"Deliciously plotted and unflaggingly entertaining, the narration of Rain's double-life adventures is frantic, funny, and finally heart-warming. ” Playing with Matches is a cute story, but it will also touch your heart - My Book Views
" Playing with Matches is a fabulously unique story-formal matchmaking is definitely not a regular theme in YA-that embeds all the angst of falling in love and growing up and doing right by your family and yourself all under one cover." - CanLit for Little Canadians “Fizzy, funny and ultimately redemptive.” - Kirkus Reviews "Charming … Rosen gives us a coming-of-age tale with a twist featuring a fun heroine who puts 100 per cent toward creating a happy ending." - Quill & Quire She has worked as a professional artist, filmmaker, journalist, and TV producer. Suri Rosen dabbles in many arts, but excels in daydreaming. Can she find the perfect match for her sister and get back on her good side, or will her tanking grades mean a second expulsion? In her debut novel, Suri Rosen creates a comic and heartwarming story of one girl trying to find happiness for others, and redemption for herself. A cross between Jane Austen’s Emma, Dear Abby, and Yenta the matchmaker, Raina’s double life soon has her barely staying awake in class. In the tight-knit Jewish community, Raina finds she is good at one thing: matchmaking! As the anonymous “Match- Maven,” Raina sets up hopeless singles desperate to find the One. Her sister, Leah, blames her for her broken engagement, and she’s a social pariah at her new school. When 16-year-old Raina Resnick is expelled from her Manhattan private school, she’s sent to live with her strict aunt - but Raina feels like she’s persona non grata no matter where she goes.
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