A review by charminggoats
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Very cute, fairly lighthearted fade-to-black romance! It was an interesting, quick read. The main characters met as kids, fell in love (as much as two kids at summer camp in middle school can)  but never had a true breakup/goodbye due to a series of misunderstandings and outside interference. They meet again as adults in very different lives and start to come back together over Hanukkah. 

The romance sort of stays as one from childhood. I mean, they still get their happy ending; it just felt like they reverted back to those kids at camp. One minute she hates him, he’s pranking her like total misread of the situation, they talk a smidge to clear up the misunderstanding from childhood, they kiss and make-up, and then they are married.
 It was cute in a Hallmark movie kind of way- underdeveloped, yet still fun and inexplicably adorable? Hallmark movies are popular for a reason! 
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