rating: 2.5/5

I think I’ve outgrown most YA entangled romances… or maybe I’m not in the right mood at the moment? But the fact is, I couldn’t quite maintain any interest in this book, and it took me a lot to go through it.

I’ve now read several books by this author and I quite enjoyed them, so I enjoyed the writing on this one too. It just didn’t quite grip me. I did like how different the two characters felt, but I thought something was missing there, and I couldn’t quite connect with either Dylan or Lucy. They were plenty different though and their voices were distinct and I appreciated that.

The romance just really came out of nowhere though. Like I said, they were complete opposites in term of personalities, so I was excited that they didn’t get along at first, the chemistry was there and the spark too. But after that first clash, they gave in right away to their attraction and everything was very mild from then on, and extremely fast. WAY WAY TOO FAST.

I did enjoy the role of Lucy’s little brother, Otis, he had a big personality and he was so funny. But overall the book felt very meh to me, with a plot that left way too much to be desired, characters not 100% formed, and a romance that could have been great, but just didn’t get there.

I’M SORRY I DIDN’T ENJOY THIS ONE MORE… IF YOU’VE LIKED THE SERIES SO FAR, I DO HOPE THE BOOK WORKS BETTER FOR YOU THAN IT DID FOR ME.

So this love story is basically my own love story -- without the baseball. Which means that I was literally grinning the entire, sappy, lovey-dovey thing. I loved it! The only reason I am not giving it 5 stars is simply because it was lacking some depth. But that it totally a personal preference. Regardless, I highly recommend it to all readers who are wanting a happy love story with characters who figure out that they bring out the best in each other early on. Read this. You'll be smiling too.

3.5

I would like to thank Netgalley and Entangled Teen (Crush) for generously gifting me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.


If you are looking for a quick, cute summer read then you found it in this book.

I did not read the other books in this series so going into this I wasn’t sure if I would be lost… I was not. This can be read as a stand alone. I believe that one of the books before this must have been Tristan’s story. I would love to read that.

Honestly, there is really nothing wrong with this book, it just didn’t “wow” me. I liked the two main characters but I did not love them. I didn’t have that emotional connection to them that I like to have. I like the opposites attract aspect of the story and I liked that Lucy was a little out there and helped Dylan to lighten up.

So overall, good premise but something is missing for me.

4 stars -- I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.

Before I get into the meat, as an aside: Covers don't make or break a book for me, but can I just say that this cover is absolutely perfect for this book?  I love it when a scene from the book is represented, it always makes me auto-smile and squeal when I get to it!!

Ahem.  Anyways.  I am falling in love with Ms. Highley.  She writes just my kind of cute YA books.  I've said it in previous reviews of the other books in this series, I'm NOT a baseball fan.  But Ms. Highley makes me want to be a baseball fan (until I watch it on TV and remember that I don't have the attention span).  And she did it again in this book.  It's not that there's an overwhelming amount of baseball in the book, but it's prominent enough that it makes me feel like I understand the passion Dylan has.  I actually prefer when my sports romance books ACTUALLY have some of the sport in it (and not just have it be a small aspect of the character).

Dylan was such an intriguing hero!!  I can't help but wonder how he came to be so rigid and structured and goal-focused.  But while sometimes a lack of "past incident explanation" can kill a book for me, the way it was done in this book I really felt like I could see how someone could just have that be an aspect of their personality.  Like being shy, or extroverted, or a daydreamer...sometimes you're just born a certain way.  And I kind of loved how he'd allowed this one aspect of his personality to take over his WHOLE LIFE, and that was the cause of his stress.  It was so gratifying to see Lucy open him up, make him relax, show him there's more to life.  I also loved the conflict with his parents.  Again, Ms. Highley writes great families too -- not evil ones, or uninvolved, but ones that have their own set of problems even though you can feel the love.  I loved how that all resolved too, how blinded Dylan had become in his focus.

And he was SO CUTE!!  I love the heroes in these books.  They have a healthy set of hormones, but none of them are dogs (though far from perfect either).  They are all very 3 dimensional, and I love how shy and awkward Dylan could be in relationships!  SWOON!! (a unicorn just got his wings!)

And I LOVED how different Lucy was from the other heroines in this series!  She was kind of a rebel rouser, and just marched to the beat of her own drum, but with lots of confidence.  I loved how seriously she followed her passion, and how some might see her as flighty, but if you paid attention she was really focused as well.  She just knew better how to have some fun.  And I loved her family dynamics as well, and how the pressures of stepping up and being responsible in her family were really wearing on her.  Her relationship with both her Mom and her brother felt very real, full of love but also struggles.  And I loved the military Dad aspect as well.  How it didn't overtake the story, but was an underlying heartache.

