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The Matchmaker's Match by Brittany Larsen
Book Description:
Eliza Woodhouse has everything a girl could want: a delightful little beachside flower shop, a loving family, and the best friend a girl could ask for. And while she suffers a chronic lack of romance in her own life, the bohemian beauty is a self-proclaimed matchmaker extraordinaire, as evidenced by her recent successes. Having found a fiancé for her sister and a boyfriend for her best friend, she is now taking her lovelorn new employee under her wing. Yes, life is working out quite nicely for Eliza. Until Parker Knightley walks back into her life.
After three years in Hong Kong, Parker is in town for his brother's upcoming wedding to Eliza's sister. They've all known each other their whole lives, and Eliza will never be anything but Little Liza Belle to her handsome childhood tormenter. So the fact that their siblings are getting married simply puts Parker one step closer to becoming the big brother he and Eliza have always joked about him being. But the more time they spend together, the more confused Eliza's feelings become. Because she has come to the shocking realization that the role of brother is the last role she wants Parker to play in her life.
Rorie's Review:
Ah, where to begin with this book? First off, I love Eliza's dialogue - with others but mostly her inner dialogue. Snarky, punny, and the kind of thoughts I tend to have on a regular basis. I laughed out loud more than once because of this dialogue. Now to Eliza...I'm kind of torn on my opinion of her. She was brought up with a silver spoon in her mouth and really never knew anything different. (There's nothing wrong with this.) The only issue was that she tried to do the right thing (helping people) for all the wrong reasons (to make herself feel better.) She was naive enough to not realize what she was doing, and because of that, she kinda really bugged me. The supporting characters were all enjoyable to get to know. I enjoyed the story line and the growth that we saw from Eliza as well as other characters in the story. There were times in the story where I was feeling so sad for Eliza that I was getting choked up! This was a fun book to read and I'm looking forward to what the author comes up with next.
Tarah's Review:
The Emma story is one of my favorite Jane Austen stories. And as a book lover I'm cringing as I type this, but I loved the Gwyneth Paltrow movie version the best. Ooo, I should start watching that with my girls. I don't think they've seen it yet. But anyway, the point of all that was that I was ready for an awesome contemporary Emma story. The book has a beautiful eye catching cover, a great synopsis on the back, and the opening of the book just hooks you right away. Pretty quickly though I was figuring out that instead of Gwyneth Paltrow we were getting more Alicia Silverstone in Clueless. Which I used to enjoy watching when I was younger, but it's not something that I appreciate now.
I was kinda hoping for more with Parker and Eliza. He really does just criticize her all the time while he is nice to other people. Their friendship is obvious, but the love part didn't sit well with me and didn't really develop to my liking. I'm also confused with the "Mormon" aspect of the story. I really felt like that was thrown in there with no point or purpose. Eliza's dad though, I really liked him. He was an awesome character that I could get behind.
Andrea's Review:
The Matchmaker's Match is a contemporary re-telling of Jane Austen's Emma. I think Larsen does a good job with her re-tellings, but I'll admit that Emma isn't my favorite story. It was a bit of an uphill battle to win me over.
Eliza had good intentions, but the way she looked down on people for things they couldn't control wasn't endearing-at all. She was a snob and it was actually a bit hard to understand why Parker liked her or how she had true friends that didn't seem like snobs. Much to their credit, those friends and some of the other supporting characters gave us a lot of kind gestures and instances of rising above themselves in the story.
Even though I didn't really like Eliza, I did feel bad for her with so many changes in her life that left her feeling alone. She had a lot of growth throughout the story, and I appreciated that.
It's clean and a fast read, and I think if you are a fan of Emma you would probably enjoy Larsen's re-telling.
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Title: The Matchmaker's MatchPublisher: Covenant Communications Inc.
Published: July 2018
ISBN: 1524406767
Source: We received copies from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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