e-Audio, 07:46:46
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Release Date: June 27, 2023
Published by: HarperTeen
Read from: June 30, 2023
Stand-alone
Source: Library’s Libby
TW: Fatphobia, Car Accident, Bullying, Toxic Family
For Readers Interested In: Body Positivity, Religious Diversity (Jewish), Contemporary, Romance, YAThey say that those who can’t do, teach.
Lahey Johnson is notorious for helping her friends and classmates find love. Sure, she’s never had a boyfriend herself. But she could. If she wanted to. Right? She just hasn’t had a reason to focus on her own love life—but now, with her detested cousin Summer’s sweet sixteen coming up, she’s got the ultimate reason: revenge.
Lahey will do anything to prove that she can get a date to Summer’s party—anything, including juggle six prospective suitors in seven days. She’s matched people before—all she needs to do is figure out who these guys are looking for and become that girl. Easy.
The only issue? Her older sister’s irritating friend Adler has decided to take a front-row seat to the spectacle that is Lahey’s life. He can bother her all he wants—nothing will distract Lahey from her goal of one-upping Summer.
But as the party creeps closer, the panic sets in.
Can a matchmaker ever really meet her own match?
*MY THOUGHTS*
I have to be honest, I added this to my TBR and forgot it existed. I knew I wanted to read it, but I didn’t know when it was supposed to come out or any of that. Well joke’s on me because once I did check it out from work, I binge read it in one day lol
So the main thing about this that I liked was the characters. I loved them all. Even the one that was toxic to her. But I liked them because they were all fleshed out. All had their own personalities and they all had different voices. They all stood out, no matter if they were the main character or not. Enough for me to wonder what a story from their POV might have been too. Especially after we found out the reason why her cousin was the way she was.
The plot itself was good. I don’t know what it is about this niche, but a matchmaker who can’t match their self is just like candy to me. I will eat it up every time. Granted it was a bit slow, but it was HILARIOUS along the way. It was an actual rom-com where I was actually laughing out loud. It had been a long time since I’d done that. And the fact that she was like THE matchmaker but she couldn’t see the perfect match for herself was so good. I don’t know what it was, but I was hooked. I can’t believe I binged it in one day. I don’t think I’ve binged anything that fast in a long time.
There is still some type of a struggle even though this is a light and fluffy rom-com. And it involves her cousin. Her cousin was nasty to her, but Lahey went overboard at the party. Neither one of them deserved what the other was doing. I was glad they both finally talked. They were both carrying so much trauma, they both deserved to just let that baggage go.
This book was so cute and so good. I haven’t laughed so hard from a book in a long time. That accidental group date had me almost waking up my kid from laughing lmao I hope you all read it so you can see what I mean!
Overall, I give this
