Showing posts with label matchmaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label matchmaking. Show all posts

Monday, June 7, 2021

The Soulmate Equation

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren, 360 pages

Single mom and professional number cruncher Jess is understandably skeptical when her bubbly best friend introduces her to GeneticAlly, a matchmaking app that uses the human genome to pair up potential partners. But her skepticism reaches dizzying heights when she hears that she has an almost-perfect match — and with one of the company's founders, no less! Half-convinced it's a publicity ploy, but desperate enough to give it a try, Jess agrees to try dating Dr. River Pena. I mean, there's no denying they have physical chemistry...

While I didn't really buy the whole concept of a gene-mapping Match.com, I do have to say that I loved having a single mom as the main character of a romance novel. And, yeah, she has baggage from her past, but none of it has to do with her kid or her ex. This was fun and fluffy; a great vacation/beach read, but nothing to write home about.

Monday, December 9, 2013

The Rosie Project / Graeme Simsion 295 pp.

I doubt I have anything to add to Linda and Christa's favorable reviews, except to echo Christa's point that while the reader may be able to see the ending coming from afar, it won't matter - all the fun is in getting there.  A sweet, funny and authentic story about a man who looks for romance with a scientific survey and finds exactly the wrong woman.