Review: The Matchmaker and the Cowboy

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Callie Carmichael has a gift for making bridesmaid dresses—some even call them magical. Somehow, every person who’s worn one of her dresses has found love. Real love. And as long as that happily-ever-after is for someone else, Callie is happy. Because she’s fully over getting her heart broken…which is why her new roommate is definitely going to be a problem. After being overseas for six months, Callie’s only choice is to stay with her best friend’s ridiculously hot brother, Hunter Owens. Cowboy, troublemaker, and right now, the town’s most coveted bachelor. Only, Hunter isn’t quite the player she thought. And if it weren’t for her whole “no more love” thing, their setup could get confusing really fast. Now, Hunter wants Callie to make him a best man suit—a “lucky for love” kind of suit. But what happens if she makes the suit and he finds true love…and it isn't her?

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: October 2022

Mature content: yes

Review: I'm sad to say this book did not work for me. For the amount of plot it actually contains it's overly long, with a lot of repetition and details that, quite frankly, don't add all that much to the story. Also, right from the start, there were things that didn't make sense to me. Hunter is bitten by a spider and ends up with such a severe reaction that his family believes it's better to have someone stay at his house to watch over him (enter Callie). However, a few days latter Callie's presence is apparently still needed but Hunter is driving them all around town? Either he's sick or he's not, and if he is, shouldn't Callie be the one driving?

Also, at the beginning we are made aware that Hunter has had a crush on Callie for the past ten years (!) but has recently decided to move on - took him long enough, in my opinion. Callie, on the other hand, sees him like an older brother and is not even physically attracted to him - for about a dozen pages. Then she starts to wonder. Then they have sex. And then she decides she's not what he needs and moves on. And of course by the end they are both happy together again - but somehow I didn't feel like they were really in love - not on Callie's side, at least.

In any case, The Matchmaker and the Cowboy is not poorly written, so I totally assume the problem could be mine. But for whatever reason, it was more a burden to get to the last page than anything else, and it just couldn't hold my interest, so I can't bring myself to recommend it.

Happy readings otherwise!

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