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Magical Meet Cute
by Jean Meltzer
I read and loved The Matzah Ball so I was so excited when another romance from the same author came up on Netgalley! I was texting friends only two chapters in to tell them how funny this premise was, and I was very happy that everything worked out. The middle of this book had me STRESSED but I enjoyed it so much.
Faye is a potter in a charming town in New York with a thriving Jewish community who has sworn off men after a traumatic broken engagement. So when she comes home one evening to discover that her street and business are covered with antisemitic flyers, she gets drunk and channels her anger into creating a golem that she can pour all of her dreams into. The next day she accidentally hits the most gorgeous guy with her bike, and he wakes up with amnesia and aphasia. So of course she takes him home and names him Greg, "just until he gets his memory back." But as Faye and Greg get to know each other, she starts to think that maybe he's a bit TOO perfect, and maybe ChatGPT is right and Greg is a piece of clay come to life to cause her destruction. (Meanwhile Greg is falling for her too but is scared that maybe he was the neo-nazi who posted the flyers.)
I laughed at Faye's "I HAVE ACCIDENTALLY MADE THIS DEMON CREATURE" nonsense, loved Greg slowly teaching her to trust, and was delighted when we finally got the HEA.
I enjoyed this book and loved the romance, but because this book takes in a present time (the flyers reference COVID), some readers may need to take breaks if they start feeling too stressed. I would recommend this romance, though.
TW: antisemitism is a huge plot point and theme, and the MC has PTSD from childhood abuse and internalized ableism.
Thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin/Mira for this ARC.
Edit: Two hours later, I'm realizing that Faye's essay was what I needed for some internal healing. I think Faye's realization healed part of me. Thank you to the author for giving me something positive to discuss in therapy this week.
Faye is a potter in a charming town in New York with a thriving Jewish community who has sworn off men after a traumatic broken engagement. So when she comes home one evening to discover that her street and business are covered with antisemitic flyers, she gets drunk and channels her anger into creating a golem that she can pour all of her dreams into. The next day she accidentally hits the most gorgeous guy with her bike, and he wakes up with amnesia and aphasia. So of course she takes him home and names him Greg, "just until he gets his memory back." But as Faye and Greg get to know each other, she starts to think that maybe he's a bit TOO perfect, and maybe ChatGPT is right and Greg is a piece of clay come to life to cause her destruction. (Meanwhile Greg is falling for her too but is scared that maybe he was the neo-nazi who posted the flyers.)
I laughed at Faye's "I HAVE ACCIDENTALLY MADE THIS DEMON CREATURE" nonsense, loved Greg slowly teaching her to trust, and was delighted when we finally got the HEA.
I enjoyed this book and loved the romance, but because this book takes in a present time (the flyers reference COVID), some readers may need to take breaks if they start feeling too stressed. I would recommend this romance, though.
TW: antisemitism is a huge plot point and theme, and the MC has PTSD from childhood abuse and internalized ableism.
Thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin/Mira for this ARC.
Edit: Two hours later, I'm realizing that Faye's essay was what I needed for some internal healing. I think Faye's realization healed part of me. Thank you to the author for giving me something positive to discuss in therapy this week.