Romance

Gossip, Set, and Match by Koosie.

In the game of love, Mackenzie Carwyn plays Fairy Gossipmonger, anonymous e-matchmaker of South Creek who has all the right gossip to grant happily ever afters. But when mysterious emails pop up from someone claiming to be her happily ever after, all the gossip in the world can't seem to help Mackie avoid matchmaking mayhem and possibly losing her heart in the process.

Nominated.

Status: In-complete

Koosie's Gossip, Set, and Match is a great cliche. It's a sweet and lovely story that I really had a great time reading. The bigger story is that of the main character, Mackie the match-maker who lets people know if their crush reciprocates their feelings and thus removes the true meaning of romance, or so Mackie's love interest Reese believes. This disagreement between them is a repeating argument that is never resolved until perhaps the end.

Mackenzie Carwyn is a selfless do-gooder, who's a little headstrong and reckless. She seldom thinks things through properly before action, which leads to questions she can't answer, like why she's locked in a supply cupboard with all the posters she'd help make destroyed behind her. Mackie never thinks of herself, and when she does, she does it in such a roundabout way that makes you want to scream and shout and tear her hair out. 

The most enticing thing about GSM isn't it's charm, characters or light-hearted theme; not that all those things aren't great. The thing that really drew me in, was the mystery behind T F Catcher. For once I found a story that was un-predictable. You think you know who it is, you know who you hope it is and yet there's enough mystery woven into the story for you to doubt yourself. 

Koosie has made four wonderful, well developed characters. Mackie, Reese, Drew and Mandy. Sure Drew and Mandy are a little cliche but you still end up loving and cheering for them almost as much as Mackie and Reese. 

Do you love cliche, sweet, light hearted and easy reads? Why not give this a try? I want to thank the person who nominated this though I can't name names, I'm so glad I got the chance to read it!

- Karla