Review of A Wedding (Mis)Match by Kaylee Baldwin
Let’s play a game: Two truths and a lie.
1. I am a self-help influencer who is a hot mess.
2.
If I don’t get some quiet time between planning my sister’s wedding to
finish my book, Happily Single, I’m in hot water with my publisher.
3. I’m blackmailing the hot grump next-door into letting me live with him until this book is done.
Okay, they’re all true, but what’s a desperate girl to do?
Then
while cleaning out the house Asher (the above-mentioned hot grump)
inherited from his grandpa, we discover a box of secrets his grandpa has
been hiding for years. Not his grandpa’s secrets, oh no—but everyone
else’s in The Palms Retirement Center. As everything from embezzlement
to natural hair colors are revealed, Diamond Cove is suddenly on
guard—including my Grandma Winnie.
It’s fine (wait, there’s the
lie!), as long as no one figures out my secret, since I may be keeping
the biggest one of all. Because here’s another truth: After meeting
Asher, I’m wondering if I’m actually Happily Single after all.
This is a fun rom-com with a beachfront setting. Tropes include grumpy + sunshine, roommates, he falls first.
First of all, I love turtles, and this book has TWO of them. It also had a fun combination of some fun tropes that mixed well with some of the deeper messages of the book. The hero is processing grief, the heroine is struggling with perfectionism, the family's stress planning a wedding, and the retirement community's drama with secrets being unearthed. Though, the heroine being divorced did make it harder for me to fully enjoy the romance. Still, I really loved the hero, quietly pining for the heroine despite himself. Despite their stark differences, their romance was very sweet after she barged into his life.
Note
to more sensitive readers: there isn't really anything, except for some of the sensational secrets revealed in the older generations' pasts.
All in all, a longer rom-com perfect for a weekend at the beach.
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