Match Me if You Can

✍ Scribed by Smith, Tiana

• Book ID: 100667397
• Publisher: Swoon Reads
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 225 KB
• Edition: First edition, 2019
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 1250168708

✦ Synopsis

Mia's best friend Robyn is known for her matchmaking skills, which is perfect, because homecoming is just around the corner. But Robyn refuses to set Mia up with the guy of her dreams, which forces Mia to take matters into her own hands. She uses Robyn's matchmaking service to make sure popular Vince Demetrius falls for her.

Vince asks her out, but Mia doesn't count on Logan, the persistent school newspaper photographer who seems to like her out of the blue. Now she has to choose between Vince - the guy she knows is right for her - and Logan, who insists that she give him a chance. And she needs to make sure Robyn doesn't find out that Mia's been matchmaking behind her back.

Mia has two weeks before homecoming. Can she fix the mess she made or will she have to kiss her perfect match goodbye forever?

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From School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up{amp}mdash;With homecoming approaching quickly, Mia is counting on her matchmaking friend Robyn to use her application process and get soccer star Vince to ask her to the dance. Robyn, meanwhile, has other plans for Mia involving setting her up with the irritating Logan. But once Mia manipulates the system to pair herself with Vince, she's not so convinced she was right, and Logan is well on his way to wooing her. This is a standard teen romance with the usual moments that will make readers squee with delight, if outdated in its tropes. Smith builds her plot around the concept of boys treating their crushes poorly as a way of showing romantic interest. Coupled with the idea of a lack of consent from Mia's manipulating Vince into a relationship and the matchmaking service itself (to some extent) to Mia's unwillingness to date Logan{amp}mdash;these plot devices and social attitudes can be distractingly problematic for many. This debut also sometimes struggles with wooden prose that glosses over major events. Characters are without nuance or much personality, in most instances. VERDICT While not a necessary addition, this may still find readers in fans of Kasie West and Shannon Klare. Readers who prefer more socially aware and complex characterizations, however, will want to skip this one.{amp}mdash;Abby Hargreaves, District of Columbia Public Library

Review

Praise for Match Me If You Can , from our Swoon Readers:

“Love the voice of the main character―interesting, intelligent, relatable. Definitely excited to see what's next.” ―Rose

“Original, funny and sweet; it made me smile.” ―Saundra Luchs

“I think I found my new 'book boyfriend' in Logan. The story did a great job of capturing the drama of high school relationships in a funny and lighthearted way.” ―Kelly Lyman,

✦ Subjects

Interpersonal relations -- Fiction