Item: Mr Perfect on Paper
Rating: 5.00
Author: bookanonjeff

by Jean Meltzer

The perfect husband should be...
-A doctor or lawyer (preferably a doctor)
-Baggage-free (no previous marriages, no children)
-And of course - he must be Jewish.

As the creator and CEO of the popular Jewish dating app J-Mate, matchmaker Dara Rabinowitz knows the formula for lasting love - at least, for everyone else. When it comes to her own love life, she's been idling indefinitely. Until her beloved bubbe shares Dara's checklist for "The Perfect Jewish Husband" on national television and charming news anchor Chris Steadfast proposes they turn Dara's search into must-see TV.

As a non-Jewish single dad, Chris doesn't check any of Dara's boxes. But her hunt for Mr. Perfect is the ratings boost his show desperately needs. If only Chris could ignore his own pesky attraction to Dara-a task much easier said than done when Dara starts questioning if "perfect on paper" can compete with how hard she's falling for Chris...

Praise for Jean Meltzer:

'The Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read' Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author

'A warm, heartfelt ode to self-acceptance, honesty, and tight-knit Jewish communities, The Matzah Ball gently - and rightfully - insists we don't need to be perfect or "normal" to deserve and find love. A true pleasure to read' Olivia Dade, author of Spoiler Alert

'A luminous celebration of all types of love, threaded with the message that everyone is worthy of it' Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of The Ex Talk

'A funny, fresh holiday read to tickle your funny bone and warm your heart' Sheila Roberts, author of Beachside Beginnings

Interesting Story Built Primarily Around Jewish Holidays With Epic Final Meeting. This was a genuinely interesting - if long (seriously, the same story could have been told with roughly half the length and worked just as well, maybe better) - story built around a Jewish tech magnate and a desperate ploy to use the Jewish High Holy Days (+ Hanukah) as a way for a daytime TV show to save its ratings and thus the jobs of its staff. The comedy hits well, particularly in the initial appearance of the tech magnate on the TV show and on the first few dates (that all end in some form of disaster). The romance plods along a bit (this is where the shorter length proposed above could dramatically help), but the slow build works to get to a truly epic final meeting between the lead couple. Overall a solid story and well told, and gets some different ideas out to boot without being overly preachy about them. Very much recommended.

Mr Perfect on Paper

by Jean Meltzer

Reviewed by Jeff Sexton on Jul 20, 2022

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