GUEST REVIEW: Dawn Porter's Diaries of an Internet Lover

Over the past couple of years I have grown to know and love Dawn Porter.

Her fabulously witty documentaries on loving one's naked self; experimenting with lesbianism and exploring the secret side to pregnancy and the daunting physical aftermath, left me belly laughing through my own vain fears and longing to be friends with this curvy and confident 20-something year old, who could make me laugh like no other.

So when this book was bought for me as a gift I didn't even bother to look at the title or find out what it was about. I was sure that Diaries of an Internet Lover would be more of the same giddy, light-hearted mickey taking and straight up dippy honesty.

I was wrong.

The plot goes as follows:

Dawn decides to discover the world of internet dating and so advertises her credentials on a dodgy dating website.

She emails back and forth with a rather vast number of, lets say interesting, characters (both male and female) and agrees to meet each of them for a blind date.

The result - an unreal amount of one night stands (considering she doesn't even fancy half of them) a little bit of love and the development of some unlikely friendships.

At times, Diaries of an Internet Lover is a real page turner, and although the monotony of "Hi Dawn how are you?" "Fine thanks, here's a pic." "Wow great pic. Fancy a date?" can become irritatingly boring, there is certainly plenty of the quirky Dawn Porter that I'm sure would make anyone laugh out loud.

However, if like me, you purchase this read as a Dawn Porter fan, be prepared to discover that her cheeky innocence has gone AWOL and the exhibitionist has truly emerged.

Dawn describes herself as sexual... I think her actions could leave even Jordan blushing.