And these two together were YA gold.  So many tummy butterflies, they really had great chemistry.  And I really could see how they sort of brought the best of each other.

So yeah, another YA success!!  And a PERFECT read for the summer, I just got all those summertime vibes!!

I loved Dylan and Lucy's story. Great opposites attract story. Even reading about little Otis was great.
Lucy's impulsiveness was fun and I enjoyed seeing how it affected Dylan. Would have been great if there was a playlist for this one. The two different personality types put to music would have been interesting to hear. Liked that the two were not "party" type characters. I received a free ebook in exchange for an honest review.

I loved an opposite attracts romance and this author didn't disappoint! Lucy and Dylan are like night and day, but their chemistry makes the relationship shine - sparks fly off the pages!! *swoon* I read this book in one day - hard to put down. I loved it. Highly recommend!

This is a wonderful wholesome YA read. It's a light, fun read with very little angst and some really great characters.

Dylan Dennings, who had his heart crushed in a prior book, has a plan for the future. Rule 1 - no girls. Rule 2 - work hard at baseball and get his career kick started. No college plans for him. Lucy Foster has plans for the future too but dealing with right now is taking all she's got. Her father is called away on an unexpected reserve deployment leaving her with the responsibility of helping her mother out in the shop and at home. Lucy is the complete opposite of Dylan. She's fun loving, spontaneous, and free spirited. He's a planner, determined, and a rule follower. Together they balance each other out but is Dylan willing to break his number 1 rule??

Fun read that I definitely recommend.

I loved this book. The perfectly imperfect match has such a sweet story. I really identified with Lucy. I was that artistic and strong willed girl who would do anything for the ones I love. A great summer read. I can't wait to read the rest of Kendra C. Highley's books. I am hooked!

I'm so excited that netgalley and Entangled Teen gave me the opportunity to read this book! While I haven't read the other two books before this, I didn't feel like I was lost when it came to Dylan's past along with two of the other characters. I do definitely need to get my hands on the two previous books so that I can get even more of the storylines. I'd love to see Lucy and Dylan in future books if Kendra chooses to write any!

While some of the romance was quick - they kissed the day after they met - there was also a slow burn that made me want to continue reading the story and pray that these two would end up together in the end. Lucy was a little quirky but you could tell how much her family meant to her. She also had almost too much responsibility between taking care of Otis, her mother, the store, and her own projects. I can't even imagine how school would have been piled on top of all of that.

I loved Dylan's character development. He went from being a guy who didn't let loose into a guy that went a little more with the flow. Lucy and him had a sort of opposites attract thing going on but they also had the important things in common. I think that's why they were able to connect so well and had such amazing chemistry! I really hope they'll last in the future and that they'll get the full happily ever after!

The third book in the Sutonville Sentinels series stars ace pitcher Dylan and needlepoint artist Lucy. Goal-focused Dylan is set on the major leagues and happy-go-lucky Lucy could care less about baseball except she has to ferry her little brother back and forth from practice. But then Dylan and Lucy decide to test the opposites attract theory. Cute story and fun series.

I had really enjoyed the other two books in this series, so I requested it without reading the synopsis. I was excited to see that it was Dylan's story.

First off, Lucy was a lot of fun. She's hard working and smart and so sassy. Her little brother Otis stole every scene he was in. Dylan is straight laced and focused and insanely driven. It was delightful reading the two of them clash.

Plot wise, it was a lot of fluff. Of course there's conflict and a hurtful exchange, but the break up doesn't last long. Plus, the grand gesture is adorable and the epilogue is perfect for the story.

Overall, I'm sad that this series is over, but I look forward to seeing what Kendra writes next.

**Huge thanks to Entangled Teen for providing the arc free of charge**

3.5 stars

This was a cute read with a swoon worthy romance.
I loved Lucy's character. She was responsible and hardworking but a little crazy and a whole lot of fun, all mixed into one fun package.

A fun romance, and a perfect read for when you are relaxing by the pool this summer.

2.5 stars

This book was a little too basic for me. I don't mind reading YA books, ai actually enjoy them.
But I couldn't relate to this one or the characters.

“The Perfectly Imperfect Match” is the story of Lucy and Dylan, told in alternating perspectives. Lucy is a bit of a wild child, with pink hair and an impulsive streak- although she has a lot of responsibilities at home with her military father overseas, a sick mother, younger brother she helps out with a lot, and job at her mother’s shop where she embroiders clothes and sells them. Dylan is the same age and set on going pro in baseball. He is coaching young kids for the summer of which Lucy’s brother is one. His parents are trying to convince him to delay the pros and go to college, but he has a plan- and he’s not looking to change.

