Rematch (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 2) [Paperback]

Erynn Mangum (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 2007

Lauren's dad may be getting remarried--and Lauren is still looking for the love of her life! Join Lauren on her adventure of caffeine, chocolate, girl talk, and spiritual insights as she continues to search for the right match.

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From the Back Cover

With two matches under her belt, Lauren’s ready to get back to work. Lucky for her, her job at The Brandon Knox Photography Studio makes it even easier to work her magic on her best friend and boss, Brandon, and the adorable receptionist, Hannah. And since she’s at Shawn’s café every day anyway (a girl’s gotta feed her caffeine and chocolate addictions, doesn’t she?), why not look for his perfect match as well?

But with all her love-connection luck, Lauren’s thrown for a loop when her dad announces that he’s heading out of town for a singles’ retreat. And in the midst of panicking about her dad and potential future stepmom, there's also the matter of Ryan: Love interest or friend? Only time, vats of coffee, and pounds of chocolate will tell!

About the Author

Erynn Mangum is the author of Miss Match (TH1NK Books). She is a graduate of both the Christian Writers Guild’s Journeyman course and two-year Apprentice course. Erynn works as a youth intern at her church and is very involved with her singles’ and college Bible study. She is twenty-two, single, living at home, and planning to stay there for a while. Learn more at www.erynnmangum.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: NavPress (August 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160006096X
• ISBN-13: 978-1600060960
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm 24, I'm married to an amazing guy, I have an unbelievable family and Christ is everything to me. I'm the author of Miss Match, ReMatch and MatchPoint and the first book in my next series, Cool Beans, is coming out April 2010!

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!, October 5, 2007

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Rel Mollet "RelzReviewz" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rematch (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

The enchanting matchmaker Lauren Holbrook is back, better than ever in the sequel to the brilliant Missmatch!

Riding the wave of her successful pairing of her work colleague and Bible Study leader, Lauren sets her sights on her hapless single friends, confident she can lead them into their happily ever after.

While consuming copious amounts of coffee and cheesecake, Lauren plots to bring her favourite barrista, Shawn into both wedded bliss with newcomer, Hallie and belief in God, preferably in reverse order!

Lauren's life is suddenly complicated when her widowed Dad announces he is off to a singles retreat, Meet Your Match in Michigan, construction worker Ryan Palmer causes flutters in her stomach when he smiles and then there is Brandon Knox, her best buddy in the whole world without a girl of his own ~ what's a girl to do?!

Erynn Mangum has done it again! Rematch is wonderful, replete with sparkling wit, gregarious and uplifting characters and a story that will leave you with a happy heart. Lauren's stellar voice continues to shine brightly and despite her meddling, you can't help but love her. Her naivety in her own love life is delightful and I can't wait to see how Erynn resolves that. Lauren's friends and family are just as appealing each epitomising integrity yet with enough foibles to be realistic. The final scene is a treasure ~ a secret mission with code names Vizzini and Inigo was the icing on the cake! All that was left for me to do was close the book and watch Pride & Prejudice, which I did. Read Rematch and you will understand why! This is one of those unique books that can be read and enjoyed by anyone, from the teen years and beyond!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Is All About Coffee, September 25, 2007

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Timothy Fish (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rematch (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

"It began with a scowl," and so it should, it would seem, as the coffee supply has mysteriously disappeared. Coffee, the reader will quickly discover is the life giving for Erynn Mangum's alter ego Lauren Holbrook. I have never seen the word coffee used so many times in one novel.

I approached this novel cautiously. It is a Chick Lit novel and there are many of the typical things that you expect to find in the genre. Knowing that some people enjoy the genre more than I, I took this into account as I opened the cover. As supper sizzled in a skillet on the stove I began to read, making it through three chapters by the time I sat down to eat a hamburger and Pringles.

Four hours later, I finished the book. Most of the book is dialog. Other than that, the book is written in first person present tense. Overall, the book is very believable and I even laughed at a few things. In this book, Laurie continues her quest to unite singles into couples, but she becomes concerned about the possibility of her nearly fifty-year-old father getting married. That issue is the major conflict in the book. The rest is straightforward. Laurie sees a couple that needs to be matched up and she gets them together with little to no conflict. So, in looking at how the main character is changed by the events of the story, it is an internal struggle for Laurie and her view of her relationship with her father.

There is one thing that this novel does very well. It does not go out of its way in an attempt to make it a Christian novel. Yes, there are Christian elements to it, but the reader is not left with the feeling that the author wrote a non-Christian novel and then added the Christian stuff to it.

The book isn't perfect. There were a few actions by some of the characters that seemed to be used more frequently than they should have been. I won't ruin the book for everyone by saying what they were. Other people may not be a nitpicky as I am.

I can't be too hard on this book, there were some very marked similarities between this book and my own book, Searching for Mom. Lauren and Sara have both lost a mother, though they have different opinions about this. Both are matchmakers, of sorts. Even some of the book and movie references are the same. So it I go too far with my criticism I will probably just end up criticizing myself.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just as full of coffee and chocolate as book one. Yum!, December 26, 2008

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Novel Teen (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rematch (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

Review by Gigi Hoffman

Rematch, the second novel in the Lauren Holbrook series, is just as full of coffee and chocolate as book one. Yum!

Lauren Holbrook is at it again. Laurie's matchmaking track record keeps increasing; she's got two couples married so far. Now she's up for a challenge, trying to set up her two best friends. Brandon, her boss and best-friend-since-fourth-grade, and Hannah, the new Christian who's gorgeous both inside and out, are the perfect couple and Laurie knows it. But how is she to set them up subtly, without their knowledge? Then there's Shawn, the owner of Laurie's favorite coffee and desert store, and Hallie, the new girl at the singles' Bible study. So many matches, so little time!

As if there weren't enough love in the air, Laurie's dad, a widower, announces he's going to a singles' retreat. Laurie doesn't know what to think. Is she ready to see her hypochondriac father return to the dating scene?

And what about Ryan, Laurie's sort-of boyfriend? Laurie started off pretend-dating him to get people off her back, but now the relationship is becoming more real. What's with the weird feeling in her stomach every time he's around? Are they really "just friends" or is there something more?

With even more chick-flicks (Anne of Green Gables, plus more Pride and Prejudice and The Princess Bride) in book two, it's hard not to love keeping up with fast-talking Laurie and her crazy schemes.

If you read and enjoyed book one, Miss Match (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 1), you've got to read this one!