Received in exchange of a honest review.

So I like that Dylan and Lucy both have a journey and both see the other wrongly at first. I like how Lucy is out to help Dylan lighten up while Lucy is learning to be a little more serious but not serious ie she has a lot on her plate but doesn’t always balance it well.

Lucy has taken a lot on her plate while her dad is away and sometimes she is scatterbrained. Of everything her love for her brother above everything else so her and Dylan have a hard time coming together at first.

Dylan is so focused on one way and feeling that his parents don’t believe in him that he misses the bigger picture. meeting Lucy has him change his ways. He starts to loosen up and question things. But he also has such respect for Lucy and all she is doing that it warms your heart. His way with her brother is heartmelting as well. He is an overall great guy I didn’t like his stupidity when things didn’t go as he liked but he learned and rectified that awfully fast. Watching his journey and how he and his family worked on things was great as was seeing him fall for Lucy.

Lucy learned things about herself as well. She also saw that not everyone is to be fit in a box. Her attraction for Dylan overrode this and she got to see that he isn’t just a jock. He is thoughtful, kind and honest. He works hard and is focused. Watching her get him out of his shell and try things was great. I loved how well they meshed together and helped one another. Both were supportive and respectful of each other.

the story was sweet and fun. Seeing Dylan loosen up and Lucy learn that not everyone fits in a box while they fell in love was equally adorable and entertaining..

I received a complimentary copy via NetGalley.

A cute summery YA read, which features a baseball player and a knitting gurú
The perfect romantic comedy with alright writing, relatable characters and light plot.

PD:This book may or may not make you want to sew and knit at a professional level and get a baseball hottie in the process.

The Perfectly Imperfect Match (Suttonville Sentinels #3) by Kendra C. Highley is book three in her series about some of the Suttonville high-school baseball players finding their match.

Dylan Dennings, pitcher for the Sentinels, has his whole future planned out: he is going to make it to the minors straight out of high school, move up the farm system, and be playing in the major leagues by twenty-three. All he needs to do is stick to the plan and focus without distractions especially in the form of a girl. After losing the girl he crushed on to his best-friend, Tristan, he can definitely stick to his “no girls” policy. However, the world seems to want to test his resolve by sending the pretty and gregarious Lucy Foster down his path.

Lucy Foster is a needlepoint ninja who loves her family, including her little brother Otis, and has been known to get into a little bit of trouble especially for a good cause. While her father’s deployed, Lucy’s been helping out at her mother’s store and with taking care of her brother, which now includes driving him to baseball camp. With a tendency to get lost at times, Lucy ends up bringing Otis late on his first day of camp and it brings her face to face with Dylan, who couldn’t be described as anything but the polar opposite of her. Sparks fly instantly between these two characters and chemistry is definite. Throw in a baseball scout, a little brother, chickens, and future dreams on the line and Ms. Highley gives us a story that you don’t want to miss.

The Perfectly Imperfect Match is a fun and romantic, and filled with just enough drama to keep the story moving along nicely. With a character-driven plot, Ms. Highley really lets you get to know the main characters of Dylan and Lucy. From the beginning I felt for Dylan who is dealing with losing the girl from the last book and the pressure of trying to make his dream of making it into the minors come true. So when he meets Lucy, who is like a breath of fresh air with her boldness and quirkiness, he begins to come alive. Lucy shakes things up and brings happy chaos to his life, while he brings order to hers. They understand each other even though they’re so different. I also enjoyed the secondary characters like Otis, Serena, and Tristan. The ending was great and I appreciated the epilogue. I love finding out more about the characters later down the road even if it’s just a few months later.

Overall, Kendra C. Highley’s The Perfectly Imperfect Match is a sweet and feel good YA romance that I very much enjoyed and happily recommend. I look forward to reading the next book by this author.

(I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book I received for free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my open and honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.)

What a great mix of characters! Each was so different to the other I (as a reader) had no problem identifying/remembering who each one was. I especially loved Lucy and her quirky-ness! I don’t think I’ve ever read a character like Lucy (not one that I can remember anyway) and pairing her with straight-laced, follow the rules Dylan? ABSOLUTE GENIUS! I can say that without a doubt, the book would not have been as much fun to read – and as laugh out loud as it was – had it not been for these two’s clash of personalities.



