Thank you to NetGalley, Bedford Square Publishers and Swati Hegde for allowing me to ARC read for ‘Match Me If You Can.’

First, the cover for this book is beautiful! I love the rich colours and how they ‘pop’ so much.

I found it interesting that this is marketed as a RomCom, because I didn’t really get comedic vibes from it.

I really enjoyed the story and I got such lovely ‘all you really need in life is love’ vibes from it.
The one thing I didn’t like was Jia, the FMC. She was hugely unlikeable and incredibly selfish. Thankfully, Jaiman more than made up for her terrible character, and I found him largely relatable and likeable.

The ‘found family’ trope was so heartwarming, and I thought that was a lovely addition to this book.

I thought this was paced well, and I WISH I could try all of those drinks out!

I’d recommend adding this one to your TBR.

Sadly I found this book so hard to gel with that I ended up skim reading it, and wouldn’t have even bothered to do that had I not been intrigued how the end would play out with it being a modern retelling of Emma. I found the author’s writing style to be quite juvenile, and it didn’t hold my attention. I normally love retellings of Austen novels, and novels set outside the USA/UK but found this attempt rather lacklustre. Sadly I cannot recommend

First of all what a beautiful cover. It instantly caught my eye. I also loved the fashionista storyline. It reminded me of How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. I loved the characters and how our love interest finds solace in Jia especially with the background he comes from. I absolutely loved their chemistry and banter.