Monday, February 19, 2024

Review: The Irish Matchmaker

The Irish Matchmaker The Irish Matchmaker by Jennifer Deibel
My rating: ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›

The Irish Matchmaker was an easy flowing, sweet story which had me turning pages as fast as I can manage reading.

I adored Sarah, her faith and trust reminded me which God said we need to have faith like children. They don’t question or overthink, but just believe that God will do what He says.

Donal and Catriona were characters to easily love and stand behind. I liked how Donal, just by being him, silently won Catriona over. There was one character I did not like and would have liked more “justice” for the way he treated people but did appreciate how he was put in his place at the end.

The writer makes it easy for readers to feel like you are in Ireland along with the characters, with the way she describes locations and culture.

I loved the two main themes in this story: Men can make plans, but ultimately God’s will and plan for your life will come to fruitions. God will provide as sure as there He provides foods for the birds and clothes for the flowers in the fields, but how our own pride can sometimes stands in the way.

Recommended for fans of historical romance.

*I received a complimentary copy from the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.*

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About the book:


As daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catrรญona Daly is no stranger to the business of love--and sees it as her ticket away from the sleepy village that only comes alive during the annual matchmaking festival. Enter Lord Osborne's son, Andrew, who has returned to the festival after being disappointed by a rival matchmaker's failed setup. Catrรญona seizes the opportunity to make a better match for the handsome man--and for herself!

Cattle farmer Donal Bunratty is in desperate need of a wife after loss left him to handle the farm and raise his daughter on his own. Shy and lacking the finer social graces, he agrees to attend the matchmaking festival to appease his daughter. But when he arrives, it's not any of the other merrymakers that catch his eye but rather his matchmaker--who clearly has eyes for someone else.

Catrรญona will have to put all her expertise to work to make a match that could change her life forever. Will her plan succeed? Or will love have its own way?

About the author:


Jennifer Deibel is a middle school teacher and freelance writer. Her work has appeared on (in)courage, on

The Better Mom, in Missions Mosaic Magazine, and others. With firsthand immersive experience abroad, Jennifer writes stories that help redefine home through the lens of culture, history, and family. After nearly a decade of living in Ireland and Austria, she now lives in Arizona.


Debut novel, A Dance in Donegal, releases February 2, 2021 from Revell. Follow Moira Doherty to the wilds of rural Ireland in 1921. Available for preorder wherever books are sold.

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