I loved every second of The Perfectly Imperfect Match, in fact, I’d go so far as to say that I enjoyed it even more than Tristan and Alyssa’s book (and that’s saying something!)


That ending though… I teared up, it was the perfect way to end a great book!

The Perfectly Imperfect Match by Kendra C. Highley was provided to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

First of all, I was very glad that the file was changed from a PDF book to a mobi file/epub file. I know this doesn't matter too much, but mobi and epub files are MUCH more reader friendly on e-readers. It made it more enjoyable for me to read on my Kindle. Thank you, publishers!

I think this was one of my first baseball romance books. I'm trying to remember if there were any others that I have read, but I don't remember reading any of them. This was a great first one to read. I haven't read any of the other books in this series but I think they can be read as a standalone because I wasn't lost in it. It does mention another character's romance, so if you do want to read them in order to know what happens you COULD do that, but reading out of order won't mess a reader up at all.

Dylan and Lucy were the main characters in this book. Dylan was a hot shot baseball player and Lucy was a designer. She liked to sew all kinds of stuff. She had a spunky, spontaneous personality, and Dylan didn't. My favorite scenes between the two of them were when they played truth and dare and they ran out in the rain to dance in it. I also liked the locker room scene too. All of those moments were very cute.

And Otis was a cute little brother!

This book was a very cute read. I was even a little late with finishing the book in time for it to be published because I was busy taking my time with it to soak in every moment of the book. I love books that do that to me!

It was definitely a five star read and I'll be going back to read the other books in this series as well. They're almost as cute as the hockey romance books through Entangled Teen.

(I received an advance copy of this book for free. Thanks to Entangled Publishing, LLC and NetGalley.)

“You know, there’s more to life than baseball.”

This was a YA contemporary romance story about a baseball player and a needlepoint enthusiast.

I liked Lucy and Dylan in this, I liked how devoted Dylan was to baseball and how Lucy managed to ruffle his feathers.

The storyline in this was about Lucy and Dylan meeting when Dylan was coaching Lucy’s younger brother, and liking each other even though Dylan wasn’t looking for a relationship. Lucy managed to get Dylan to relax a bit, and Dylan managed to teach Lucy how to catch a baseball correctly, and they did make a cute couple.

The ending to this was pretty good, although Dylan was a bit mean to Lucy when he was drunk.
6.5 out of 10

the suttonville sentinel series closes out perfectly with the perfectly imperfect match. dylan dennings has a plan. finish high school, get drafted, go to the minor leagues and end up in the majors. he's a machine when it comes to practicing. his singular focus is baseball. not girls, especially not after the debacle with alyssa. he's going to focus on training and on the summer camp that the suttonville sentinels are hosting for young kids interested in baseball.

he's not supposed to be distracted by one of his campers' older sister. and the fact that he keeps managing to piss her off without intending to is definitely not part of his plan. it's just around her it's like his brain and his mouth aren't on the same wavelength. there's just something about lucy foster that has him off-kilter.

lucy knows she's quirky. she doesn't run in the popular crowd at school. she's obsessed with chickens and her best friend's chicken farm. she loves a good protest. she's running a needlepoint business as a way to earn money toward college. her dad is currently deployed so she's had to pick up the slack in helping her mom out with her younger brother, otis. she doesn't trust people easily, and dylan seems like the last person she should ever trust.

except there's that spark. and when they do spend time together, she actually likes him. he's funny and kind and willing to give the unexpected a try. and that is exactly why they work. because both dylan and lucy are planners. they have goals and ideas about how to achieve them that don't include distractions like relationships with star pitchers or needlepoint ninjas. but when they are together, all bets are off. the unexpected happens. love happens. and it's worth fighting for.

i so enjoyed this series, i'm pretty sure this is the last one, but if some of those tertiary characters on the team decide to get their own stories, i wouldn't be mad.

I loved this book. I really loved both main characters so much. It was such a fast read and I was equally invested in both POV. I loved the opposite attract elements and also the elements of both sewing and baseball. It made me want to read more. I just was feel head over heels for both of these leads. The book had the prefect mix of fluff and but also hard hitting issues like parental drama and also letting loose and life not going to plan. It was such a fun read and it even made me cry. I highly rec. this book if you are looking for adorable summer read. I hope to read the other books in the series this soon!

