This rom-com story was hilarious and maddeningly frustrating, so I had a really hard time deciding what to rate it, but I’d have to say it’s a solid three.
Marnie is marrying Noah, perfect and rich and devastatingly handsome. Noah’s family’s engagement party, Marnie meets Blix, Noah’s eccentric great-aunt who has the magic to see who would make a perfect match. Blix sees a kindred spirit in Marnie, who has the same matchmaking ability but fails to see it’s magic. After Marnie’s short failed marriage to Noah, she’s thrown back home with her parents in Florida and wondering what is going on with her life. Then she gets a letter from an attorney: Blix has died from a cancerous tumor and has left Marnie something in her will that will change her life forever.
This book made me want to scream. There were even a few times I huffed dramatically, and my husband had to ask what was wrong. Marnie just seemed to make every wrong choice, and you just wanted to jump through the pages and give her a good shake, like pining after Noah even when he broke her heart and their marriage or when she let her parents and sister dictate her life. Other times Marnie made me laugh out loud, like how she went crazy and let preschoolers dismantle her wedding dress or her failed Thanksgiving dinner attempt. One thing you will get to see is the different characters’ growth through the story, from likable tween Sammy to the reclusive Patrick to Marnie herself.
If you’re the type of person who gets sucked into watching Lifetime movies and just can’t look away, then this might be the next summer read for you!
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