Sophia Rose is here with a romcom. It’s the first audiobook in the Holidays With the Wongs series. Narrated by Khristine Rivière, A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau delivered a funny, heartwarming and sexy listen. Come check out Sophia Rose’s review….
by Jackie Lau
Narrator: Khristine Rivière
Length: 2 hours and 59 minutes
Genres: Romance
Source: Publisher
Purchase*: Amazon | Audible *affiliate
Heat Level:
Narration: 4 cups Speed: 1.2x
A Thanksgiving rom-com with lots of food and interfering family!
Advertising executive Nick Wong enjoys living in Toronto. He loves late nights partying and taking women back to his penthouse. And so it is with great reluctance that he returns to his boring hometown of Mosquito Bay for Thanksgiving.
This year, however, is even worse than usual. His parents and grandparents, frustrated with the lack of weddings in the family, have invited blind dates for him and his three siblings. Nick's brother Greg has been set up with Lily Tseng, who just so happens to be Nick's latest one-night stand, the one he can't get out of his mind.
Although Nick has never been interested in settling down, Lily has him reconsidering. Perhaps he's good for more than a single night of sex, dumplings, and bubble tea after all. But first, he has to get through this painful weekend with his family and convince her that she should be with him, not Greg . . .
Contains mature themes.
Sophia Rose’s Review
Heartwarming, sexy, and funny all rolled into one is a heady combo. I’m regretful that I’ve procrastinated so long in trying Jackie Lau’s books. I knew I’d be in for a good time so I had no excuses and now here was the convenience of audio and the chance to try a new to me narrator in Khristine Riviere, too.
A Match Made for Thanksgiving is the first in a series about the Wong siblings all finding their way to love- aided and assisted by their willing grandparents and parents, of course. I’ve always been fond of the ‘home for the holidays’ scenario and toss that in with the blind date ‘set up by parents’ trope and good times were a plenty.
I had some good laughs particularly in the first part when confident Nick Wong comes home thinking he knows the score with his folks right until he realizes the Lily who has been on his mind after their one night stand is his brother’s blind date. And, there was poor Lily who just wants to get over a big emotional hit her boyfriend landed her when he dumped her for being boring running into her rebound sex partner finding herself sitting at the guy’s family table passing the Thanksgiving meal.
But, this isn’t only a comedy. This pair, particularly, Lily, have to open up and be vulnerable to have a lasting relationship and they seem to be struggling to get there. No worries, Nick’s family aren’t going to let him mess up their matchmaking efforts even if they got the wrong Wong son for the girl.
Khristine Riviere had a warm, smooth way of telling the story and I enjoyed the book even more as a result.
All in all, I was well satisfied with this fun and quick holiday romcom. I’ll definitely be coming back for more of Jackie Lau’s Asian romance particularly if family are lurking nearby to give it some zest. Looking for a rare Thanksgiving romance? Dig in, friends!
Narrated by Khristine Rivière, A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau delivered a funny, heartwarming and sexy listen. Come check out Sophia Rose's #audioreview. #HolidaysWithTheWongs #RomCom Share on XAbout Jackie Lau
Jackie Lau decided she wanted to be a writer when she was in grade two, sometime between penning “The Heart That Got Lost” and “The Land of Shapes.” She later studied engineering and worked as a geophysicist before turning to writing romance novels. She is now the author of over twenty books.
Jackie lives in Toronto with her husband, and despite living in Canada her whole life, she hates winter. When she’s not writing, she enjoys gelato, gourmet donuts, cooking, hiking, and reading on the balcony when it’s raining.
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Katherine
This sounds fun though I think if I showed up for Thanksgiving and found my family had arranged a blind date I would just turn around and leave! Definitely fun to read about though!
Sophia Rose
The blind date part was planned, but yeah, I’d still not want that for the holidays. 🙂
Jen Twimom
I adore this author’s work and this series. It’s so much fun, but not all laughs, as you mention. I have only read the ebooks, so it’s good to know the narrator is a good one.
Sophia Rose
Yes! Jen, your reviews introduced me to her books. 🙂 I had a blast with this one and I definitely enjoyed the narrator’s work.
Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature)
I have this one as a freebie. I probably need to read it now! Maybe next year for Thanksgiving I’ll put it on my calendar now, lol. Great review!
Sophia Rose
LOL, yes! It’s a great one for the holiday, Lisa. 🙂
Nadene
This sounds cute. Glad to know that amid the humour, there were some serious moments
Sophia Rose
It was a good blend of both humor and character development. 🙂
ailyn koay
i love a romcom, thanks giving or not. It’s never really a one night stand
Sophia Rose
So true, Ailyn. Never really a 1NS when its part of a romance. 😉
Silvia
You know, I’ve read several romantic comedies centred around Christmas, but I don’t think I’ve read a single one that took place on Thanksgiving 😳 So, I’m especially happy that you reviewed this book, and the fact that it’s heartwarming, sexy and funny plays fully in its favour! 😉
Sophia Rose
Yeah, a fun Thanksgiving romcom is a rarity. I think you’d have a good time with this one, Silvia