Lila Black is getting spammed by a matchmaking agency and she wants them to leave her alone. So, on summer break, right before school starts, she heads to LA to to the Cupid's Matchmaking Services and is immediately told 'we're not taking customers at this time." She shares the multiple letters she has received and is suddenly face to face with one of the people (er, cupids) who is a matchmaker. It turns out she has been matched with Cupid himself (the original) and there's a rule that cupids are not allowed to match or something horrible will happen. Plus, Lila already has a boyfriend and does not want to be matched.
There is a lot of action in tis book- it doesn't surprise me that it's getting turned into a CW show. At one point I thought that it actually read like a screenplay (not that I have read any screenplays, but there is a lot of dialogue and action, and I felt like I Was watching what was going on versus being drawn into it). It's also firmly in the YA genre. I am not a YA, but typically enjoy the genre; this one wasn't for me. I found the writing to be a choppy and it was hard for me to relate to any of the characters. I wish they had been more fleshed out. It was also a very abrupt ending. I should also note there's a lot of references to mythology, but little alignment with actual myths. This might be an issue for some readers. I think it's going to be a series, but I would have like a little more wrap up before ending. I think this has and will find an audience, maybe even among the young writer population.
Thanks to NetGalley and Wattpad Books in exchange for an honest review.
There is a lot of action in tis book- it doesn't surprise me that it's getting turned into a CW show. At one point I thought that it actually read like a screenplay (not that I have read any screenplays, but there is a lot of dialogue and action, and I felt like I Was watching what was going on versus being drawn into it). It's also firmly in the YA genre. I am not a YA, but typically enjoy the genre; this one wasn't for me. I found the writing to be a choppy and it was hard for me to relate to any of the characters. I wish they had been more fleshed out. It was also a very abrupt ending. I should also note there's a lot of references to mythology, but little alignment with actual myths. This might be an issue for some readers. I think it's going to be a series, but I would have like a little more wrap up before ending. I think this has and will find an audience, maybe even among the young writer population.
Thanks to NetGalley and Wattpad Books in exchange for an honest review.