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Lunar Love
by Lauren Kung Jessen
There are so many things I love about this sweet romance! Let me start by saying that the meet cute is amazing; the scenario unexpected, humorous, provides insight into the personalities of the two characters, and left me curious how this book would play out.
Bennett and Liv (Olivia) are both in the matchmaking business, but their approaches and vision are vastly different. Liv is the new head matchmaker at Lunar Love, a business started by her grandmother 50 years ago, using the traditional method of matching couples in a personal way utilizing the Chinese Zodiac for a complementary match.
Bennett brings modern technology to matchmaking with his start-up app, ZodiaCupid, and believes that opposites can attract and have a successful relationship. But Lunar Love is is struggling due to changes in modern dating trends and the launch of ZodiaCupid could spell the end for Lunar Love.
I enjoyed seeing these two characters with opposite approaches find common ground and shared experiences. Bennett was just an amazing, sensitive, thoughtful, yet strong main character. While Liv made some decisions I disagreed with, she also made the right choices on occasion, even if it helped the competition. There was definitely some inner conflict for Liv.
The depiction of Chinese culture, food, and family was of particular enjoyment for me. One of the insights I didn’t expect in the story was how both Bennett and Olivia struggled with feeling Chinese enough due to their mixed racial heritage. Also, the idea that names don’t tell the whole story: Bennett O’Brien doesn’t sound like a name for someone Chinese, yet he is. I loved the unexpected moment when Liv’s dad wears a tartan apron and proudly proclaims his Scottish heritage.
I am so grateful for the gifted copy of Lunar Love that I received from Forever Publishing and the e-arc from NetGalley. I am happy to provide my honest review.
Bennett and Liv (Olivia) are both in the matchmaking business, but their approaches and vision are vastly different. Liv is the new head matchmaker at Lunar Love, a business started by her grandmother 50 years ago, using the traditional method of matching couples in a personal way utilizing the Chinese Zodiac for a complementary match.
Bennett brings modern technology to matchmaking with his start-up app, ZodiaCupid, and believes that opposites can attract and have a successful relationship. But Lunar Love is is struggling due to changes in modern dating trends and the launch of ZodiaCupid could spell the end for Lunar Love.
I enjoyed seeing these two characters with opposite approaches find common ground and shared experiences. Bennett was just an amazing, sensitive, thoughtful, yet strong main character. While Liv made some decisions I disagreed with, she also made the right choices on occasion, even if it helped the competition. There was definitely some inner conflict for Liv.
The depiction of Chinese culture, food, and family was of particular enjoyment for me. One of the insights I didn’t expect in the story was how both Bennett and Olivia struggled with feeling Chinese enough due to their mixed racial heritage. Also, the idea that names don’t tell the whole story: Bennett O’Brien doesn’t sound like a name for someone Chinese, yet he is. I loved the unexpected moment when Liv’s dad wears a tartan apron and proudly proclaims his Scottish heritage.
I am so grateful for the gifted copy of Lunar Love that I received from Forever Publishing and the e-arc from NetGalley. I am happy to provide my honest review.