This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖
Narration:🎧🎧🎧🎧
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨

First Impressions

Match Me If You Can is the sixth installment in the "Chicago Stars" series and this is where we get the infamous agent for the Chicago Stars that we have seen throughout the series and this is his book. I absolutely had a blast with this book. Its not quite my favorite of the series as it was a bit more slow burn than even I was expecting it to be. However, I had such a fun time being able to listen to this one here. It was also interesting in the ways that this couple comes together. I really enjoyed the moments that we get with this couple and they have some of the best banter with each other. There is something so fascinating in how this author will write angst and the whole conflicts of interest in a couple. This is a mix of a matchmaker in a contemporary setting, some competition, and a bit of finding the spouse for the one person you have the hots for kind of setup and this author really handled these elements so well in this one. It's pretty slow burn and a bit minimal on the sexual heat for this one as there aren't that many sex scenes, so keep that in mind when reading this one. And as its a very dragged-out slow burn it's not one that will work for everyone. So keep these aspects in mind upon reading this story.

First Line

If Annabelle hadn't found a body lying under "Sherman,: she wouldn't have been late for her appointment with the Python.

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: (Hero’s Name)

-Alpha Male
-Self Made Billionaire
-Sports Agent

The Heroine: (Heroine's Name)

-Small Business Owner
-Socialite
-Snarky and Quirky

Summary

Annabelle has had her struggles with finding a career. She has gone from various interests until she decided to take over her late grandmother's matchmaking business and she is determined to make it last and make it a thriving business despite her family's misgivings on it. She is a quirky redhead who goes her own way and stands on her own. Even though she grew up in a family of wealthy and status, she has wanted to prove she can make it on her own. But in order for her business to make it off the ground, she needs to find a upstanding bachelor to land for a marriage, and she knows just the man....Sports agent for the Chicago Stars...Heath Champion. Heath wants to be married and not out of love but just out of expectations from himself. He doesn't believe in love at all and wants a match that will appeal and will be a solid investment. But Annabelle is determined to find Heath the perfect wife, but Heath doesn't make it easy. There is a growing chemistry between them but both of them are determined not to give into what they are feeling for each other. But will the man that is emotionally constipated be able to embrace what he feels for Annabelle before its too late?

What I Loved

Match Me If You Can is a flighty but fun romance. This is pure entertainment in reading this book. And if you love a unique twist for an enemies to lovers, then you have found the right book with this one here. I really enjoyed the whole matchmaking theme that we have here. Both characters you instantly fall for. The hero is so gruff and grumpy of sorts and he is so against love so when he falls hard for love and his girl....it is a brutal landing. And its so delightful seeing Heath grow and learn to redeem himself. We see him go from a man not caring about what others think and just doing his job at all costs...to caring about others and wanting to mend the bridges that he has cracked and broken over the years. Heath is such a redeemable hero that pulls you so strongly into the story. Then we have our quirky heroine. She is snarky but has a kind heart. She is a mix of personality traits that you become endeared to. She is quite easy to get behind and even though she seems so flighty at times, she is passionate and full of drive to set herself apart from her family and their expectations. The romance is definitely much more slow burn from the previous books. But this author does tend to go more for the slow burn type of relationships. We see such longing that these two have but they are also so driven by their "duty" that it takes them awhile to admit what they are feeling for each other but once they do boy do these two get entangled and its pure deliciousness. Now as for the conflict? Well Heath really has to prove he is genuine to the heroine and with the help fo their friends, they are able to accept each other and really come together in such a captivating almost poignant way.

What I Struggled With

It can be a bit harder to connect to the relationship that Heath and Annabelle have together. The slow burn was a bit too stretched out in my opinion. I do wish that there had been a bit more heart and swoons within this story dealing with this couple. It just felt like there could have been a bit more emotional focus. And while the ending really delivers on that score, I would have liked a bit stronger focus in earlier moments in the story. I just wasn't able to connect to this couple as I was with previous couples I have read from this author.

Narration

Anna Fields is such a solid narrator and she really brings the voice of the author in her narration. And my favorite aspects is how she portrays the humor of the story. Its just so well done and really delivers it to the listener in such a relatable way. I always laugh so hard when I pick up a book by this narrator and the accents are so well done.

