{"id":1837,"date":"2018-08-02T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2019-04-03T12:54:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T16:54:06","slug":"review-madam-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/review-madam-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Review &#8211; Madam Love, Actually"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2346610675\"><em>Madam Love, Actually<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>by Rich Amooi<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1842 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madamLoveActually.png?resize=231%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Madam Love, Actually\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madamLoveActually.png?w=231&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madamLoveActually.png?resize=116%2C150&amp;ssl=1 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/strong><strong>Genres: <\/strong>Romance, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Humor<br \/>\n<strong>Release Date:<\/strong> March 29, 2018<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong> 246<br \/>\n<strong>Purchase from:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Madam-Love-Actually-Rich-Amooi-ebook\/dp\/B07C9RYRHY\">Amazon<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>My Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/p>\n<p>Lance Parker is an arrogant know-it-all. As author of the bestselling book <em>Your Soulmate Doesn\u2019t Exist<\/em>, he says love is for losers. Madam Love is a fortune teller and matchmaker who has brought hundreds of couples together.<\/p>\n<p>When the two clash during a radio interview, she admits even someone as irritating and impossible as Lance has a soulmate. He says she\u2019s delirious and a fraud. Then the gauntlet is laid down: Madam Love has two weeks to prove Lance wrong and find him a soulmate.<\/p>\n<p>When Lance meets wonderful Emma by chance, he doesn\u2019t know what to think anymore. But Emma has a secret. She\u2019s Madam Love, actually. And it&#8217;s going to take a whole lot more than a crystal ball to get her out of this mess.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p><em>Madam Love, Actually<\/em> was a fun read. It&#8217;s fairly obvious precisely where the book is going to go almost from the first page, but the journey is still fun and interesting.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t notice a single error while reading, and i don&#8217;t have any complaints or issues. I would, however, like to see a companion recipe book so I can make the cupcakes mentioned throughout the story.<\/p>\n<p>Both Lance and Emma develop naturally throughout the book, and their evolving relationship is a fun ride. I cringed along with Emma through the difficult bits toward the end.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps because it&#8217;s such an easy read, <em>Madam Love, Actually<\/em> didn&#8217;t pull me in enough to award it five stars, but it&#8217;s a solid four. While not labeled as such, I think it would be a huge hit with the YA demographic, but it&#8217;s certainly entertaining enough for adults to enjoy as well.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Giveaway!<\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"rcwidget_1p39spgy\" class=\"rcptr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/33c69494110\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-raflid=\"33c69494110\" data-theme=\"classic\" data-template=\"\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/widget-prime.rafflecopter.com\/launch.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1840\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rich-Amooi-Author-Photo.jpg?resize=213%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rich Amooi\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rich-Amooi-Author-Photo.jpg?w=213&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rich-Amooi-Author-Photo.jpg?resize=107%2C150&amp;ssl=1 107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/>Rich Amooi is a former radio personality who now writes romantic comedies full-time. He is happily married to a kiss monster imported from Spain. They live in San Diego, California with their very hairy daughter, a mini goldendoodle puppy. Rich believes in public displays of affection, silliness, infinite possibilities, donuts, gratitude, laughter, and happily ever after.<\/p>\n<p>Author links:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richamooi.com\/\">Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/author.richamooi\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/7077073.Rich_Amooi\">Goodreads<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richamooi\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This review is based on a complimentary eBook I received from Rachel&#8217;s Random Resources. The complimentary receipt of this book has in no way affected my review or rating.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rachelsrandomresources.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1747 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rachelsRandomResources.png?resize=300%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rachel's Random Resources\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rachelsRandomResources.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rachelsRandomResources.png?resize=150%2C103&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rachelsRandomResources.png?w=408&amp;ssl=1 408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madam Love, Actually by Rich Amooi Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Humor Release Date: March 29, 2018 Pages: 246 Purchase from: Amazon My Rating:\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Lance<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/review-madam-love\/\">Keep Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Review &#8211; Madam Love, Actually<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[87,105,71,39,151,112,138,96],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-blogger","tag-4star","tag-adult","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-rachels-random-resources","tag-romance","tag-young-adult","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Z77k-tD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3958,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/review-hating-rock-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":1837,"position":0},"title":"Review &#8211; Hating the Rock Star","author":"Rachel","date":"February 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Read my review for *Hating the Rock Star*, book 1 of the Rock Hard series by B.B. 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