I fell in love with the Quaint town of Minnow Bay and the abundance of Hutchinsons. _____Lily's life decisions is all messed up and it was a quaint little town with eccentric people that led her to straighten up. The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay was as adorable as the cute little town it was set in. I was not a fan of the main character even up til the end, but what endeared me was the nosy, imperfect characters of Minnow Bay. It reminds me a lot of small town living that I had a whoot reading how

Lily is struggling in every aspect of her life. She is an artist and hasn't sold a painting, which means she can't afford to live in Chicago and in turn must leave the city. Her boyfriend is a big disappointment and it's starting to get awkward regarding how many times she has to ask for the people in her life to bail her out. As she is packing up her apartment, she comes across paperwork for an annulment regarding a quickie Vegas wedding. But this quickie wedding isn't just for anyone, it's reg...

An enjoyable read from a new-to-me author, I devoured this one in a couple of days. I loved the protagonist, who was a total train wreck yet wanted desperately to figure out how to get her act together. Her quest to find a man she's still 'accidentally' married who happens to be living in Minnow Bay, Wisconsin, is the force that drives her out of Chicago. She leaves behind her stalled career as an artist, her best friend who treats her poorly, and her boyfriend (who is sort of the boss of her ar...

Hooray for an amazing story set in Wisconsin ❤️ Loved it!

This was my first experience with author Kelly Harms and narrator Piper Goodeve. The two were well paired, making The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay an enjoyable listen.Lily has lived in the same Chicago apartment since she graduated from college. She works as a barista by day and paints by night. She has painted the same view from her window again and again. The man who displays and manages the sale of her art is also her lover. When Lily misses a rent payment, she receives an eviction notice, and i...

This was a really sweet, quirky romance about a girl's whose life has fallen apart tries to finish one unfinished project and then finds a bunch of other problems that turn out good. There's a scene in the book reminds me a little of the The Midnight Sun episode on Twilight Zone where the woman is painting snow when it's actually hot outside. The woman in the Twilight Zone was a little nuts but Lily is doing the same here - it's January in Wisconsin and she's painting a very hot summer scene. An...

Maybe I wasn’t in the right mindset to read this book, but I had trouble connecting to the characters. It’s got a cute, Hallmark feel to it, but I felt like the storyline was a bit all over the place. The main character was also particularly gullible and annoying, leaving me wanting to shake some sense into her, and the people who wanted to help her, more than a few times.

The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay is about a Chicago painter, Lily, who goes to Minnow Bay, Wisconsin in order to divorce her husband she didn't realize she had. Living paycheque to paycheque and waiting for her big break in the art community, Lily is forced to face reality when comes across her annulment papers that were never signed from her Vegas wedding. Deciding to head to Wisconsin and clear up everything, Lily packs up and drives to Minnow Bay.Throughout the whole novel, we see Li

The Matchmakers of Minnow Bayby Kelly HarmsHarms’ sophomore offering, The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay is a deferred coming of age story, a story about friendship, love and starting over. Her characters run the gamut from straight-laced to ultra quirky. Her town of Minnow Bay was quaint, eccentric and as much of a character as any of her actors. Her dialogue was easy to read and kept the flow of the story going. Her protagonist Lily is portrayed at first as a bit of an air-headed pushover who lets

In THE MATCHMAKERS OF MINNOW BAY, Lily Stewart is Shopaholic's Becky Bloomwood meets Capote's Holly Golightly. This charming tale is filled to the brim with eccentric characters, uproarious predicaments, and a charming (if not chilly!) setting. Kelly Harms has created the most lovable character in Lily, a starving artist with a penchant for disaster and a completely unbreakable spirit. Would make a fantastic beach book!

I really enjoyed this little town called Minnow Bay and most of the characters in this story. A cute story that was a quick read.

Lately all I read are books with senseless heroines who are stupid pushovers. This gal Lily was such an idiot that it ruined so much of what could of been a really sweet book. I mean really how dumb can one girl be......

2.75 stars. Silly and sweet. Some laugh out loud moments. Good enough to read until the end but the naivety and cluelessness of the main character was unbelievable. There was a lot of stuff jammed into the ending. I also didn’t understand why a young woman living in a small, northern Wisconsin town would use words like “plotz” and “yenta”. Yes, it was funny but it didn’t really make sense. Glad I borrowed it from the library and didn’t buy it.

Ugh. I’ve now read two books by this author, and I’ll never read anything else of hers. Trashy badly written chick lit in the worst sense of the word. The only good thing about it as it was free I didn’t waste any money on it!

I loved this book. I can’t seem to pinpoint why sometimes the writing hits me in a way that makes me care so much. I read other books with much higher reviews or are bestsellers and I sometimes feel absolutely nothing for the characters. This time I was completely absorbed. I laughed and cried SO many times. Love love love

I received this book from St. Martin's Press via a Goodreads Giveaway.I went back and forth on 3 and 4 stars but ended up giving it a 4 because I do really like this book.Oh boy this book. First off it's not exactly chick lit but it's pretty dang close. It's not fluffy and light hearted it has some very real life situations that are serious. Not kill the book serious but it brings things out of the imaginary and keeps you grounded while reading.I wanted to shake the living daylights out of Lily....

This will not be a favorable review. If you loved this book, please pass your way!If there is something you should know about me, it’s that I love artists. I just can’t stop fantasizing about these special human beings, and what makes their minds so different from ours, ordinary people. So you can understand how much excitement I expected from a book written from the perspective of a talented, if not slightly messed up, landscape painter. What I didn’t expect however, was for the “messed up” par...