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Delivery Girl: A Contemporary Sports Romantic Comedy

by Lily Kate

 

Synopsis

            “I need one order of a smiley face pie,” my dad shouts (Kate 109).  Andi Peretti is the delivery girl at her dad’s pizza joint, Peretti’s Pizza.  Andi assumes she is delivering the pizza to some guy for his girlfriend as a romantic gesture.  As she approaches the door to knock, she discovers she is actually delivering the pizza to a nearly nude Ryan Pierce, a hockey star extraordinaire for the Minnesota Stars.  In an attempt to escape embarrassment, Andi accidently hits Ryan’s beautiful, black Ferrari.  As the story progresses, Andi continues to deliver pizza to Ryan until they become friends with benefits.  Ryan needs a date to his brother’s wedding, so he asks Andi to accompany his as his fake girlfriend.  The longer they pretend, the longer they both struggle with the reality of Ryan leaving for his new team.

Elements of Romance

Tone/Mood

            Delivery Girl a romantic sports comedy that pulls the reader into the story immediately.  The story appeals to the reader’s emotions through Andi’s embarrassment of hearing an intimate couple to Ryan answering the door in a towel.  Andi misunderstands the situation and assume Ryan was with a woman in his living room, when it was actually his brother with his fiancé.  Ryan was taking a shower and heard the doorbell. 

 

Characterization

            Ryan is a new talented hockey player who is trying to get picked up by a better team on the East Coast.  Andi lives with her dad and is a struggling comedian in her time off from her dad’s pizza joint. 

Frame/Setting

            The story is set in Los Angeles, California.  Ryan lives in his brother’s mansion in Los Feliz, an expensive neighborhood on the outskirts of Los Angeles.  Much of the story is spent at the mansion and the seedy neighborhood where the pizza joint is located. 

Pacing

The story is told fairly quickly with comedy throughout.  The story can easily be read in a single setting or the reader can easily put the book down and start right back off and still be interested. 

 

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