Reviewed by readingwithwrin on
My Rating 3.5 stars
Match Me If You Can is one of those books that seems like it's going to be a typical romance read where everyone ends up with who they originally wanted. Instead, though we are lead on a twisty trail of infatuation, like, and finally love. Friendship though is the most surprising part of this book which made me like it so much!
Mia is our main character who has a crush on the soccer player that everyone else loves. The problem is he has no idea she feels this way nor is he really attracted to her it seems. So Mia decides to take things into her own and hands and in the process messes up a lot of things.
Mia and Robyn have one of the most realistic (in my opinion) young adult friendships. Robyn has a matchmaking business which is how she is saving for a car, but she also works on the newspaper with Mia. The newspaper is something they both love and hope to make a career of doing to a certain extent. Also, can we just talk about how nice their teacher was? Seriously we need more like him in the education system.
Overall I found this book enjoyable. It seemed really realistic for a teen romance which was nice. I loved how involved Mia's parents were and how they truly seemed to care. It's something we're seeing more of in YA finally and its just really nice to see that. Mia while stubborn at times was also a surprisingly likable character she had flaws and perks and you can tell she truly did feel sorry for what she did. Her love interests were guys that were easy to like as well. While it might have been extremely obvious to tell who she was going to end up with, it was still an enjoyable read.
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