Dylan and Lucy hit it off pretty fast with a fight turned into a kiss. They are more alike than they realize at first glance (not so opposite afterall), and they have a cute relationship. Some of the disagreements felt a little forced and some of the will-they-won’t-they felt a little odd/like filler (e.g. they are leaning to yes and then Otis, Lucy’s brother, asks them not to and suddenly they won’t- this took up more space than it needed). There’s a lot of teenage drama and angst in this book. It’s a relatively short book as part of the Crush series, so it moves decently fast overall.

My overall opinion is that it’s a cute story with a lot of teenage angst, so while not one of my favorites, it was a cute read. Please note that I received an ARC from the publisher through netgalley. All opinions are my own.

Three and a half stars.

Dylan Dennings has a plan. He's a high school pitcher and he aims to go to the minors and get called up to the majors by the time he’s twenty-three. He is 100% focused on that plan. He practices religiously, eats clean, gets the right amount of sleep. Oh and he's avoiding girls, especially since the girl he had his eye on is now dating his best friend. His family would prefer that he went to college and then tried out for a major league team but he is adamant. It's just that his dedication seems to be increasing his stress levels.

Lucy Foster is Dylan's opposite. She's a free-spirit to his uptightness. An expert needlewoman she helps her mom out at her sewing shop and helps look after her younger brother Otis whilst their father has been called up as an Army reservist. She and her best friend Serena have a history of wild protests.

When Dylan meets Lucy she is bringing Otis to baseball camp. Otis wants to be a pitcher and so, inevitably, is put in Dylan's group. From the moment he sees Lucy with her pink streaked hair and comic t-shirts, Dylan knows that they are complete opposites, but what do they say? Opposites attract.

I liked this but I didn't love it the same way as I loved the first book.

First, Lucy and Dylan read too young. They were supposed to be seventeen but they felt more like fifteen year olds to me. Surely no-one is that young and innocent anymore?

Second, and this is a big one, I didn't buy into the description of Lucy. Everyone characterises her as unreliable, a bit scatter-brained etc but let's check the facts. She works in her mom's shop; she helps look after her younger brother, including taking him to baseball camp every day; she has her own business custom-embroidering clothing; she helps her best friend and her best friend's father with their organic, free range chicken farm; she takes her mom to hospital and then takes over running the shop when her mom gets sick. Do these seem like the actions of a flaky, unreliable teen?

Third, I felt the ending was a little bit too similar to that of the first book.

But none of those detracted from a sweet romance between a driven Type A athlete and a free-thinking radical.

Rising high school seniors Dylan and Lucy are polar opposites. Dylan is laser-focused on his future career as a professional baseball player. His plan is to play for a minor league team straight out of high school, and he has no time for college, girls, or his family's opinions on the matter. Lucy, on the other hand, is a free spirit. Since her dad is deployed and her mom is sick, she does take on a lot of responsibility for her little brother and their family business, but she likes to go with the flow rather than plan out every minute detail of her life.

With no sense of direction, Lucy ends up getting her little brother Otis to his first day of baseball camp a little late. This makes quite the negative impression on ultra-rigid, type-A coach Dylan. Lucy can feel his disdain pouring out at her, and she will not stand for his attitude. The two butt heads when they run into each other at the lake that night, but neither can deny the mutual attraction bubbling beneath their interactions.

So, I'm not really sure how to feel about this one. The premise was fine, and I do love a good "opposites attract" story, but there was just something a little off with the writing. I'm going to set aside the plethora of typos in this ARC (I'm used to this with some publishers, but never Entangled, so I'm not sure what was going on there) and focus on the actual development and behavior of these characters instead.

I'm all for more mature characters in young adult novels. I get so frustrated when kids who are supposed to be seventeen or eighteen years old act like they're twelve, but there's gotta be a happy medium here. This book reads more like new adult than young adult, so I had a lot of trouble believing that these kids were supposed to be in high school. Somehow, they're both very experienced and very smooth when it comes to flirting and dating. (Definitely smoother than me, and I'm in my late 20's!) They go skinny dipping, they make out in diner parking lots, they text each other about "getting horizontal" -- they're not even seniors yet! When I was their age, I panicked over going to a school dance with a boy! Maybe this is how high school is these days. I think I'm getting old.

