Review: THE MATCH DISASTER by Latesha Kellam

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This is a story about a middle-aged woman who recently got divorced and thought she was open to companionship. She was very apprehensive about opening her heart again after being hurt badly by her ex-husband. To her surprise, she met someone on Match.com that seemed like the man of her dreams. They had so much in common and really enjoyed each other's company. He managed to convince her to be open to the possibility of falling in love again.

She ended up giving this man her heart only to find out that he wasn't the man of her dreams at all. He wasn't like her ex-husband but he had just as many issues. She found it difficult to be the woman that he needed her to be while not compromising her integrity and moral standards.

This story is told totally from her point of view. She is finally able to tell the love of her life everything that she wanted to say throughout their relationship. She is able to express her perspective on all the events that were occurring in their lives without feeling like she is being ungrateful for the good times but imagining the bad times.

She will take you through five years of her relationship. Will she figure out that she deserves so much better than how she was being treated? Or, will she talk herself into saving this relationship and giving her one true love another chance?

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My review: They met on Match.com.

All she wanted was to find someone special and she may have found him.

“It felt like I had known you my whole life.”

Right away, during the get-to-know-you process, I got the feeling that this guy wasn’t right with his dominance, decisiveness, and temper.

Story had a 1^st person narrative that was actually speaking to the man in question. It almost read like a letter to this guy, like what you would do for a therapist. The whole thing is a mediocre play-by-play of the relationship, highlighting the status and what her feelings were. She summarizes the highs and lows as well as her confusion and doubt. It makes you wonder if this thing would really last. Personally, I didn’t know what she was really doing with this guy. She just seemed so much better off without him.

The cover of the lit match doesn’t represent what this book is about. It kind of gives off the impression that a fire will start at some point with the main character being an arsonist or something. It makes you think that the book is a suspense/thriller rather than a romance. The cover just didn’t fit the story.

Overall, the character narrates her thoughts and feelings in soft and deep notes. The reader really gets to know her side in all this. In fact, it’s almost like a love story for herself, of herself. I think she needed to realize that she needed to love herself so that she could be worthy of love.

An okay read.

My rating: 3 stars