{"id":22895,"date":"2023-02-01T11:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=22895"},"modified":"2023-02-01T11:27:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:27:03","slug":"the-second-youre-single-by-cara-tanamachi-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/the-second-youre-single-by-cara-tanamachi-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second You&#8217;re Single by Cara Tanamachi | Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 id=\"arc-provided-by-the-publisher-via-netgalley\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.412), 18px);px\">Cara Tanamachi&#8217;s The Second You&#8217;re Single starts off as a Hallmark-y rom-com with a great premise: Sora is a Valentine&#8217;s Day hater (so relatable) and writer who pitches a series of articles on GOING SOLO for the month of February. Of course, almost immediately she bumps into Jack, a kid from elementary school who crushed on her, and who&#8217;s grown into one hot hunk of man. But she&#8217;s pledged to #GOSOLO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Second-Youre-Single_dailywaffle-522x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload_inited wp-image-22896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Second-Youre-Single_dailywaffle-522x600.jpg 522w, https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Second-Youre-Single_dailywaffle-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Second-Youre-Single_dailywaffle.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.412), 18px);px\">I loved Sora&#8217;s snark, I loved Jack as a big ol&#8217; golden retriever hero (though we don&#8217;t get to know him all that well) and I loved that I could see the movie in my head. The writing is snappy first person present, so it feels like VO for a movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.412), 18px);px\">What I didn&#8217;t love was the fat shaming\/body shaming in this book. And the 65 references (literally 65) to bacon. Sora&#8217;s mom projects her own body image issues onto her daughter, especially as they&#8217;re in run-up to Sora&#8217;s sister&#8217;s wedding. And while Sora says she&#8217;s content with her size 14 self, I&#8217;m not so sure she is. 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