4 *stars*

I really got into a big reading slump and didn't want to touch any book at all. I finally managed to get out of it and finished this one. Glad I finally did.

Interesting rom-com experience for me. Wasn't expecting it to be so much about the rollercoaster of rare liver disease, but I was entertained and found out a lot more of this topic. The banter between two main characters were delightful experience. I loved the nicknames for each other. ""Do I really need nickname?" "If you're going to call me Tyrannosaurus Tom, yes""
Somehow everything felt real and alive and hurting at some point. A lot did happened in the story, but it is life and it isn't easy in any means. Am I right? "Only way to learn how to live again is to... live."
Oh and it felt funny when there was Latvia was mentioned, a bit randomly, because I am from Latvia. I guess thanks for mentioning it. :D

Somehow the ending felt a bit flat for me, I wanted full on Jujube and Thunder but it cut short. (I was hitting pillow for it :D )

Really thank You for the experience and knowledge of this topic!
Thanks NetGalley !

The "I hate him but I want to fuck him" energy is strong with this one 🌈

I love how flawed and realistic these characters are. How they're all awkward especially with Tom's golden retriever energy! You wouldn't think he'd be a sweet and awkward guy after that first impression of him!

This book has equal amounts of heart-warming and heart breaking, with a couple of side characters that I definitely felt like throttling 😂😂

Pick this book up! You won't regret it 🤩

Such a sweet and well developed story! The character development was excellent! I definitely plan to keep this author on my radar in the future!

I really loved this story. Jules and Tom had the best enemy chemistry from the get-go, and it was very refreshing to see a heroine whose challenges were through no part of her own. The ending just killed me. So, so good.

A beautiful unfolding of a love story with so much depth.

Unlikely Match is a deep plunge into the nitty gritty of a terminal illness with the hope of a transplant. I typically don't cry while reading, but found myself, on more than one occasion, wiping away tears.

When I crack open a novel, my hope is always to see life from a different point of view than the one I live, and this book held to that standard. Since living through her own transplant, Laura enables the reader to truly understand the feelings and emotions.

Unlikely Match is more than just a romance between Jules and Tom, it is an unfolding of how to remain living in the face of dying.

One of my fav books of this month. It is all the best parts from the Love Hypothesis and The Spanish Love Deception rolled into one.

The disability/chronic illness rep was beautifully done.

The book jumps right into the plot from the very first page. This is an own voice narrative, and it was fascinating (if I can use that word) to see how a person with a disease that is not overtly visible manages to deal with the world around them.
I would not claim to be in those ranks, but there have been moments when people make assumptions about my life as if I had a choice in some matters. I am sure I might have inadvertently done the same to someone else. Imagine such a scenario and dial up the debilitating back story, and you will have the life of Jules Kelly. She is trying to run a company that she founded with her best friend while trying to just stay alive. Her problems seem so vast and all-encompassing that I marvel at any person who manages to continue to maintain their regular lives while handling this.
That is only one aspect of the story; the other is the romance angle of sparks flying from the very first argument. I am a fan of this trope done well and must admit that I liked the way it played out. Both sides made assumptions about the other, and some are bigger than others.
Jules wears bright clothes and cherishes her non-conforming entrepreneurial spirit, while her opponent is a man who dresses in a monochromatic fashion and likes to stick to the set ways. Their choices are explained in better detail as we get to know them better.
I liked the pace of the narrative and found myself deep into the story a few chapters in because of the way the author chose to tell it. I ended up reading it in one sitting, mostly because I could. It was just the right sort of story for the time, and I appreciated the depth and pain hidden alongside the fluffy meet-cute (albeit with a few hiccups). It is not very explicit, making it even better.
I have not read any books by the author before but would recommend this to others who like this genre. I must say that the people on the cover did not meet my exact imagining based on the descriptions, but that almost hardly ever happens.
The ending was expected but still satisfying, which is what I always hope for in romantic titles.
I received an ARC thanks to NetGalley and the publishers but the review is based on my own reading experience.

This book was unique, creative, heart warming, and swoon worthy! We got grumpy vs sunshine, enemies to lovers, a workplace romance all in one book. I really liked the happy personality that Jules had, and it was fun to see her relationship with Tom change drastically throughout the book. First they were enemies, then they were together, then they were in love, then they broke up, and finally they got back together. I think it was smart of Jules to break up with him when she did because they had an attachment that blurred her actual feelings for him and her gratitude for his decision to save her life and donate part of his pancreas.

I would recommend this book to anyone searching for a happy book with an emotional journey and a guaranteed HEA.

I received this book a few months ago but just started reading it. I literally finished it in one night! This book is so good! I loved the story with Jules and Tom, it is an enemies to lovers and transplant romance. Jules, who has been suffering from PSC for five years, needs a kidney transplant when the reader is first introduced to her. She and Tom share a workspace (both own two different companies) and they don't get off on the right foot, but Jules recognizes something from the moment they meet she admits Tom begins to bring some life back to her. Jules goes through so much and mentally has to prepare for a life unknown; we get a sense of who she is at the beginning of the book, and then we see how she and Tom change in the second half of the book and how those changes affect their relationship.

One of the things I loved about this book is we get to read more about someone who is dealing with an incurable disease. The author, Laura Bradbury, takes the reader along on Jule's health journey. We get to experience the ups and downs of someone who has to have an organ transplant, and the after-effects once someone has received a new organ. Mental health is another theme in this book, not only for Jules but Tom as his back story. I am giving this book five stars, I laughed and cried it made me feel all the feels at 2 a.m.

