Author: Roselle Lim
Series: None
Publication Date: August 16, 2022
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 335
Obtained: publisher via NetGalley
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Rating: 5/5
Bottom Line: Nothing but some serious love for this one
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Summary: Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made quite difficult, however, when she is revealed as a fraud—she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a chance on an inexperienced and unaccredited matchmaker, and soon Sophie becomes an outcast. In dire search of clients, Sophie stumbles upon a secret club within her condo complex: the Old Ducks, seven septuagenarian Chinese bachelors who never found love. Somehow, she convinces them to hire her, but her matchmaking skills are put to the test as she learns the depths of loneliness, heartbreak, and love by attempting to make the hardest matches of her life. ~amazon.com
Review: I have loved Ms. Lim's 2 previous books, so I knew I was just going to love this one and I wasn't wrong. Sophie is the kind of character you root for because she has trouble doing it for herself.
She lacks self-esteem but right off the bat you know why she has none. It is her best friend that encourages her to keep following her dream of being a matchmaker even if her mother doubts her. It is moving into an apartment building that Sophie meets a group of men that call themselves the "Old Ducks" and they quickly become endearing to her. So much so that she offers up her services at a discount.
Sophie has her plan for introducing herself to society but it really doesn't go as planned but a few positive things come out of it for her. She really does believe that matchmaking is her calling, she just didn't think the older generation would be her clientele but it turns out that they all need each and it works out lovely.
I loved the nicknames she gave her clients but especially the Old Ducks. They seemed to really fit them even before she got to be close to them. For Sophie her journey was self-discovery while helping others find love. Her relationship with her parents is what is holding her back and she's not sure how to deal with it. With family it does come to a breaking point and eventually she gets to her breaking point.
I chuckled a lot while reading Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club and I did shed a few tears as well. I think for all of us, even if we have strong family relationships, the lesson is that sometimes family isn't always blood and it can be the people you chose or those that chose you.
If you haven't read Ms. Lim's books, I highly suggest you get to it. Sophie is a great place to start but don't miss her other two novels either.
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