. Her married friends, Summer and Josie, instead of being sympathetic decide to implement some tough love in the form of the dating intervention. They basically take over Delaney’s life (dating and career). There are lots of humorous shenanigans that occur as a result. Delaney also exacts her own “revenge� on her friends by making them both work on what dreams they have.
Although there were parts of the book that moved slowly for the most part the book moved at a fast pace.
August 13, 2019
I might have really liked this book when I was about 16, but I think my tastes are a bit more sophisticated now. Happy ending, anyway, so that was good. The rest of it just struck me as silly.
September 11, 2019
I don't usually read contemporary romance, but I quite enjoyed this one. It was a bit over the top and predictable, but a day fun read nevertheless.
January 2, 2020
I love all of it!
I fell in love with everything about this story. Delaney's journey and self reflection was such a great one filled with laughter and friendship.
I fell in love with everything about this story. Delaney's journey and self reflection was such a great one filled with laughter and friendship.
January 7, 2020
Off to a slow start. But i enjoyed the storyline nonetheless
July 30, 2020
Loved this book,the main character is totally relatable.it's a must read
February 8, 2021
An ok read. A lovely friendship although i wouldn't want my friends to get involved in my dating life....
August 3, 2015
The Dating Intervention is another tongue-in-cheek “girl meets boy� love story. Right after reading Click, Date, Repeat, I didn’t think I would like another romance story involving finding online matches and although the beginning was a bit slower paced than I would have preferred, I enjoyed reading about our protagonist, Delaney Collins.
In the first book (Click Date Repeat - completely diff author and not related to this book, at all), the world of online dating was new and Chloe’s friends scoffed at the idea of meeting men online but in the Dating Intervention, it was Delaney’s friends that brought up the subject and set up her online profile. Where I can relate to Chloe’s parents and her cultural world view about things, I can totally relate to Delaney’s attitude about needing a backup plan to ensure that no hearts would be disappointed or broken. Where Chloe needed assurance from friends and the Universe that where she was at in life, and who she was with, was where she thought she needed to be; Delaney was your “screw it, fine, whatever,� type of woman. She accepted disappointment and met it with a system that worked for her. Delaney doesn’t have as many dates as Chloe did, but she did have a couple of fun dates and even went to a speed dating thing! In the world of fiction, these two should meet and compare notes!
Delaney had a fail proof system of having three men at one time to fulfill her. There was the sexy boyfriend, the adventurous boyfriend and the boyfriend who mentally challenged her. My husband could fall into one of these needs at any given time, sometimes, mostly when I need him to, but three different men to meet our needs? If we only wanted sexy evenings, have someone whisper sweet nothings in our ear, call up boyfriend number 1, our Latin lover. If we get tired of the cheesiness and want to just canoe, rock climb, push our bodies physically, try boyfriend number 2 today. If we’re tired and want to relax at a coffeehouse and argue about existentialism � is that a thing? � call boyfriend number 3.
I got exhausted thinking about how her relationships actually worked. I mean, do you just go down the list? If one is busy, call the next one? But luckily for me, it opens with Delaney being dumped by all three boyfriends. On the same day. And you thought you were having a bad day, right?
Of course, her friends step in and help her through the breakups and came up with a plan called the “Dating Intervention.� Delaney would give up her “freedom� and relinquish her love life to her friends. They set up the rules, line up the men, the dates, when to kiss, who not to judge and how to accept that our life at thirty four doesn’t include being a bartender and eating take outs.
I truly love stories that have realistic depictions of our friendships with childhood friends. I love Summer and Josie and their love for Delaney. We only really see our limitations but our lovely friends want so much for us and can see the potential in the mess we are presenting to the world. There is a little bit of judging, a little bit of back talk and hurt, but what friendship doesn’t? They were rooting for her and in turn, made this mess of a character worthy to root for. I still am friends with my childhood best friends and I appreciate the honesty and feedback I get from them. I loved how the women are related and were in different stages in their lives: the married with no kids (Josie), the married with FIVE kids (Summer) and our lovely single protagonist, Delaney. In my early thirties, of course, I can relate to being single once upon a time and out with girlfriends, and being married and carefree and then turning into a family of three.
This is a fun beach read with some sexy scenes and I truly enjoyed getting lost in Delaney’s little world, especially if it included some sexy men in our life!
