Peasreads- How to Find a Guy in Five Weddings by Cynthia Timoti

How to Find a Guy in Five Weddings

by Cynthia Timoti

 Pub Date: May 12 2026  

Great storyline, good pace, and relatable problems. 3.5 stars. FMC Kimiko is looking for a guy to date to inherit her late grandmother's yarn store. She was raised by her grandparents and loves them very much. They gave her a wonderful childhood. It is important to Kim to keep her grandmother's legacy. Her Grandfather is a wonderful man who is kind and loving. Kim has been abandoned and betrayed by people, and she doesn't believe in happy endings. Kim is encouraged by friends to try apps for dating. The dates she had were pretty over-the-top bad. Almost unbelievable. Granted, I have no experience. Kim can be a bit annoying but no one is perfect.

The dates are so bad that Rob, a friend who does believe in soul mates and happy endings, decides to help her. I am not sure of the history between the two. It is mentioned that they had a date, and Rob never showed up. Nothing else was mentioned after that. Rob is just an all-around good guy. Or maybe the bar is in hell because, honestly, he's just kind and thoughtful. 

All in all this was a fun read. 

Description

It’s 27 Dresses meets Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List in this delightful romcom where she doesn’t believe in love…he’s determined to prove her wrong -- by being her matchmaker!

Kimiko Halim thinks happy endings only exist in fairy tales. But her late grandmother’s will specifies settling down as a condition to inherit her yarn store, and the family’s legacy is the only thing that matters. Kim’s plan is simple: find a guy, date him until the store is hers, then gently uncouple from the poor, unsuspecting victim.

But the clock is ticking, and her dates have been more frogs than princes. When Rob Carmichael, a perpetual groomsman and self-proclaimed proponent of happily-ever-afters, overhears Kim’s cynical view of love, he’s baffled. Having been surrounded by happy relationships all his life, Rob convinces her that he can find her a soulmate in one of the next five weddings he’s going to.

What can possibly go wrong?

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Peasreads: The Sirens by Emilia Hart

 This book is so good.  It is a story of familial love, secrets, betrayal, and forgiveness. With a little more that makes it magical. Mermaids? Shipwrecks? Mystery?  Magical realism.? Resilience? Sisterly love and strength? Check. Check. Check. All the checks.

I liked these characters. I could relate to them in ways. I could empathize with them. Even when I thought I had the whole story figured out I couldn't find that last puzzle piece. That last piece did end up making me lose some respect for the person but in the end it tied everything together. That's the realism for you.  All in all a good entertaining read. 

From the publisher:

A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine

2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack—but her sister is missing. As Lucy waits for her return, she starts to unearth strange rumours about Jess’s town—tales of numerous missing men, spread over decades. A baby abandoned in a sea-swept cave. Whispers of women’s voices on the waves. All the while, her dreams start to feel closer than ever.

1800: Mary and Eliza are torn from their loving home in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship heading for Australia. As the boat takes them farther and farther away from all they know, they begin to notice unexplainable changes in their bodies.

A breathtaking tale of female resilience, The Sirens is an extraordinary novel that captures the sheer power of sisterhood and the indefinable magic of the sea. 

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