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 … 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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I really enjoyed this book; can’t believe this is Tiana Smith’s debut novel, it was really good, kept me hooked from the first page to the last! Loved the writing and characters, especially Mia and Logan, I loved their scenes together. Yes it is a light, fluffy and predictable story, but in the best way. It’s an adorable, feel good, ya romance that I definitely recommend!
The course of true love never did run smooth for Shakespeare or for Mia. She accidentally gave the televised school announcements with Logan’s name and phone number written on her cheek and then accidentally announced to the whole school that she had a crush on the soccer star, Vince. And if her love life couldn’t get worse, homecoming was in two weeks and she didn’t have a date. In a moment of panic, she decides to use her friend Robyn’s matching-making email account to convince Vince to ask her out. He does, but then she starts to have feelings for Logan…
What I loved:
1. “Whoever invented Mondays should be shot.” Mia’s character voice is delightful throughout as she narrates her story and works through her own feelings.
2. The settings, particularly the Pier with the Ferris wheel.
3. Robyn’s match-making service/job was a fun teen twist on online dating services.
4. Elena is jealous and angry at Mia for ‘stealing’ Vince and does some awful things (spoilers), but she isn’t a ‘mean girl.’ Her character is more complex than that and their ultimate resolution feels genuine.
5. Mia makes mistakes and takes responsibility for them. She apologizes, tells the truth, and tries to make restitution.
6. Sweet, clean, gooey romance with plenty of kisses.
With more romantic mix-ups than Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this teen romance charmingly portrays the ups and downs of high school relationships and the tricky path to love.
This book grabbed me from the very first page. It was cute and funny, and in a lot of ways, very realistic for teenagers. There was a point late in the book when I was thinking how much drama the characters were adding to the whole thing, but I can’t complain about a teen book having teens acting like teens. I do feel like Mia should have caught on to the fact that Vince was probably meant to be with her friend Elena, but sometimes teens are pretty self-absorbed and her not seeing past what she wanted and all the trauma that was happening to her totally makes sense. On the one hand, Logan was totally what people say about how the boys tease the girls they like and pick on them. But on the other hand, he was definitely so much fun and I don’t know how Mia hadn’t gotten any little inkling of interest in him before. I understand too when there is that perfect guy you’re dreaming of, Vince, that it is often hard to see anyone else, especially if it seems like what you’ve been wishing for is finally coming true. I get helping her friend Robyn out, but in a way I hate that Robyn didn’t tell Mia about the competition to try for. One thing I did wonder about though, with her dad having a way for her to get some journalism experience, wasn’t there anything else to help her that way with her goals of becoming a journalist? I was a bit surprised her dad had never thought of that before. While I know it was teenagers and I mentioned before the extra drama is normal, I have to wonder if guys would be like Logan was at the end. Their pride and all that. Anyway, it was a page-turner, so hard to put it down, and another that I was lucky enough to have lots of extra time and almost read in a day!