The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

It was nice to read a story about a character with a chronic illness. In the case of Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt, she has ME or "chronic fatigue." The description of her illness and the way that people treat her seemed very true-to-life. But that doesn't mean she can't fall in love. And she discovers that when she comes back in contact with her first love, Jacob Greenberg.

Jacob is happy to see his first love once again. He figures they can resume their relationship where they left off but Rachel is hiding too many secrets including the reason she wants a ticket to the Matzah Ball, the party his firm is throwing. 

Rachel is hiding not only her illness but the fact that she, daughter of the famous Rabbi Goldblatt, is a bestselling author of romances... Christmas romances. 

I liked this book overall but there was a lot of reiteration about the importance (or lack there of), really, in the Jewish faith and, while Rachel's fixing of the menorah seemed believable, fixing everything else was a stretch. 

Four stars

This book came out September 28th 2021

Borrowed as ebook from Libby

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