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The Matchmaker's Playbook (Wingmen Inc., #1)

Rachel Van Dyken

Start date: May 12, 2016

Finish date: May 18, 2016

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Aug 30, 2018 seton rated it liked it

Shelves: male-pov

Genre: rom-com
Sensuality: R

Ex-NFL rookie, now a matchmaker in college, meets his match.

OK, I only read this because I saw the Passionflix movie adaptation and yeah, the movie was better. Mostly because the movie was smart enough to showcase the good stuff and leave out the bad stuff like this scene 25% into the bk where he hooks up with some random chick:

I hid a wince. Too eager. But for this visit? It didn’t matter.
Remember, I slept with stupid girls, not sad ones. And by the look of her? She ...more

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Mar 16, 2016 Lindsay rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc-for-review, blog-books, male-pov

This book has such an awesome premise, I couldn't wait to start it. It didn't hurt that I love Rachel Van Dyken's work. I was instantly drawn into the book and fell in love with Ian. I loved his personality. I love being in his head and seeing things from his point of view. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for Blake. It took a long time for me to warm up to her. It took me until almost 50% to come to like her and that didn’t last long since she did something I hated and while it could have be ...more

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Mar 19, 2018 Anne OK rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-reads

Ian Hunter just didn't cut it for me. He was not a likable character. His personality didn't even charm me -- too full of himself and not even very nice to his friends. Blake was okay -- but then again, I didn't find myself bonding with her either. The story was off the mark for reality in my opinion. Just too much of nothing really. I won't be continuing the Wingmen series. ...more

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Apr 10, 2018 Suzanne rated it really liked it

This was a great, fun read! Loved the banter between Ian and Blake and also between Lex & Gabi. Their story is next and should be fun.

I look forward to seeing the movie with Nick Bateman!

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Aug 06, 2019 Shan ~A~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, millionaire-billionaire, romance-humor, series-trilogies-i-started, back-to-school, humorous, kindle-unlimited, romance, 1st-in-series, new-adult

I'm so glad this story was told from Ian's pov, because otherwise I wouldn't have liked him. He was such a dick. The good thing thing is that just having his pov and not Blake's didn't take anything away from the story.

The chemistry between them was so evident, but I wish Ian had to work harder for her especially after his words and behavior from when the first met.

Still, I enjoyed it, and I must say that Lex and Gabi entertained so I can't wait to read their story. ...more

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