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Perfect Match
A girl’s well-intentioned Valentine’s Day meddling entangles her in a love triangle with her best friend and a girl with a crush on him in this tween romance perfect for fans of Courtesy of Cupid.
This year, Mia is selling and delivering roses and chocolate for the Valentine’s Day fundraiser, and just like the year before, the same few popular girls are slated to receive bouquets of deliveries from their best friends. To shake things up a bit, Mia delivers an extra twenty-five roses from made-up “secret admirers” to overlooked girls who she thinks could use a confidence boost.
But Mia’s meddling might have done more harm than good—especially when she realizes that one of her rose deliveries has inspired Sun Patterson to get a makeover and pursue Alex, Mia’s best friend who she might feel more than friendly toward.
As the messy consequences of the extra roses unfold, Mia finds herself torn between her newfound goal to help others find their perfect match, the heavy weight of her secret actions, the friendships she is struggling to find time for, and some seriously confusing feelings for Alex.
Maybe this matchmaker stuff is more complicated than it seems.
Formerly published as 25 Roses.
This year, Mia is selling and delivering roses and chocolate for the Valentine’s Day fundraiser, and just like the year before, the same few popular girls are slated to receive bouquets of deliveries from their best friends. To shake things up a bit, Mia delivers an extra twenty-five roses from made-up “secret admirers” to overlooked girls who she thinks could use a confidence boost.
But Mia’s meddling might have done more harm than good—especially when she realizes that one of her rose deliveries has inspired Sun Patterson to get a makeover and pursue Alex, Mia’s best friend who she might feel more than friendly toward.
As the messy consequences of the extra roses unfold, Mia finds herself torn between her newfound goal to help others find their perfect match, the heavy weight of her secret actions, the friendships she is struggling to find time for, and some seriously confusing feelings for Alex.
Maybe this matchmaker stuff is more complicated than it seems.
Formerly published as 25 Roses.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 6, 2015
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Stephanie Faris
174 books100 followersStephanie Faris is the author of the middle grade books 30 Days of No Gossip and 25 Roses, as well as the Piper Morgan chapter book series. When she isn’t writing books for children, she writes technology, finance, and business content for a variety of websites. She currently lives in her hometown, just north of Nashville. Visit her online at StephanieFaris.com.
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February 13, 2025
A cute read for 💝
It was a lot of She said this and I did this and She did this and I said this.
A good reminder that the popular kids don't get to have all the fun. In fact, they might be wishing for a quieter type of relationship like you have with your besties.
You do you!💕
It was a lot of She said this and I did this and She did this and I said this.
A good reminder that the popular kids don't get to have all the fun. In fact, they might be wishing for a quieter type of relationship like you have with your besties.
You do you!💕
October 25, 2024
Read the original, 25 Roses, when it came out.
E ARC from Netgalley.com
When she is working on selling roses for the seventh grade class so that the the whole grade can win a lock in, Mia feels bad that the same popular, pretty girls get roses all the time. When she and her best friend Ashleigh sell the chocolate roses, Mia buys 25 with her own money and sends them anonymously to people she thinks deserves them, along with a complementary message. This sets off a wave of drama in the school: popular girl Kaylee is angry that other people get roses, the disheveled Sun and the athletic Trudie want makeovers because they think they have secret admirers, and Ashleigh and Mia have some friendship difficulties over all of the attention that Mia is giving to everyone else... except for Alex, the boy who likes her. On the night of the lock in, Mia thinks that things will go smoothly, but her secret is exposed and the seventh graders all react differently to learning that they don't really have secret admirers.
Strengths: I remember trying to keep a list of all of the romances that went on around me in the 7th grade, and in reality, things ARE this convoluted! One of the things that my girls ask for is books with "drama" in them, and this certainly has it. I liked that Mia has good intentions in handing out extra roses, and she deals with mean girl Kaylee without resorting to meanness herself. Mia's romance with Alex is also well done, because the two are friends first.
Weaknesses: I found it hard to believe that Mia would get punished for sending out 25 anonymous roses. Yes, it helped her group win the lock in, but there seemed to be no rule against it. As an adult, I feel uncomfortable with the girls wanting makeovers, but the 12-year-old me was an enormous fan of Ellen Conford's Seven Days to a Brand New Me, so I can't really complain!
E ARC from Netgalley.com
When she is working on selling roses for the seventh grade class so that the the whole grade can win a lock in, Mia feels bad that the same popular, pretty girls get roses all the time. When she and her best friend Ashleigh sell the chocolate roses, Mia buys 25 with her own money and sends them anonymously to people she thinks deserves them, along with a complementary message. This sets off a wave of drama in the school: popular girl Kaylee is angry that other people get roses, the disheveled Sun and the athletic Trudie want makeovers because they think they have secret admirers, and Ashleigh and Mia have some friendship difficulties over all of the attention that Mia is giving to everyone else... except for Alex, the boy who likes her. On the night of the lock in, Mia thinks that things will go smoothly, but her secret is exposed and the seventh graders all react differently to learning that they don't really have secret admirers.
Strengths: I remember trying to keep a list of all of the romances that went on around me in the 7th grade, and in reality, things ARE this convoluted! One of the things that my girls ask for is books with "drama" in them, and this certainly has it. I liked that Mia has good intentions in handing out extra roses, and she deals with mean girl Kaylee without resorting to meanness herself. Mia's romance with Alex is also well done, because the two are friends first.
Weaknesses: I found it hard to believe that Mia would get punished for sending out 25 anonymous roses. Yes, it helped her group win the lock in, but there seemed to be no rule against it. As an adult, I feel uncomfortable with the girls wanting makeovers, but the 12-year-old me was an enormous fan of Ellen Conford's Seven Days to a Brand New Me, so I can't really complain!
December 17, 2025
Read this middle school romance with my 9yo and she gives it 5 stars.
Miscommunication trope is one of my least favorites, which was basically the whole story, so I didn't enjoyed it as much as she did. But there was a satisfying ending with some good themes. Good for the intended audience!
Miscommunication trope is one of my least favorites, which was basically the whole story, so I didn't enjoyed it as much as she did. But there was a satisfying ending with some good themes. Good for the intended audience!
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February 14, 2025
AMAZING
June 5, 2025
This book was sooooo good!!
August 10, 2025
Clean, cute middle grade romance!
May 26, 2025
Okay so at first this was a bit boring but omg it got so much better! I want more of Mia and Alex! But it’s super good and the characters are just amazing. Mia was kinda annoying though.
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