hanging onto her job by a thread and sleeping on an air mattress at her sister's looks is Laura's current state. so, when she's offered the chance to trial a new and revolutionary matchmaking app - Cupid - she accepts.

it was a slow start for me, for sure. i don't know how much of it was because of the book itself and how much was my personal experience (reading in english, which is not my first language; stopped a few chapters in and came back more than a year later), but the beginning showed a lot Laura's work environment and her colleagues, which was just boring and felt really unnecessary. i couldn't even remember who was everyone, because there were just so many people with little to no reason for being highlighted.

when she started using Cupid, the story began moving and it got more interesting. here, my main issue was the protagonist. we have a case of a flawed main character and i'm not one to complain about it - on the contrary, i love it! - but it felt like half of her scenes was just her being a poor messy woman who couldn't get her life together. when the man she met through Cupid came in, guess what, he was also a poor (but tidy) man.

however, i'm glad i stuck to it, because around half of it, i started getting addicted. we got to see Laura's family background, understand better her relationship with her friend Walker and also with her sister Jamie. another character was introduced and the plot happened. Laura started slowly showing signs of growth and changing some thoughts that could only harm herself, so bonus points for that.

Cupid also plays a more important role than i'd have initially thought (something similar to how Tinder impacts on people's lives: a mean to getting to know someone and that's it) and the book brought a few reflections on this whole situation.

i would not describe it as neither tender nor funny, but if you can get past the first few chapters it is a nice read. not a perfect one - after all, there's no such thing as perfect (ba dum tsss 🥁) - but not just any story you'll forget in a day.