The Perfectly Imperfect Match is the third in Kendra C. Highley's Suttonville Sentinels series. After reading Swinging at Love, I couldn't wait to see if we would get Dylan's story.

I love opposites that attract. And Dylan and Lucy are definitely opposites with an attraction that is hard to resist. From their initial encounter, we see that there's an attraction but also the realization that they really are opposites. Add in a little brother that would rather his sister not date his coach and the odds just may not be in their favor.

I loved this perfectly imperfect match. Highley has a way with her matches. I'm looking forward to seeing what may be next in her Suttonville Sentinels.

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Erica – ☆☆☆☆☆
5 Swoon-worthy Stars (okay, Highley, where are my unicorns? Just proving I read the note at the end. LOL)

The Perfectly Imperfect Match is the third installment of Suttonville Sentinels, and can easily be read as a standalone. While the hero and heroine from book two do make an appearance on the pages, their previous story doesn't make an impact on the current one. Although, I was happy to see them, reconnect with them.

If you're not reading this as a standalone, you no doubt will remember Dylan. Uptight. Obsessed with his future plans, to the point he isn't living in the now. He's hitched all of his dreams, hopes, and aspirations with singular focus, to the point it's unhealthy and could be a detriment should things not go according to plan.

Fate and destiny and things happen, just because you plan it or want it, doesn't make it so. This is a lesson Dylan needs to learn, and in a way that doesn't leave lasting damage.

Dylan's an amazing pitcher, but he's even better at teaching the next generation of ballplayers during summer camp, which leads us to Lucy...

Lucy is an interesting character. Free-spirit, chicken savior, and colorful rebel. She's the daughter of a serviceman who is deployed and a quilt shop owner. To help her family, Lucy stitches/embroiders various items to bring in side money and bring new clientele into the shop, all the while helping raise her nine-year-old brother.

Otis enrolls in summer camp – the budding pitcher is placed under the tutelage of Dylan, and that's how Dylan and Lucy meet.

Opposites attract.

Without giving a book report, the pair have some angsty bumps and bruises along the way. There's heat and intensity, bucket loads of chemistry. Dylan has a 'no girls' policy, and fears Lucy is throwing him off his game. Lucy is worried about Otis' relationship with his pitching coach, so she doesn't want to come between her baby brother and his idol.

The Perfectly Imperfect Match was a delightfully sweet read, full of crushing and budding love, and it put a smile on my face. Until the epilogue – boom – emotional extortion by the author. Mad props to Highley for making me cry (happy tears, of course).

Definitely recommend to lovers of the Young Adult genre, no matter if they are actual young adults or the young at heart. I look forward to more in this series and more by this author.

*I will say, from my own experience, grown men and boys alike do believe the 'no girls' nonsense. My grandfather, who was old enough to be my great-grandfather, was always bringing up failure in the baseball world due to his son getting a girlfriend – (I can't remember what team he played for) unable to be apart from her, he made her his wife and had children. Blaming my aunt, of course. Is it true? I have no idea – it was a generation or three before my time, but adult me knows the misogynistic blame-game is a great way to explain away what really happened. But boys and men do believe that nonsense, so I could relate to both Dylan and Lucy as I read the book and it brought up the memory of my grandfather, enough so I could even hear his voice.

Swoon – still waiting on those unicorns.

Young Adult age-range: 12+. Kissing and adult language.


Jordan – ☆☆☆☆
The Perfectly Imperfect Match is book #3 in Kendra C. Highley's Suttonville Sentinels series and just as addictive as her first, Swinging at Love. You can easily read these as a standalone, but Swinging at Love, book #2, is totally worth a read for any young adult romance fan. Highley will easily draw you in with her swoon worthy characters and keep you turning the pages all night!

Book #3 follows the story of Dylan Dennings, pitcher for the Suttonville Sentinels, who has his whole future mapped out and doesn't plan to let anything steer him off course. Dylan's determined to make it to the minors straight out of high school, which is why he has a "no girls" policy. Unfortunately, he keeps running into Lucy Foster, needlepoint extraordinaire, and his polar opposite, but he can't seem to get her out of his head...

