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My Review:Title: Matzah Ball Surprise
Author: Laura Brown
Published by: Entangled: Lovestruck
Release Date: March 16, 2020
Format: eARC
Pages: 230
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Source: NetGalley
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My rating:
Blurb:This Passover is starting to feel like the ten plagues might be coming back to haunt them before the weekend is over...one hilarious misstep after the next.
Gaby Fineberg just wants to get through Passover Seder without her “well meaning” family playing matchmaker. She needs a date, just for one simple meal - that includes singing, the history of her forefathers, and not one bit of yeast. The hot guy at her gym would be perfect. He probably hates bread, anyway, with a body like that. But when she finally works up the nerve to ask him...he doesn’t hear a word she said.
Levi Miller is deaf and happily single. Initially, he doesn’t know why this beautiful woman is talking to him, but it’s clear she needs help - and suddenly so does he. In a very complicated situation, Levi finds a simple solution. Gaby will pretend to be his new girlfriend to bail him out, and he’ll return the favor. But he didn’t bargain for a family dinner quite like this one...
I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
DNF @ 14% — I really really wanted to love this book, what with its double whammy of diversity. I rarely find religious diversity books, so I was super excited!
But. *sigh* I had a hard time getting sucked into this one. The writing was okay, but I wasn’t connecting with Gaby (or her friend), or Levi, and seeing the obvious set up for miscommunication, I just didn’t have the heart to keep going when I knew it was likely going to annoy me. Plus, right now, I need some happy reads, so I think I’m giving up early.
I was also a bit incredulous that a deaf man wouldn’t be able to read lips AT ALL. Maybe I’m totally mistaken, but it just seems really unlikely in this day and age. I should ask a hearing impaired friend her opinion, but I’m already dibs out, so oh well.
Basically, it’s me, not the book. I mean, I doubt I would have flat out loved it, but I bet it would have been a solid 3 stars when all was said and done.
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