Another sign that I'm old is the fact that I constantly rolled my eyes at Dylan throughout this entire book. I mean, don't get me wrong. He's a good kid. He's smart and he's driven, but his insistence on going straight to the minor leagues out of high school rubbed me the wrong way. He was rude to anybody who mentioned that maybe he might want to have a backup plan, so everybody just entertained his delusional idea that he was some baseball god that could make a career of playing ball straight out of high school. Okay, you're the best guy on your high school team and you're coaching a summer baseball camp for nine-year-olds. So are probably hundreds of other kids across the country. Listen to some rational suggestions about your future, please.

I also thought that the author was a little harsh on Lucy. She's only seventeen years old, so why does she need to have so much responsibility? She takes care of her sick mom, acts like a surrogate mother to her nine-year-old brother, runs a sewing shop, teaches sewing classes, does commission work, helps out at her best friend's farm, and teaches a really repressed teenage boy to let loose. She never has a minute to herself in this book, and I felt so bad for her. All I wanted was for her to be able to take a breather without something awful happening.

I didn't love this book as much as I thought I would, but it was still a quick, enjoyable read. I knew that the author's name sounded familiar when I requested this title, but it only clicked for me a little bit ago that I've had The Bad Boy Bargain on my TBR for ages. One of these days, I'll head over to Amazon to see where it all began.

I received a free advance copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

If you want an opposites attract, The Perfectly Imperfect Match is just for you.

I had such a good time reading this book seriously. It's so fun and light and a perfect read for summer! It actually develops in the summer, more specific, in baseball summer camp, because Lucy's little brother is going to camp and she meets Dylan there. He is coaching the little kids and actually has this big Plan for his future.

They meet each other and everything goes out the window.

It was adorable and I love the fact that Dylan was clearly Shook by Lucy lmao. All the little things Lucy did, Dylan was like "omg this girl is my wife" plus they have so many cute moments, with family and friends. I love that their friends are SUCH A BIG PART of their lives. Because sometimes in books when the love interest is announced somehow the MCs forget for a moment they have best friends. But this is why I loved this book because Tristan and Serena are there always supporting their friends and being just so caring for one another. Many points for that!

I'm really glad I picked this up!

I received a copy of this book from Entangled Teen which they sent through netgalley.

I was really excited when I started reading and this was Dylan's story. I loved him from the last book and wanted more. Lucy was awesome! So strong and determined, but spontaneous and fun. I just adored her so much. Dylan and Lucy have now beat out Tristan and Alyssa for favorite couple from this series. It was nice to read a love story where opposites really did bring out the best in each other. At least after the first few arguments. And Otis was just adorable! This was a fun, light read. Even though I know how they'll end, it's enjoyable reading about the characters and seeing what it takes for them to be together.

Suttonville Sentinels is easily becoming one of my favourite series. I love sports romance, and I love the YA/teen genre. This series offers something different in the way of male lead characters. They may be athletes, but they aren't cocky jocks. They work hard to achieve their goals.


The Perfectly Imperfect Match is Dylan's story. We meet him in Swinging at Love, however, if you haven't read book 2 in the series you will still have the full enjoyment of this story. Dylan is a square. He keeps his head in the game and his eye on the plan. Some may say he's boring, but he is driven to achieving his goal. Baseball is his dream career, and he wants to give it his all. This means no distractions including girls.


Lucy is a free spirit. She's happy to colour outside the lines. She loves sewing, chickens, and living for the now. She is Dylan's complete opposite. From the second they meet they clash. They don't fit together like a jigsaw. They are perfectly imperfect so why can't they stay away from each other? This is a hot and fiery relationship with some mild sexual references.


This isn't a smooth sailing romance. Dylan can be a bonehead at times but he's a teen. All he has to do is work it out before he misses his chance with the girl of his dreams.


5 stars out of 5. I love Lucy's character, and she is strong enough to deal with the curveballs Dylan likes to throw. Another swoon-worthy teen read.

*I received an ARC in exchange for a fair review*

A lot of Lucy and Dylan’s personalty was told—repetitively—rather than shown. And we got a bit cheesy and predictable at the end, but over all I really did enjoy this romance. I liked both Lucy and Dylan’s relationship with Otis, and I liked that Lucy did needlepoint because YA doesn’t have enough niche hobby representation. And needlepoint is fun.

I didn’t think it went with either of Dylan and Lucy’s characters for them to kiss so early—especially since both of them claimed they wouldn’t date.

But I love it when couples play Truth or Dare.

So even though The Perfectly Imperfect Match didn’t wow me, I read it in one sitting. Kendra C. Highley has a lot of potential and I will definitely be checking out another of her novels.