GRR Reviews No Match for Love Volume 1 Box Set: Mis by Lindzee Armstrong

No Match for Love is a set of three novels in the common "Toujour" universe about a company of matchmakers. Each of the stories is a good combination angst, fear, and love.

Miss Match -- Brooke and Billionaire heir Luke had been best friends for eight years, ever since she rejected him. Now that she's engaged, Luke is desperate to show her that he loved her, and she's desperate to sign Luke as a client for her matchmaking service. But is there any hope for him to move out of the friend zone before it's too late, even if he had to go on a couple bad dates?

Funny, and poignant as Brooke was in TOTAL denial that she and Luke were compatible. Instead, she fell for an artist who basically wanted to order her around, like "come to Italy with me" instead of the five-year plan they had previously agreed to. THEN she found out he was cheating on her. She just comes across as stubborn AND color-blind so she can ignore the truth in front of her. He's just... too nice. 3.5/5

Not Your Match -- parallel story to Miss Match. Andi is a new family law attorney who wanted to help people, not listening to bitter couples either divorcing or hashing out a prenup over minutiae like who gets to keep the pet bearded dragon. Her BF dumped her for an opportunity on the other side of the country after 7 years of courtship. Her other love Ben just came back to town as a teacher and ended up as her neighbor, but Ben was fleeing an abusive relationship from Arizona where his partner Whitney, was bipolar and after THREE cycles of mania and depression he quit... Except his sister, Rachel, was Andi's bestie, and keep wanting Ben and Whitney get back together because Rachel didn't know about the bipolar stuff... then Whitney arrived in town and threaten to drag Ben back into the abyss...

Frankly, this doesn't end well, but Ben knew who he REALLY wanted and painfully cut all ties and refused to succumb to any more emotional blackmail. Andi was just too nice, and Ben was a pushover, albeit a sympathetic one as we understand why as bipolar people can be EXTREMELY charming at times. 4/5

Mix N' Match -- Mitch was Luke's (see Miss Match) right-hand man, and Zoey was Brooke (also see Miss Match) bestie. Mitch is a by-the-books guy, while Zoey was spontaneous and free-spirited. It's like fire and ice. Luke and Brooke were supposed to have their wedding in Europe, and some evil paparazzi had latched onto Mitch and Zoey believing they are the advanced party for the wedding, and not even heading to Europe can shake this legal stalker. And the only way they can think of is for Mitch and Zoey to stage their own wedding... in France, to mislead the photog... but is it fake wedding... or real?

Frankly, Zoey just comes across as crazy AND stupid, as her seat-of-the-pants reaction just doesn't work, more than a few times, with Mitch doing the cleanup. The fact that the evil photog had planted a bug on Mitch, not Zoey, was just dumb luck. 3.5/5

Overall rating, 4/5 rounded up, as each of the tales is charming, but somehow not fulfilling.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: N/A Collection

Tropes: Matchmaker, friends to lovers, triangle, jilted, reunion, return, fake engagement,

Overall Rating:  4/5 (rounded up)