In the first book (Click Date Repeat - completely diff author and not related to this book, at all), the world of online dating was new and Chloe’s friends scoffed at the idea of meeting men online but in the Dating Intervention, it was Delaney’s friends that brought up the subject and set up her online profile. Where I can relate to Chloe’s parents and her cultural world view about things, I can totally relate to Delaney’s attitude about needing a backup plan to ensure that no hearts would be disappointed or broken. Where Chloe needed assurance from friends and the Universe that where she was at in life, and who she was with, was where she thought she needed to be; Delaney was your “screw it, fine, whatever,� type of woman. She accepted disappointment and met it with a system that worked for her. Delaney doesn’t have as many dates as Chloe did, but she did have a couple of fun dates and even went to a speed dating thing! In the world of fiction, these two should meet and compare notes!
Delaney had a fail proof system of having three men at one time to fulfill her. There was the sexy boyfriend, the adventurous boyfriend and the boyfriend who mentally challenged her. My husband could fall into one of these needs at any given time, sometimes, mostly when I need him to, but three different men to meet our needs? If we only wanted sexy evenings, have someone whisper sweet nothings in our ear, call up boyfriend number 1, our Latin lover. If we get tired of the cheesiness and want to just canoe, rock climb, push our bodies physically, try boyfriend number 2 today. If we’re tired and want to relax at a coffeehouse and argue about existentialism � is that a thing? � call boyfriend number 3.
I got exhausted thinking about how her relationships actually worked. I mean, do you just go down the list? If one is busy, call the next one? But luckily for me, it opens with Delaney being dumped by all three boyfriends. On the same day. And you thought you were having a bad day, right?
Of course, her friends step in and help her through the breakups and came up with a plan called the “Dating Intervention.� Delaney would give up her “freedom� and relinquish her love life to her friends. They set up the rules, line up the men, the dates, when to kiss, who not to judge and how to accept that our life at thirty four doesn’t include being a bartender and eating take outs.
I truly love stories that have realistic depictions of our friendships with childhood friends. I love Summer and Josie and their love for Delaney. We only really see our limitations but our lovely friends want so much for us and can see the potential in the mess we are presenting to the world. There is a little bit of judging, a little bit of back talk and hurt, but what friendship doesn’t? They were rooting for her and in turn, made this mess of a character worthy to root for. I still am friends with my childhood best friends and I appreciate the honesty and feedback I get from them. I loved how the women are related and were in different stages in their lives: the married with no kids (Josie), the married with FIVE kids (Summer) and our lovely single protagonist, Delaney. In my early thirties, of course, I can relate to being single once upon a time and out with girlfriends, and being married and carefree and then turning into a family of three.
This is a fun beach read with some sexy scenes and I truly enjoyed getting lost in Delaney’s little world, especially if it included some sexy men in our life!
July 27, 2015
Delaney Collin's is turning 34 and has discovered her life really isn't going anywhere. As she still works in a bar - even though she graduated from Vet Studies , she has no children and she hasn't had a steady relationship -not since the guy of her dreams proposed to not only her but also another girl. Ever since then Delaney has been living life on the edge and having no strings attached fun with guys , but when all three decide to dump her for different reasons - A) She can't settle down , B) She wasn't really career orientated and C) she was boring. Something needs to be done and so Delaney's friends step up to the plate and therefore begins The Dating Intervention. There are several rules, she can only go on dates with the guys that they pick, she can't have sex with them -not instantly , she has to get a new job. Things are proving harder than they can be though for Delaney as the dates have been awful except one she keeps running into the new cop Jake Rhoades - can Delaney put aside her past history and open her heart to settling with Jake or is it a case of "Always a player, never a settler" ? With not much job experience except Bar Work -Delaney is finding it hard to get a job but when one comes up in the Vet Field - will she be able to handle the job or is her Vet skills out of practice ?
This was a fun light-hearted chick lit girlfriend friendship story and that no matter what happens in life - if you have great friends, they are always there to pull you out of whatever rut you land in.
August 17, 2015
Usually when I’m readying cheesy books I expect them to be “okayâ€� and rank somewhere in the 3-4 star range on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. I can honestly say that I really truly enjoyed this book and gave it a 5 star rating
I think anyone who “dated� after graduating college could understand Delaney’s situation. When a number of your friends have started their own lives it can be hard to get out and figure out “what is next for me?�
While the book was “fairly predictable� it still had twists and turns that made you feel for Delaney in her situation. As she started to grow up and take charge of her own life things started to fall into place for her. Even to the very end you were left wondering if this book would end on a happy note.
I love cheesy romance & easy read books and I think this one was a perfect weekend read. I would even say it could qualify for an older teenager. There were references to sex but nothing beyond references. It was a great book and I think with so many girls who can relate it is one to keep in mind to share with friends. The Dating Intervention was book one in the Intervention Series and I can’t wait to see what Hilary Dartt comes up with next!