If you're looking for your next book for the beach look no further! Highley has a home run with her Suttonville Sentinels series. I'm absolutely loving these books and I can't wait to see what's in store for book #4! Another fantastic YA read by Kendra C. Highley! 4 stars

I was so excited to see that Kendra C. Highley was releasing another book in her Suttonville Sentinels series! Although I love all sports romance, baseball is my very favorite sport. Dylan and Lucy were both great characters, and I loved the banter between them as they got to know each other and tried to deny the chemistry between them. This book was super cute and fun!

Thanks to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for the opportunity to read and review The Perfectly Imperfect Match by Kendra C. Highley! Dylan focuses on his baseball future only and Lucy is focusing on her future sewing business. While Dylan feels like he has to have his life extremely controlled, Lucy is flighty. An awkward moment pushes them to notice each other. Dylan is also the baseball little league coach for Lucy's brother, Otis. This is hopeful and unhelpful at the same time. The two of them are attracted to each other, but seem bound to grate on each other's nerves. Both teens are busy with their own lives, families and relationships and they can't decide if they should try a relationship together or not and they are both wishy-washy to each other, which gives mixed signals. Fun and frustrating describes their relationship and they have to decide what is most important in their lives. 4 stars for quirky characters and a book full of interesting supporting personalities and side stories!

Another cute addition to the Suttonville Sentinels series. Lucy and Dylan are two soon-to-be high school seniors who couldn't be more different if they tried, at least on the surface. Lucy's a free spirit. She doesn't mind a little trouble, and while she does have a plan in mind for her future and is shouldering quite a bit of responsibility, she enjoys life and lives in the moment. Dylan has his life so focused and structured, he's got his future planned out to the smallest detail. There's no room in those plans for the lively, vibrant Lucy. At least that's what he keeps trying to tell himself.

While these two butt heads from the get-go, there's an instant spark of attraction as well. And it's sweet and cute, and fun, and Lucy really does get Dylan to let loose and live a little. But every time she does, and Dylan finds himself enjoying something outside of his normal, rigid, routine, he starts second guessing himself, them, and the goals he's set for his life, which ultimately causes some frustration and even a little heartache.

The Perfectly Imperfect Match is really just that- a delightful little romance between two characters who, even with everything stacked against them, couldn't be more right for each other.

After reading the first book in this series, I was excited to read The Perfectly Imperfect Match. This book is the third book in the Suttonville Sentinels Book Series. While I truly loved the first book, I was disappointed in the second book in this series and found this book to be better than the second but overall I was not impressed. I found this book to be lacking and just a little too bland or dull. I feel like the author done an amazing job with the first book but has been repeating the same plot line and the characters are very similar. While this was a quick read, I do not find it very entertaining. Overall, I was not impressed with this book and found it to be a disappointment

The book is a quick and cute read, made me enjoy every page of it!

Dylan suffered a loving disappointment and decided to focus all his energy on baseball. He is a responsible and dedicated guy who has all his future traced. During the summer break, he applied to coach children and this is how he meets the fun and full of glitter Lucy.
She just as he takes life with responsibility only in a lighter and exultant way. Passionate about sewing, she creates different models that attract the looks of many shoppers at her mother's store. She as well as Dylan is suffering with the burden encompassed on her back. She Cared for and protected her mother and younger brother after her father was called for a military mission.
The meeting of the two already happens in an explosive and electrifying way but at all costs Dylan wants to avoid getting out of focus. Lucy is a ray of light in his life and he realizes it but also feels vulnerable in the hands of this crazy girl.
I fell in love with this writer in Swinging at Love and got this book without even reading the synopsis. With a light, fluent and humorous writing, Kendra likes to present a subtle and social critique with a delightful romance in the background. In this book, she launches the call for attention to the way of mass rearing of chickens for egg production. Lucy and her friend Serena do everything they can to get people's attention to their causes.
I loved to review the couple from the previous book, Tristan and Alyssa, and I also loved the life dynamics of Lucy and her brother Otis, but Dylan irritated me a lot with hot and cold behavior and I thought it stuck my reading a bit and changed the image That I formed from him in the previous book. The couple's encounters were so cute and suddenly Dylan ruined everything. Well that in the end he redeemed himself in a very romantic way.
3 / 5stars
Kisses, Myl

I got into this story super fast, the reading was amazing (as always), I feel in love with the two main characters really fast, and the side characters were amazing as well.

