Matchmaking for Beginners

I've read three books by this author but I never seem to remember her name. She has a distinctive voice, however, with New Age “love is all you need” treacle side by side with a good sense of snark, sunny optimism spiced with sarcasm. I am not sure I bought the mystic connection between our heroine Marnie and her fiance's aunt Blix, and the moral of the story seems to be that suburban living=boring and bad while Brooklyn=magical, a lesson that I might quibble with. But the novel itself was a charming mix of light and heavy, and Marnie was refreshingly not perfect. The book focuses on her personal journey, which involves several different men, so those looking for a neat romance tied up in a bow will be disappointed (she doesn't even meet the right guy until halfway through the book).

Any book that ends with the message “Whatever happens, love that” should annoy me for its naivete. But it's a credit to Maddie Dawson's skill that it didn't. Hopefully next time I will remember her name, because she is amassing an impressive body of work.