Friday, June 22, 2012

Book Review #153 - Struck (Stupid Cupid #1-3) by Rhonda Stapleton

Struck: Stupid Cupid; Flirting with Disaster; Pucker Up

Felicity Walker believes in true love. That’s why she applies for a gig at the matchmaking company Cupid’s Hollow. But when Felicity gets the job, she learns that she isn’t just a matchmaker...she’s a cupid! (There’s more than one of them, you know.) Armed with a hot pink, tricked-out PDA infused with the latest in cupid magic (love arrows shot through email), Felicity works to meet her quota of successful matches. But the path to love is not always a straight shot....


Laugh-out-loud funny and irresistibly romantic, this delightful bind-up is ideal for fans of both romantic comedies and paranormal romance.


This book contains three books. I have decided to do three separate reviews.


Felicity's no ordinary teen matchmaker...she's a cupid!


Felicity Walker believes in true love. That's why she applies for a gig at the matchmaking company Cupid's Hollow. But when Felicity gets the job, she learns that she isn't just a matchmaker...she's a cupid! (There's more than one of them, you know.)


Armed with a hot pink, tricked-out PDA infused with the latest in cupid magic (love arrows shot through email), Felicity works to meet her quota of successful matches. But when she bends the rules of cupidity by matching her best friend Maya with three different boys at once, disaster strikes. Felicity needs to come up with a plan to set it all right, pronto, before she gets fired and before Maya ends up with her heart split in three.



My Rating: 3/5



This book was very faced paced. It was a very light and likeable read.


I didn't mind that there was no real depth to the story because I was so engrossed with it.


Felicity was the only character I liked somewhat. Felicity's friends Maya and Andy were very one-dimensional.


The three guys that were all after Maya could have been made more interesting than what it was. The way that they found out about each other was a little over the top and immature.


Characters just seemed to pop up when Felicity needed a new couple to match-up.


Overall the book sets up a series with an intriguing premise and I am looking forward to see where this series goes.




Felicity is a total romantic. That’s why she follows her heart—not the rules—in her job as a cupid. But when Felicity turns her matchmaking magic on her best friend, Andy, it’s Andy who breaks their golden rule: friends always come first. Andy is so wrapped up in her new guy that she’s ditching everyone else. How can Felicity stop her BFF from letting a BF come between them? Meanwhile, Felicity decides to get over her crush on Derek by setting him up with someone else—but in her impulsive haste, she accidentally matches him with the whole school, and now everyone is in love with him. The entire student body is headed toward heartbreak, just weeks before prom. Does Felicity have what it takes to make everyone’s heart happy…including her own?




My Rating: 4/5




I really enjoyed this book and read it very quickly. I liked it alot more than the first one.


The plot in this one was really interesting and there was alot more interaction between Felicity and Derek.


Derek really developed alot over the course of this book and I felt more connected to him than to Maya and Andy who I still don't know much about.


The ending was really unexpected and I am lucky to have been reading the bind-up edition of this book so I didn't have to wait to read the third and final book in this series.


Felicity has racked up quite a list of matchmaking fumbles, but right now she’s beaming with joy. Not only has she learned that her longtime crush, Derek, is also a cupid, but he is now officially her boyfriend! But Felicity is terrified when she discovers her recent connection with Derek is due to the magical matchmaking of her boss at Cupid’s Hollow. Is Derek truly in love with Felicity, or is it all due to magic? Felicity has two weeks before the love spell wears off. And she’ll do whatever it takes to make sure this love match lasts!


My Rating: 3/5


This book was my least favourite of the series.


Felicity was really annoying in this book. She constantly kept thinking that she wasn't good enough for Derek and so kept picking fights with him.


The ending was too predictable and wasn't anything special.

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