I think anyone who “dated� after graduating college could understand Delaney’s situation. When a number of your friends have started their own lives it can be hard to get out and figure out “what is next for me?�
While the book was “fairly predictable� it still had twists and turns that made you feel for Delaney in her situation. As she started to grow up and take charge of her own life things started to fall into place for her. Even to the very end you were left wondering if this book would end on a happy note.
I love cheesy romance & easy read books and I think this one was a perfect weekend read. I would even say it could qualify for an older teenager. There were references to sex but nothing beyond references. It was a great book and I think with so many girls who can relate it is one to keep in mind to share with friends. The Dating Intervention was book one in the Intervention Series and I can’t wait to see what Hilary Dartt comes up with next!
August 17, 2015
Well I was needing something fun to read and this book hit the spot. I love the characters and felt they are well developed and interesting. I love Delaney, I mean in a I am her mother sort of way, I always love the name Delaney and when I was having kids in the 80s this was not on the popular list, and would have loved to name a daughter Delaney, so she could be my daughter. Anyway I just felt this book was fun and enjoyable to read. I love the fact that her friends are there and care, love the idea of a dating intervention.
This story is set in a small town in Arizona. Delaney and her friends have known each other since they were kids, went through the teenager and college years together. I think the friendship between Delaney, Summer and Josie is great and well written in the story. I think it is awesome that Delaney has such meddlesome friends and of course the three of them seem to be that way to each other, and they still remain friends.
Great fun book to read. I can’t wait to read more from Hilary Dartt.
I did receive a copy of this book to review and give my honest opinion and I am ready to read the next one in this series.
This story is set in a small town in Arizona. Delaney and her friends have known each other since they were kids, went through the teenager and college years together. I think the friendship between Delaney, Summer and Josie is great and well written in the story. I think it is awesome that Delaney has such meddlesome friends and of course the three of them seem to be that way to each other, and they still remain friends.
Great fun book to read. I can’t wait to read more from Hilary Dartt.
I did receive a copy of this book to review and give my honest opinion and I am ready to read the next one in this series.
June 28, 2016
I received this book free as an ARC for my honest review.
Delaney Collins is just cruising through life. Although she has a Vet degree she has never worked in that field content to be a barmaid. With living on take a way and a fool proof dating strategy after having her heart broken she casually dates 3 men at the same time so she always has a boyfriend. When that strategy falls apart, her friends Summer and Josie come up with the Dating Intervention that will change her life. She meets Jake through an accident, but with her friends rules she is also dating other guys and also has a go at speed dating.
Wonderful book that kept me reading till the end with the twists and turns throughout the book.
Delaney Collins is just cruising through life. Although she has a Vet degree she has never worked in that field content to be a barmaid. With living on take a way and a fool proof dating strategy after having her heart broken she casually dates 3 men at the same time so she always has a boyfriend. When that strategy falls apart, her friends Summer and Josie come up with the Dating Intervention that will change her life. She meets Jake through an accident, but with her friends rules she is also dating other guys and also has a go at speed dating.
Wonderful book that kept me reading till the end with the twists and turns throughout the book.
August 7, 2016
Delaney Collins is 34 and for much of her life she has dated multiple guys at the same time. She was close to getting married at one point but had her heart broken. After she is dumped by the three guys she is currently seeing, all in the same weekend, her friends Summer and Josie, come up with a plan to seize control of her dating life. They create an on-line dating profile for Delaney and set forth a list of dating rules she is too follow. What follows is a series of dating matches they set up. This creates many funny situations and Delaney tries her best to follow her friends efforts. Will Josie every find her match.
* I read this book as part of a box set.
* I read this book as part of a box set.
May 25, 2020
Girlfriends everywhere can relate
Reading this book felt like I was hanging out with my girlfriends. The situations were relatable and entertaining. The gossip girl inside of me couldn't get enough! I love the playfulness and borderline inappropriateness within their friendships. Entertaining, fast, light read that leaves you feeling good.
Reading this book felt like I was hanging out with my girlfriends. The situations were relatable and entertaining. The gossip girl inside of me couldn't get enough! I love the playfulness and borderline inappropriateness within their friendships. Entertaining, fast, light read that leaves you feeling good.
August 8, 2015
Loved the book. I can't wait to read the next 2! Just the kind of easy, entertaining book I love about friends and love.
May 9, 2021
An easy read about dating in adult life.
What I really have enjoyed in this book was the true friendship between the women.
What I really have enjoyed in this book was the true friendship between the women.
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