Matchmaking and Mixtapes
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
How Evie sees her life as she approaches her thirty-fifth birthday: pretty close to perfect.
How Evie’s mom sees her life: doomed for spinsterhood and in need of matchmaking at every turn.
Between her three lifelong best friends, a good job, and a beautiful home, Evie has nearly everything she needs. She’s in no hurry to find love…until her first (and unrequited) love, Wesley, unexpectedly returns to town for the birthday party Evie’s mom is throwing, and stirs up all kinds of long-buried feelings.
As the boy next door, Wes was one of Evie’s closest childhood friends. Somewhere between playing out scenes from their favorite movie and listening to Wesley’s endless mixtapes, Evie fell in love. As the old friends catch up after years apart, Evie realizes she never fell out of love with Wesley, and begins to wonder if her feelings for him might not be as one-sided as she always assumed.
While her mom attempts to find Evie’s perfect match, Evie can’t help thinking she’s already found him. Too bad he’s only in town for a week…
*Matchmaking & Mixtapes is a childhood-friends-to-lovers, best friend's brother romantic comedy set in the fictional town of Bellevue, Ontario, Canada. Full of banter, crackling chemistry, and plenty of swoons, this is a kissing-only romance with mild language. It's the first in the new Best Friends & Birthdays series.
Customer Reviews
Great book!
This was such a good read. I really enjoyed it. I definitely recommend it. I love series and books with a great, strong and supportive group of female friends. This story is both a best friend’s brother and friends to lovers romance. As Evie faces turning 35, she has to deal with her mother’s showy attempts at matchmaking, as well as the sudden return to town of Wesley, her best friend’s older brother, one of her childhood best friends, and the man she secretly loved. I loved the past history between these main characters. “I can’t help feeling as if this walk down memory lane is littered with emotional grenades and I’m the one who’s going to end up hurt.” The obvious love and affection that showed through with all their interactions was lovely. The characters were all engaging and I very much enjoyed the interactions with the friends, especially Stella. It was nice to have the sibling not be forbidding the romantic relationship (for the most part) for once. The Canadian setting for the series is a fun change of pace. While this is not a long book, it really felt like there was a lot to it. This book is the first in the series and set-up elements of the other books. I will definitely be reading the rest. This is a closed door story with some light innuendo and a small amount of mild harsh language.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.