Name: The Perfect Match
Rating: 3.454545454545455 (11 reviews)
ISBN: 9780373778195

Kristan Higgins

After Honor Holland agrees to a marriage of convenience to help British professor Tom Barlow stay in the country, she begins to wonder if there isn't something more between them. Original.

The Perfect Match

What if the perfect match is a perfect surprise? Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. And now—a mere three weeks later—Mr. Perfect is engaged to her best friend. But resilient, reliable Honor is going to pick herself up, dust herself off and get back out there…or she would if dating in Manningsport, New York, population 715, wasn't easier said than done. Charming, handsome British professor Tom Barlow just wants to do right by his unofficial stepson, Charlie, but his visa is about to expire. Now Tom must either get a green card or leave the States—and leave Charlie behind. In a moment of impulsiveness, Honor agrees to help Tom with a marriage of convenience—and make her ex jealous in the process. But juggling a fiancé, hiding out from her former best friend and managing her job at the family vineyard isn't easy. And as sparks start to fly between Honor and Tom, they might discover that their pretend relationship is far too perfect to be anything but true love….

Jess

Read this review on my blog! --&gt; <a href="http://www.goodreads.com" rel="nofollow noopener">The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins</a> From the moment I started The Perfect Match, I knew it’d be fun...but heartwrenching. Honor declares her love to her best guy friend, who she’s slept with for years, and he shuts her down. It was painful to read! So instantly I hated him. THEN! Her girl best friend pulls a shitty move and I hated her!! I mean, like, REALLY hated her. They just really pissed me off. And they continued to piss me off throughout most of the book. Sigh. But then things get interesting when Honor meets Tom, a British professor of mechanical engineering that is in dire need of renewing his visa. As you can probably guess, they make an arrangement that would serve the both of them in their needs. I loved Honor in this book. I didn’t really warm to her in 
 <a href="http://gonewiththewords.com/2013/03/review-the-best-man-by-kristan-higgins-guest-post-giveaway.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Best Man</a>
, but in this one we get to know her deeply and I loved her. Tom on the other hand was a harder character to love. Even in the end I wasn’t really sure if I loved him. I understood him, and liked a lot of things about him, but I don’t think I ever fell for him. I kind of hurt that he couldn't let himself love Honor until the other things in his life were happy too. I did picture Jude Law from The Holiday while reading about Tom, so that was nice. :) My issue with Tom didn’t hinder my love for this book all that much though. I continued to enjoy the setting and Honor’s family is just so freaking hilarious. I love every one of them. Like, A LOT. If you haven’t yet experienced their awesomeness, you’re completely missing out! Kristin Higgins once again gives me a book that fills me with so many different emotions. She’s incredibly good at writing characters that will move me every time. I insist you guys check out her books if you haven’t already. And I am completely looking forward to the next Blue Heron book now. :)

sophia n

wanted to love this more than i did. the setting was fun to return to after the first book and i really enjoy higgins' writing, she's just so incredibly funny. i didn't really get into either leads at any point, but the love interest grew a little on me, so yeah.

Sophie Hutchings

Brilliant!!!!! 

The second in the blue heron series, and it was cracking! All your favourite characters from the first book but nice to not have similar story line and the characters honor and tom were very different from faith and Levi, which was great! 

This is a must read for chick lit lovers, or anyone who wants a lighter read. Great plot, brilliant character development (which is a must for me) and it was boring at all!!! I had annoying moments whilst reading where I wanted to shake them a little bit for being stupid but i couldn't put this book down!!! Brilliant.

Alexandra Mellas

Honor Holland is the sister who lives up to expectations, the daughter her Father can rely on to look after the vineyard. She’s sensible, practical and hard-working, has been in love with her best friend for the last fifteen years, and can hear her ovaries shrivelling.
When the man Honor loves overlooks her, in favour of her best friend, she throws herself into the search for love, marriage and babies. Offered a green card marriage of convenience with English Man Tom Barlow, Honor decides she’s ready to move on from Brogan, and have a family.

What I Liked: I was wary going in to Perfect Match, after reflecting on her character in The Best Man. She was prickly, grumpy and somewhat unsympathetic until the end of Best Man, and I was concerned she wouldn’t become any easier to like.
I don’t know what I was worried about. Kristan Higgins wouldn’t throw an unlikable heroine at me, all her characters are wacky, quirky and remarkably likeable. Honor is stiff, confident and demands respect from everyone she encounters. She loves her family, loves her work, and loves her terrible terrier.

Tom was charming, if incredibly goofy, with a big heart who is perfect for Honor, forcing her to let her hair down and take a chance to have fun. He has his flaws, drinking, jealousy, and an inferiority complex.

My favourite characters in the Blue Heron series, are Pops and Goggy. Their tough love, argumentative nature and the general stubbornness - recognisable in anyone over 60 who refuses to acknowledge the benefits of change - make them both adorable and frustratingly familiar.

 Also, John Holland’s new relationship? Saw it. Knew it. Love it!

What I Didn’t Like: Brogan and Dana. Yueck. Worst couple ever. Worst people ever. I don’t see what the appeal is there at all. Brogan is selfish, egotistical (one of my favourite words), and arrogant. Yes, yes, he’s all smitten kitten with his new love but she’s horrid and if he prefers her to Honor then he’s stupid as well. Does his ‘charming’ and outgoing personality make up for his seriously oblivious nature? No.

Then there’s Dana. There is something to be said for having a friend like Dana, someone who isn’t worried about sugar coating things, and always has a comeback to a bully. Unfortunately we’ve all had a friend like Dana, a toxic friend who will happily turn on you when your services as a friend are no longer necessary.

The Perfect Match was a sweet romance about finding your place, and embracing your true self. I look forward to the third instalment of the Blue Heron series.

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