Harmony and Heartbreak (Suitehearts #1)
by Claire Kann (Author)
The first in a new series about magical matchmakers, Suitehearts #1: Harmony and Heartbreak is a feel-good light romance about two 13-year-old cousins and their first solo attempts at creating enchanted love connections. Perfect for young readers who love Whatever After, The Jumbies, and The Princess Diaries.
Cousins Rose and Cora Seville aren't your typical eighth graders. They are matchmakers-in-training, learning how to magically make love connections out of San Francisco's Hotel Coeur, where they live in the penthouse suite. As young Fledglings, Rose and Cora must perfect their charms and enchantments to pass a test that will determine their future, but they are not prepared for all the drama ahead!
Confident, cool Rose, the most promising Fledgling of her generation, thinks her magic can help her handle any assignment that's thrown at her. But when she is faced with a bitter rival and headstrong Kindling, will she be able to rise to the challenge? As for kind-yet-complicated Cora, she's usually in her cousin's shadow. But new powers that allow her to see others' emotions might make her a secret weapon in the matchmaking world. Will Cora's special abilities help or hurt her when a crush on a boy puts her matchmaker ethics on the line?
Full of magic and mishaps, Suitehearts is a new series from award-winning storyteller Claire Kann that will keep readers smiling and wishing for more.
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Publishers Weekly
Two Fledgling Matchmakers seek to level up in a frothy San Francisco-set novel from Kann (The Marvelous). Cousins Rose and Cora Seville, who share twin fathers, may be Matchmakers in training and reside together in a lavish penthouse suite at the family's Hotel Coeur, but they approach their calling very differently. Rose, deemed the "best in their generation" by the Matchmaker Oracle Council, is confident with her magic, while Cora, who lives with Rose's family, thinks less of herself by comparison and fears being left behind. When the Council accelerates the girls' training, allowing them to take their Matchmaking exam early if they each complete two assignments solo, the opportunity comes with high stakes: fail one challenge, and they'll have to wait an extra year to test; fail two, and they'll be stripped of their magic. Cora tries to distinguish herself by chairing a dance-planning committee, but a sweet, resultant crush reaches a crossroads around one of her assignments. Featuring a dual emotional arc and a magical system based around themes of authentic connection and compatibility, this buoyant, romantic fantasy holds the hope of two magical Black girls who remain optimistic about love. Ages 10-up. (Jan.)
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Review quotes
Charming, magical, and thoroughly delightful! — Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series
Magical matchmakers living in a hotel — this is the book of my dreams. I absolutely loved it. — Lisa Greenwald, author of the Friendship List series
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV026000 - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance
JUV039190 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Relationships
