As a bit of a change up, I picked up “Match Making for Psychopaths” by Tasha Coryell, a book that my partner gifted me for Christmas. The title itself was intriguing, the blurb was filled with promises of heartbreak, betrayal, romance and murder! I mean, what more could a girl want?

As always, spoilers ahead, continue at your own risk!

This book follows matchmaker Lexie, who has the most heartbreaking experience on her birthday. Her best friend takes her shopping for a birthday dress, she shows up to dinner to find her fiancé and her best friend (wearing a very similar dress by the way) announcing their affair and the end of her engagement. Her fiancé didn’t even remember that it was her birthday! But her so called best friend sure knew, what a heartless move! Lexie leaves dramatically and gets drunk at a bar, then a party and then a hotel room with a dark mysterious man who she confessed all of her deep dark secrets to. Secrets that no one, not even her fiancé, knew about.

Lexie spends her day job working at a matchmaking service, her specialty, helping psychopaths find love. Lexie has a deep understanding of what makes psychopaths tick, yes her psychology degree helps with that but her personal experience has given her more insight than anything else…her parents were serial killers, and very famous ones at that. Lexie spends her time pretending that they don’t exist, and proving that she is nothing like them. However, her perfectly crafted little world begins to fall apart when she the mysterious man shows up as a client at her work, and that he exhibits psychopathic traits and has developed an obsession with her. She also develops an overly friendly connection with another client, a woman who is also a psychopath. Safe to say, Lexie is just drowning in psychopaths from start to finish!

As the story goes on, we find out that there is so much more to Lexie than just her childhood trauma and her excessive need to be boringly normal, especially when body parts start being dropped at her house. So, what does a person do when they discovers a grisly piece of someone that has been horrible cut away from them? Bury it in the woods of course! I have to admit, while the book wasn’t a fast paced book like I prefer, I found the different facets of Lexie’s character engaging and amusing, especially as you find out more and more about her past and her parents.

While not an action packed mystery, I found the scenes and actions of characters engaging and the storyline entertaining. I especially love how the romantic interest in the mysterious man did not take centre stage in the story, instead it complemented Lexie’s character growth and acceptance of who she is, which carried on to the very last page.

It was an amusing read, and good for a change of pace if you’re looking for one. Just a warning for those of you looking for spice, there is none! All closed door and implied, no explicit details what so ever.

Happy Reading!