Overall View

Match Me If You Can is a feisty enemies to lovers, with delectable banter, characters you can fall hard for, and a slow burn romance to easily get behind! A TRUE DELIGHT!

Favorite Quote(s)
“I think this is the way love feels to people like you and me. Threatening and dangerous. We have to be in control, and love takes that away. People like us… We can't tolerate vulnerability. But despite our best efforts, sooner or later love seems to catch up with us. And then…And then we fall apart.

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Contemporary Romance
Character Types: Jerk Hero, Socialite Heroine
Themes: Laughs/Giggles, Football, Slow Burn
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Woo's and Falls in Love

Book Perspective
3rd POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
A Mix of both

Song This Book Inspires
Happier by Ed Sheeran

Recommendation For Reading Order
You can read as a standalone if needed

Steam/Spice Explanations

Warmin' by the fire- a medium level of sexual tension, a balance of sexual and emotional intimacy, lighter on the details in the sexual moments.

Narrators:
Anna Fields ( )

Generally I don't like matchmaker stories but this one was really cute. ( )

Match Me If You Can
4 Stars

Wealthy, gorgeous and ruthlessly ambitious, Heath Champion is everything a woman could possibly want. So why can't he find the perfect wife? In steps Annabelle Granger, Chicago's newest matchmaker eager to help Heath find the woman of his dreams. Unfortunately, Heath will need a little convincing, but Annabelle is up for the challenge.

Annabelle is such an adorably klutzy heroine and it is impossible not to fall in love with her. Heath is a typical alpha determined to find the woman he sees as the most compatible while ignoring the truth staring him in the face. Despite his humungous ego, Heath knows how to grovel like a champion.

The secondary romance is good although the heroine isn't all that appealing and her change of attitude and lifestyle isn't all that realistic given her personality. That said, the hero is wonderful.

All in all, one of the best installments in the series and Philips thankfully avoids the irritating female rapist trope of some of the other books. ( )

Anabelle, dueña de una agencia matrimonial, necesita un cliente de alto perfil para promocionar su negocio. Ha conseguido al soltero de oro Heath Champion. Los malentendidos, la diversión y el romance, están servidos…
Annabelle es la menor de tres hermanos de una exitosa familia que a la muerte de su abuela decide hacerse cargo del negocio de ésta, una agencia matrimonial. Para poder despegar como negocio independiente se da cuenta de que debe encontrar un cliente influyente y conseguirle la esposa perfecta, por lo que pide ayuda a una de sus mejore amigas, Molly, casada con un jugador de fútbol profesional. Ésta le consigue una entrevista con Heath Champion, agente de jugadores, rico y soltero, que acaba de contratar a otra agencia para que le busque una esposa. En principio, Heath, un hombre que ha llegado a la riqueza por sus propios medios y que considera que ya le ha llegado el momento de formar una familia, sólo accede a entrevistarse con Annabelle por su amistad con el esposo de Molly, sin ninguna intención de contratarla, pero Annabelle consigue que le dé una sola oportunidad; si le concierta una cita con una mujer adecuada, que para él implica guapa, educada y hogareña, considerará contratarla... De allí en adelante, todo son malentendidos, encuentros y desencuentros, pasiones fulminantes y diversión a granel.

Anche questo libro non poteva non essere bello così come tutti i precedenti della serie. Mi è piaciuto molto anche il modo in cui è stata scritta la storia di Annabelle Granger, titolare dell’agenzia matrimoniale avuta in eredità da sua nonna e di Heath Champion, il "Pitone", agente di star sportive. Due personaggi dal carattere forte ma complementari, lei una rossa piena di fuoco e lui un pezzo di marcantonio bellissimo e arrogante. Heath per completare nel modo migliore la sua vita vuole una moglie perfetta secondo i suoi schemi e Annabelle, con uno stratagemma, riesce a farsi assumere per trovargliela. Un romanzo brillante, romantico e avvincente, un’altra storia perfetta per questa serie che libro dopo libro si conferma decisamente imperdibile. ( )