What a fun, young adult, paranormal romance! "Cupid's Match" opens with high schooler Lila visiting a matchmaking service to demand that it stop soliciting her. To everyone's surprise, Lila learns that she was matched, through no request of her own, with the supposed love of her life. The dilemma: he's Cupid, a God, and NO Gods can be lawfully matched. Because of the impropriety implied by this match, Cupid, Lila and friends must navigate each other's worlds to escape the hellfire and wrath of the Gods.
This book is crazy fun. Cupid has the best lines of any character in the book. He's smarmy, cocky, and has that jaded attitude that only comes with centuries of life. Lila is an interesting protagonist. Is she too weak to ward off Cupid's advances, or is she, in fact, not fearful enough to run away? Cal is a great character, serving an importance purpose in the story, and giving off a brooding goody-two shoes, resentful big brother vibe.
Charlie's character wasn't developed enough to reconcile the character arc she experiences in this book, so I'd love to see more of her in book 2. There's definitely an issue with abandoned plot lines in this book. These are teenagers, and this book is meant to be read by teenagers. There has to be more emotion and consequence to some of these plot points. Instead, the book just glosses over major developments in Lila's life. I get that she's been thrown into the deep end with the whole gods and myths war going on, but would it kill her to shed a tear over a major teenage crisis? I'm exaggerating here, but only a little. Also, I'd love some more physical descriptions of the characters.
This book is a wholesome read. No sex, no drugs, nothing too advanced for its demographic.
I do recommend this book to anyone who liked Twilight, Hunger Games, and Divergent. I get a similar vibe with this book. What a fun, young adult, paranormal romance! "Cupid's Match" opens with high schooler, Lila, visiting a matchmaking service to demand that it stop soliciting her. To everyone's surprise, Lila learns that she was matched, through no request of her own, with the supposed love of her life. The dilemma: he's Cupid, a God, and NO Gods can be lawfully matched. Because of the impropriety implied by this match, Cupid, Lila and friends must navigate each other's worlds to escape the hellfire and wrath of the Gods.
This book is crazy fun. Cupid has the best lines of any character in the book. He's smarmy, cocky, and has that jaded attitude that only comes with centuries of life. Lila is an interesting protagonist. Is she too weak to ward off Cupid's advances, or is she, in fact, not fearful enough to run away? Cal is a great character, serving an importance purpose in the story, and giving off a brooding goody-two shoes, resentful big brother vibe.
Charlie's character wasn't developed enough to reconcile the character arc she experiences in this book, so I'd love to see more of her in book 2. There's definitely an issue with abandoned plot lines in this book. These are teenagers, and this book is meant to be read by teenagers. There has to be more emotion and consequence to some of these plot points. Instead, the book just glosses over major developments in Lila's life. I get that she's been thrown into the deep end with the whole gods and myths war going on, but would it kill her to shed a tear over a major teenage crisis? I'm exaggerating here, but only a little.
This book is a wholesome read. No sex, no drugs, nothing too advanced for its demographic.
I do recommend this book to anyone who liked Twilight, Hunger Games, and Divergent. I get a similar vibe with this book.
This book is crazy fun. Cupid has the best lines of any character in the book. He's smarmy, cocky, and has that jaded attitude that only comes with centuries of life. Lila is an interesting protagonist. Is she too weak to ward off Cupid's advances, or is she, in fact, not fearful enough to run away? Cal is a great character, serving an importance purpose in the story, and giving off a brooding goody-two shoes, resentful big brother vibe.
Charlie's character wasn't developed enough to reconcile the character arc she experiences in this book, so I'd love to see more of her in book 2. There's definitely an issue with abandoned plot lines in this book. These are teenagers, and this book is meant to be read by teenagers. There has to be more emotion and consequence to some of these plot points. Instead, the book just glosses over major developments in Lila's life. I get that she's been thrown into the deep end with the whole gods and myths war going on, but would it kill her to shed a tear over a major teenage crisis? I'm exaggerating here, but only a little. Also, I'd love some more physical descriptions of the characters.
This book is a wholesome read. No sex, no drugs, nothing too advanced for its demographic.
I do recommend this book to anyone who liked Twilight, Hunger Games, and Divergent. I get a similar vibe with this book. What a fun, young adult, paranormal romance! "Cupid's Match" opens with high schooler, Lila, visiting a matchmaking service to demand that it stop soliciting her. To everyone's surprise, Lila learns that she was matched, through no request of her own, with the supposed love of her life. The dilemma: he's Cupid, a God, and NO Gods can be lawfully matched. Because of the impropriety implied by this match, Cupid, Lila and friends must navigate each other's worlds to escape the hellfire and wrath of the Gods.
This book is crazy fun. Cupid has the best lines of any character in the book. He's smarmy, cocky, and has that jaded attitude that only comes with centuries of life. Lila is an interesting protagonist. Is she too weak to ward off Cupid's advances, or is she, in fact, not fearful enough to run away? Cal is a great character, serving an importance purpose in the story, and giving off a brooding goody-two shoes, resentful big brother vibe.
Charlie's character wasn't developed enough to reconcile the character arc she experiences in this book, so I'd love to see more of her in book 2. There's definitely an issue with abandoned plot lines in this book. These are teenagers, and this book is meant to be read by teenagers. There has to be more emotion and consequence to some of these plot points. Instead, the book just glosses over major developments in Lila's life. I get that she's been thrown into the deep end with the whole gods and myths war going on, but would it kill her to shed a tear over a major teenage crisis? I'm exaggerating here, but only a little.
This book is a wholesome read. No sex, no drugs, nothing too advanced for its demographic.
I do recommend this book to anyone who liked Twilight, Hunger Games, and Divergent. I get a similar vibe with this book.