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I have no doubt that this is a book some people will adore. Me, not so much. I do appreciate this book but I still had issues with it.

This story follows Savannah, aka Van, who is pretty much the definition of a Mary Sue. Despite that, she feels like a very real and developed person, and as far as protagonists go there have been much worse.

Van is feeling really down about her ex marrying her best friend. She ends up getting drunk one night and buying a German Shepherd online. Antics ensue, as you can imagine.

May I just take a second to list why you should never ever do what Van did? I feel like I need to out of my annoyance at seeing Van do this.

� You should never buy a dog online. That’s almost 100% a scam or has false information.
� You should never buy a dog on a website that’s in a language you can’t read. She found him on some Slovakian website that had a few English sentences. I mean how stupid�
� You should never buy a dog from a place you haven’t researched or seen in person. Chances are the dogs could be sick or have genetic predispositions to diseases.
� You should never buy a breed of dog you know nothing about. Van buys a German Shepherd, one of the hardest breeds to handle, and knows absolutely NOTHING about it.
� You should never buy a dog as a split second decision. Trust me, that’s something you’re going to want to think about.
� You should never buy a dog while you’re drunk. I think that’s pretty self explanatory.
� You should never buy a dog in general. Adopt don’t shop, people.

I really struggled with the story because of my annoyance at Van. She was so stupid when doing anything with Joe, the dog, and obviously didn’t have the slightest clue about training. I think it was supposed to be funny but the whole situation just grated on my nerves.

I also have to acknowledge that this is much more of a romance than a dog book. Perhaps I should have paid attention to the fact that this is shelved as chick lit. Whether you like this book really depends on whether you connect to Van or not. This is much more of Van’s story, the dog being only a minor part, and let’s be real; I only picked this up because of the cute dog on the cover.

Speaking of the cover, I hate it. There is no puppy in this book at all, there is an 80 lb dog, so the cover is just inaccurate for starters. And I have to say that is some of the worst Photoshop I’ve ever seen. Was it really too hard for you to put an actual puppy in a box and take a picture? You had to Photoshop a puppy in a box? Really?

Anyway, I thought this was a perfectly sweet story, and if you’re in mood for something light I could definitely see you enjoying this, though this one was just not for me.