Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

 

Title: Expiration Dates

Author:  Rebecca Serle

Narrated by:  Julia Whelan

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Length: Approximately 7 hours and 6 minutes

Source: Review Copy from Simon & Schuster Audio.  Thank you!

What's your favorite love story?

Daphne Bell receives a piece of paper with a number on it each time she starts a relationship with a new man.  The number is how long the relationship will last.  Daphne goes through each relationship knowing it will end until one day she goes on a blind date with Jake and gets a slip with only his name on it.  Has she finally found the one?

My thoughts on this audiobook:

·       A major character is Daphne’s ex-boyfriend, now best friend, Hugo.  I loved Hugo, he was a wonderful character.

·       I liked the unique angle for this book about romance and life.  There is a major reveal about halfway through the book that put together the real meaning of the story.  It all came together for me then and I loved it.  I don’t want to spoil this plot point for others.

·       Julia Whelan is an excellent audiobook narrator.  This was an easy, relaxing audiobook listen.

·       This audiobook made me ponder my own life.  What is important in life?  Is a relationship worth it if you know it will end?

·       If you let something hold too much control over your decisions you make in life, slips of paper in this novel, are you really living life?

·       The first part of the book flips back and forth between present and past to give Daphne’s background. 

·       This book was a great example of magical realism.

·       I enjoyed the ending.

Overall, Expiration Dates is a unique romance that takes the reader on a thought-provoking journey.