If you enjoyed The Fault in Our Stars and Five Feet Apart then this book is right up your alley. Lovable characters, unique but emotional plot with a fairly predictable storyline, I still really enjoyed this book!

Unlikely Match is a romantic women's fiction book that will have readers caring deeply about the characters. It covers sensitive topics and has strong character development.

Thank you to Net Galley and Laura Bradbury, Grape Books for the advance reader's copy. I am providing my unbiased review.

I have to say, I didn't know what to expect when reading this book but I actually REALLY enjoyed it! It has so many swoon-worthy tropes like enemies to lovers, opposites attract, close proximity, and office romance all rolled up into one! Like WHAT - that's awesome! There is lots of chemistry, lots of emotions and lots of tears. It's not light, but it's oh-so-good!!! This book made me happy, feel all the feels and laugh out loud. It's not my favorite book in the world, but it's truly such a good one! I would certainly recommend!

Laura Bradbury did a fantastic job with this one!

So many emotions poured into this book. I laughed, cried and broke along with these characters. I adored this book so much!
I loved how awkward and completely adorable Laura made this couple.
I will for sure be reading more from her.

This book hit me in all the feels. Unlikely Match crafted by Laura Bradbury is the tale of two people who could not be more different on paper having life throw them together as their companies work in the same collaborative space. Jules and Tom's relationship is one of slow burn romance with lively banter. I adore that she's quirky and loves color; it's precious that he wears the same thing to work every day because it's practical.

There's so much I want to say but can't without giving too much of the story away so I will say this: Top Ten Book for sure. And pierogis. Lots of them! Read it, you will not be disappointed!

This book is available for on Kindle Unlimited and for sale on Amazon too!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the advanced reader copy for my honest opinion.

Unlikely Match is a romance novel unlike any other I have read- it has so much heart and love and friendship but also tremendous odds. Jules has a terminal liver disease and is in desperate need of a transplant, and Tom is her new work adversary and eventual friend. It could easily veer into predictability but it never does, there is so much more underneath to everything. And it is a great exploration of medical trauma and personal struggles when dealing with mortality and chronic illness.

Dont forget to read the authors notes at the end.

For once, after reading a book, I find myself speechless. I don’t know how to say what I want to say, but I am feeling ALL the emotions right now.

This book went from funny to tragic and back in 3 seconds flat, with a healthy dose of sympathy, rage and pain in the middle. I’ve never read anything like it and the emotional roller coaster is real!

I devoured this book in a day. I have a personal connection to the subject matter (and the setting!) and I so appreciated how the issues of chronic disease, organ failure, and transplant were handled. The love story is an adversaries-to-lovers workplace romance and the couple of steamy scenes were hot and realistic. Looking forward to reading more by Laura!

I can’t even begin to put into words how much I enjoyed this book. I love that the main characters were opposites and weren’t love at first time. Rather they were enemies of sorts to lover in the workplace. Let’s not forget they over come the enemies part and are starting to make their way to lovers when a transplant happens between them that changes everything. I honestly can’t put into words anything more than this and how I will without a doubt read more from Laura and suggest this book to everyone

I received this ARC from NetGalley.
A story of rivals to lovers that will pull at your heart strings.
When I say this had me not being able to put it down - I mean it! Wonderful read!
I was so full of emotion through this entire book!

A love story, a story of survival and a story of strength.

Jules is going through so much and yet doesn’t skip a beat. With a successful company, with one of the coolest office spaces in town; suddenly she is thrown off her game when Tom, CEO of the company who recently started to share their office space gets her attention.

There is more to Tom then meets the eye, and slowly Jules learns more about him and starts to be confused around the feelings she is developing.

The whole time Jules is keeping a huge secret, she is dying. Without a liver transplant she does not have a lot of time left…


You watch the characters open up, and relate to one another in ways you wouldn’t expect.

We all need to find that person that makes us feel like we are home!

Laura, this book was perfect! It was heartwarming, funny, and insightful. I've always found stories around terminal illnesses so beautiful - there's something about living like it's your last day that I've admired in those characters. I started it late last night expecting to get a couple of chapters in before I fell asleep. The next thing I knew it was 2:30am and I was in tears. Won't lie - I cried many times during this book and loved every second of it.

So many times, stories revolving around illness either end in a beautiful tragedy (think The Fault in Our Stars) or like everything is a-okay after the miracle cure. Unlikely Match gave us so much more! We got a glimpse into what the reality is like for transplant patience. What they have to endure after they get the one thing they've been wishing for and how that affects their lives post-transplant. Not only that, but we got to see it for both the transplant receiver and the donor. It was absolutely beautiful.

What I loved:
- The characters - Laura makes you fall in love with her characters in a way that you can't help but tear through the book. Not only were they fun and smart, but so well developed. As the book unfolds, you find there is so much depth behind our MCs and even the side characters.
- You can tell that Laura has written this book from her heart and soul having lived this story herself. It's absolutely beautiful!
- EVERYONE'S IN THERAPY! God, was this refreshing!
- Grumpy/Sunshine, Enemies to Lovers, Found Family, Acts of Kindness

What I didn't love as much:
- Jule's entire family - that was by design I'm sure, but they made my blood boil!

*This review will also be post on @musingovermugs Instagram next week.