Lucy and Dylan are amazing main characters. They have their own story, they have their own personalities and have their own problems and flaws. And because they are so different from each other, whenever they meet, the air around them just explodes because of all the tension. WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR???

No, but seriously, I loved them. I'm not really into baseball (or lets just say that I have no clue when it comes to the sport) but I really loved Dylan's POV and I really loved the parts with the sports camp for the little kids. CUTE!!! I also loved Lucy and her sewing. I just love creative things like that (I'm a knitter myself, well, I haven't knit anything this year, cause books. BOOKS!!!).

I loved the side characters like Dylan's friends Tristan and Alyssa, they are the main characters in the book before this one. I really wanna read their story. I also loved Lucy's friend Serena and her family, the chickens. That was such an wonderful side storyline. SAVE THE CHICKENS!!! And of course Otis, Lucy's little brother and overall Lucy's family. So many friendship and family feels. Also Otis was just the cutest when he was overprotective of his big sister. Awwww.
(Can I also just say that I loved that their wasn't one character that tried to ruin things for anyone else!!!)

The relationship between Lucy and Dylan was wonderful to read about. Things moved pretty fast but I worked and I was so happy that at one point they just stopped, took a step back and got to really know each other. Of course there were some hurdles along the way but they got through it.

And I loved the end of the story. Again, so many family feels!!!

So, yeah. Long story short, I highly recommend this story for everyone who is looking for a fun and fast read.

I was provided with an ARC from the publisher via Netgallery. A major thank you to Entangled and netgalley for that!

I've always had a thing for opposites attracting type storylines. And this was exactly that. Right from the get-go, you get the type of tension that is so attractive to so many in this type of storyline. Dylan and Lucy are totally different, yet they have enough of both similarities and a connection that they work out. Something that often comes along with 'opposites attract' is that the guy is a bit more uptight or whatever, kind of similar to Pride and Prejudice in a way. I've always liked that. I don't know why, but I just do. So Dylan ticks that box.
I absolutely adored the lake scene. It was just so cute and exactly what I was looking for. The heat and tension between the two was really well-written and the kiss was perfectly placed.
Overall, it was nice, but not one of the best Entangled Crush books.

This story is about the time in life when adolescents try to map out the future. Some can be fixated on the one goal and, not easily dissuaded. After all, they know best! What do the parents know? Have they ever had to make these decisions?

Dylan is the pitcher of the Suttonville Sentinels baseball team, trying to work his way up the ladder. He is focused on this sole mission. No girls. No distractions. Keep fit. Eat healthy and practice. College is the last thing on his agenda. It doesn't matter if he makes it to the top.

Lucy has a passion for needlepoint. Something, she learnt from a very young age and she intends to make a successful business out of it. She has already started her own venture, advertising her unique pieces, on line. In between her mother's needlework shop, her studies and her own needlework projects, she helps her best friend with her chickens. With her father being away, she has taken on the role of looking after her younger brother, Otis. She is spontaneous in her actions, some of which are a little unusual!

When Lucy takes her brother to the baseball camp, he blames her for his tardiness. With good reasons! Dylan, being his coach isn't impressed and thinks that she is a little scatty, but cute. She thinks that he is cute too but, she doesn't like A type athletes! Best to be avoided. Then, they meet again when on separate outings and, in this instance cannot ignore each other. They rub each other the wrong way and then end up in an unexpected hot kiss. Right! It's time to run.

Lucy is faced with a family crisis and Dylan finds himself volunteering to look after Otis. This leads to yet another encounter and there is definitely a pull there. Dylan is stubborn and is adamant about his future plans but, Lucy wants to explore what this thing between them might be. It starts off swimmingly, then something goes drastically wrong when Dylan's plan hits a brickwall. His frustration and anger are targeted towards Lucy. Is this the end or can he make amends?

This is an easy to read fun story. I wasn’t overly keen on Otis' attitude but, the twist at the end is quite refreshing. Dylan is stubborn but lovable, patient and understanding. Quite the hero. Lucy is fun, caring and dedicated to what she believes in. The family dynamics are real. It's a good, light summer read for those of all ages.

I was kindly issued with an eARC from the publisher via NetGalley. The views expressed are my personal opinion.

A one-setting kinda book. I really liked this book and characters. It was the perfect opposite attracts kinda vibe going on.