MEET YOUR MATCH | BY KANDI STEINER

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MY REVIEW:

Vince is a rookie that needs to prove himself to keep his place on the team, sports can be tumultuous and things can change very quickly. One minute you can be a star and the next nothing. So his career is very important to him and he wants nothing to come in the way of that.

Maven is also very career oriented, she wants to make a name for herself. She’s been working for sometime to curate her craft. She is in charge of the social media account for the Hockey team that Vince is on.

Now comes the fun part Vince and Maven are thrown together so that Maven can create content about the hottest new rookie on the team.

“What’s your nickname?” “Mr. King.” She frowned. “Why?” “Because when we get married, I already know you’re too independent to take my last name, so I guess I’ll have to take yours.”

When Maven and Vince first meet she’s extremely condescending and rude to him even though she knows nothing about him. She think she does because she knows about his background and she dated someone like him previously.

“You can call me whatever you want to. Just make sure you like the name you pick.” I leaned in a little closer, lowering my voice. “I have a feeling you’ll be saying it a lot. Maybe in different decibels, too. Might want to try screaming it loud and high-pitched, just to make sure it feels right.”

I can understand that but not knowing the person and completely judging them the way she did seemed a bit much. All Vince did was try to be polite and friendly with her.

Then the story progresses and Vince shows her a side of himself that many people don’t see but she continues to judge him based off of her ex. And at first I totally understood that right, like who of us haven’t had a bad experience with and ex and didn’t trust men after that but I feel like she took it was too far at times.

“If only you had something better to do with this smart mouth of yours.”

She always took out her anger on Vince and he got the brunt of everything. She was also kind of mean to him, making fun of the traditions/superstitions he had before playing a game. I just thought this was really mean and she never apologized for treating him that way.

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Vince was nothing but kind and nice to her, and he seemed to genuinely like her. He showed her his hobbies and things he did that wasn’t for the camera and she used it against him. He really opened up to her and she seemed like in the moments she understood and liked him. But right after she was back to closed off.

“Goodnight,” I said to Vince when we made it to our rooms. I was already tapping my key card and opening my door when he just leaned against the frame of his, watching me. I paused, arching a brow. “You’ll be in my bed soon.”

There were things that I did really enjoy about Maven like her spunky sassy side, her hard work to make her career successful, and the way she cared about doing things for other people. Like helping out communities in need and giving back to the people who has less, these were such great qualities that why I couldn’t understand why she was so mean to Vince.

“I love that face, by the way,” he said, glancing at where I was still frozen in place. “The one you make when you realize you’ve met your match.”

To be honest I loved Vince in this story but Maven was a lot, at times too much. I totally get being burned by and ex, and how that can impact a persons life, I feel like we’ve all been there at some point and we all may lash out a bit, but it was 2 years since her break up and she was still so hurt by it.

“The picture? You kissing my hair? My girl?” A smile curled on my lips, that anger I had before ebbing a bit. “What, not ready to admit that yet? Because let’s face it. It’s true.”

I really like how Vince knew he was falling for her and was straight up about it, telling her she was his even though she wasn’t ready to admit it. Like you can keep playing these games all you want to but both you and I know were meant to be together and one day you’ll get it too.

“You are so deep-seated in my mind, in my being. I will never be rid of you.”

He was patient and waited for her to be ready to do anything with him. He also waited for her to make up her mind about their relationship even though he wasn’t happy about it.

“Like I am compelled by you, by everything that you are, by how you have annihilated whatever version of my life existed before you?”

Overall I enjoyed the book and will read the next in the series, but so far my favorite series from Kandi Steiner is the Red Zone Rivals. Clay and Gianna are still my favorite!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kandi Steiner is an Amazon Top 5 bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.

An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” 

She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.

When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, playing with her fur babies and soaking up the sweetness of life.

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