Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Review of The Matchmaker Club (Club Series #3) by Kayley Wood


If you're a fan of rom-coms, here's a new book for you to check out! If you follow the blog at all, you will have seen my reviews for the first two books in the series, The Virgin Club and The Karma Book Club. Today I have an excerpt to give you a sneak peek inside of this one, and then I am giving you my unbiased review. Please enjoy and then follow the tour for more people's thoughts. Be sure to let the author know what you think along the way. And of course, enter the great giveaway at the end!


The Matchmaker Club


How do you loosen up a rigid, brooding billionaire with a broken heart? Nothing a game of Spin the Bottle, a skinny dipping dare, and poison ivy couldn't fix!

This feel-good rom-com is quickly becoming another fan favorite in the hilarious and sweet Club Series.

"I couldn’t put the book down. The story was great." - Jillian – 5 Stars

"OH THE FEELS! A great read!" - littleboodamommy - 5 Stars

"If you like heartwarming romantic comedies then you’ll definitely enjoy this book!" - Amanda Beaumont - 5 Stars

"There are several moments that will leave you giggling, and even more that will leave you sighing in content. You cannot go wrong when you click a book in this series." -Des - 5 Stars

Hilarious. Sweet. Sassy.

It is an indisputable fact that Reed women are not marriage material.

The great-granddaughter of a famous burlesque dancer, the granddaughter of an ex-hippie, and the daughter of an eccentric artist, Taylor quickly learns the heartbreaking lesson of her family curse after her first love ends in rejection.

Apparently, Reed women are not girlfriend material either.

Nestled in a small town in Maine, Cedar Gardens is the worn-down estate which the Reed women call home. But there’s one catch: It doesn’t belong to them. Almost seventy years ago, Mortimer J. Freeman bought the place for his long-lost love, Marlena Reed. Now, his great-grandson—and heir to billions—Lucas Freeman is in town with an agenda: to quietly reclaim the estate and Mortimer’s old love letters to Marlena while avoiding a family scandal. But Taylor’s grandmother has another plan: to play matchmaker with Taylor and Lucas before all three Reed women are kicked out of the only home they have ever known.

The problem? Taylor can’t stand the brooding billionaire, who doesn’t understand the gravity of a triple dog dare or the fun of blowing bubbles in your milk. Responsibility, reliability, and routine are Lucas’s mantra. That is, until the fiery Taylor schemes up a hilarious to-do list to break him out of his habitual shell and, in the process, turns his world upside down.

But falling in love wasn’t part of any of their plans.

Does Cedar Gardens have enough magic to bring Taylor and Lucas together, or will the Reed family curse win out in the end?

THE MATCHMAKER CLUB is the heartwarming, yet hilarious third installment in the Club Series. A New Adult Romantic Comedy full of lol moments, lovable characters, strong female bonds, and gives all the feels!


Read an excerpt:
“If anyone’s out there, I got a gun and I ain’t afraid to use it!” my grandmother called out.

Lucas must’ve turned three shades of white under the moonlight, his eyes wide as saucers. I held both hands over my mouth to stifle a giggle. The only gun my grandmother had was a BB gun to scare away rodents… and Austin.

“I’m coming out now,” my grandmother warned.

Lucas gripped my arm and pulled me behind him. I almost died laughing right there and then. He was trying to protect me.

The shed light went on, and I grabbed Lucas and yanked him to the ground with me. There were a few clanking sounds, and Lucas pulled me into his arms. I felt myself snuggle closer against his chest. His heart was beating fast.

“It’s okay,” I whispered, and he held me a little tighter.

The last time I was this close to a man was my summer with Austin. I had forgotten how much I missed that warmth.

“What is it?” Lainey called from the house.

“Probably a raccoon trying to get to the birdseed,” my grandmother said before she flipped the shed light off.

When the porch light went out as well, his arms were still around me, and I didn’t want to move.

His mouth went to my ear, sending chills rippling across my skin. “Is it safe to go?”

“Yeah.”

His arms dropped to his sides, and I stood up. “This way.”


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**My thoughts**
OK, this one is my favorite one in the series. (At least thus far.) We've met Lucas a couple of times before. For some reason, I always picture him as a stuffy older man, but clearly he is not. We had a hint of his deeply buried impish side in the previous book when he meets Mia at the art gallery. But in this book, that fun side finally explodes out of him, thanks to Taylor.

I love Taylor. She has been raised by her grandmother and her aunt because her mother passed away from breast cancer when Taylor was only three years old. To this day, she still pines for her mother. I cannot imagine losing my mother at such a young age. I still getting used to losing my mother well into adulthood just over a year ago. It's beautiful how she is surrounded by her mother's memory in this house with her family. And I love that her mother left her letters with mix tapes so that she could give Taylor advice long after she had passed. The song selections are fantastic and made me nostalgic for making my own mix tapes out of my father's records and songs from the radio.

The two of them appear to be complete opposites on the surface. But inside, they truly are two like souls that are destined to fit together perfectly to complete each other. They have deep family issues and a desire for fun and crazy antics. I both laughed and cried my way through this one.

Oh, and the Matchmaker Club. These shunned women in this small town are actually the ones responsible for helping both men and women find true love. That whole part of the storyline in and of itself is beautiful to read. It shows how wonderful the Reed women are, in spite of the way they have been treated for generations. And really, they are helping themselves as they are helping others.

And lucky for me, there is even more to read in this series! I can't wait until I have time to get to them!




About Kayley Wood:

Kayley has three simple rules in life:

1. Surround yourself with some incredible, kick-ass women you call friends.

2. Don't worry about failure or mistakes. It's how you respond to them that makes all the difference.

3. An appletini is never complete without two cherries.

Links:

Website: www.kayleywood.com

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5 comments:

  1. Sounds like a book I'll enjoy, thanks for sharing!

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  2. Thank you so much for such a thoughtful review. <3 My heartfelt condolences for the loss of your mother. I was very close with my grandmother and I still talk to her even ten years after her death. Somehow I feel she hears me. Wishing you all the best...

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  3. Hello! Thanks so much for sharing your book with us. Always fun reading about another book to enjoy.

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