"Miss Match" by Erynn Mangum

About this book:

  “Lauren Holbrook has found her life's calling: matchmaking for the romantically challenged. And with the eclectic cast of characters in her world, there's tons of potential to play "connect the friends." Lauren sets out to introduce Nick, her carefree singles' pastor, to Ruby, her neurotic coworker who plans every second of every day. What could possibly go wrong? Just about everything.”


Series: Book #1 in “Lauren Holbrook” series.

Spiritual Content- Prayers; Church & sermons; Singles group, sermons & talks about Scriptures; Many, many Scriptures are read, remembered & mentioned; Bible reading & Bible studies; Talks about God, His sovereignty. & being dissatisfied with your relationship with God; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of Bibles & Bible shopping; Mentions of books in the Bible; Mentions of prayers;

*Note: a mention of the god of money.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘drat’, a ‘sheesh’, a ‘stuff it’, a ‘wimp’, three ‘heck’s, three ‘holy cows’, four ‘darn’s, four ‘dumb’s, four ‘gosh’s, four ‘what the heck’, six ‘shut up’s, seven ‘idiot’s, ten ‘stupid’s and twelve ‘oh my gosh’s; Lot of sarcasm & sass; A mention of alcohol & drinking; A mention of drugs; A mention of suicide; A couple mentions of a dead body.

Sexual Content- a cheek kiss; Watching people kiss on TV; Engaged couples kiss; Hearing kisses (no details); Mention of kisses; Laurie watches guys stare at beautiful girls; A man pinches his wife’s bottom; a ‘bimbo’, a ‘slut’, & two ‘babe’s; A mention of menopause & puberty; A mention of strippers;

               *Note: Mentions of other girls’ short skirts & Barbie figure; A mention of Victoria Secret models.

-Lauren “Laurie” Holbrook, age 23
                                             1^st person P.O.V. of Lauren
                                                   365 pages

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My personal Rating- 

Laurie is hilarious! The faith, talks & over all Spiritual Content was strong, and I highly enjoyed it all! I can’t say much else for fear of spoilers, but this was a fun book!

See y’all on Monday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.