Written by Jean Meltzer, the author of The Matzoh Ball, Mr. Perfect on Paper is also like a Jewish Hallmark movie. In this instance, Dara Rabinowitz, 3rd generation matchmaker, is looking for love. She gets tricked into this by her grandmother, her bubbe, the first generation matchmaker, when Bubbe reads Dara's checklist for "The Perfect Jewish Husband" on an afternoon television show. The anchor of the show offers to help her find her perfect mate at the same time he hopes to boost the ratings of his fledgling show.
The book was very cute, easy to read, but it does include some serious issues. Dara is dealing with severe anxiety (similar to the main character of The Matzoh Ball, if I'm recalling correctly). Most of Dara's dates are comical, at best. In the meantime, her admiration for Chris, the TV anchorman, grows.
I was disappointed with part of the novel, but talking about that will be too big a spoiler. Yet even that was given a nice spin by Bubbe. My other complaint would be that for all the accurate Jewish information Meltzer includes, she referred to the prayer book for Yom Kippur as a siddur. It's a machzor. It wouldn't have bothered me had she just called it prayer book, but since everything else was so "correct," this bothered me.
It was a fun, enjoyable read and I'd recommend. It would make a great Hallmark movie!
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