By the New York Times bestselling author who “hilariously depicts modern dating” (Us Weekly), My Favorite Half-Night Stand is a laugh-out-loud romp through online dating and its many, many fails.

Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she’s a female-serial-killer expert who’s quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.

So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they’ll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There’s only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.

But online dating isn’t for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millie’s first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter “Catherine”—Millie’s fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she’s ever been in person. Soon “Catherine” and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship...but Millie can’t resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fear—intimacy—or risk losing her best friend, forever.

Perfect for fans of Roxanne and She’s the Man, Christina Lauren’s latest romantic comedy is full of mistaken identities, hijinks, and a classic love story with a modern twist. Funny and fresh, you’ll want to swipe right on My Favorite Half-Night Stand.

There was so much to love in My Favorite Half-Night Stand. The friends to more, the relationship between this group of friends—their interactions, their game nights, their banter—and the fact that they went into this online dating app together, attempting to grow up and date and go outside of their comfort zone. I love this writing duo for their romantic comedies, their wit and humor, their amazing story telling that shines through again and again.

Millie is a bit closed off in her emotions but she is a GREAT friend to her best friends—4 guys—Reid, Chris, Ed and Alex. They love her for who she is and have never asked for anything more. Until they all decide to create profiles for a dating app that will help them find dates and Millie’s fake account is matched with Reid, her best friend she had a half-night stand with, someone who has started to mean more to her than just a friend.

I have to admit that while I loved all of the guys, and most especially Reid who I felt was the most open and emotionally mature of the group, I didn’t love Millie. I understood some of her gripes and hang ups about opening up and exposing her feelings, but I didn’t love the lying to the one person who meant so much to her. And when things come out in the open, I didn’t love how some of the guys played a role in continuing the lie and how fast things seemed to wrap up in the end. I just wanted more. I felt sad for Reid who I felt just deserved more.

After reading Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, maybe I had high expectations because I just loved that book so much. This one was definitely fun and held my interest, but I felt like it could have been so much more coming from this writing duo I love so much.