Prejudice Meets Pride by Rachael Anderson

Prejudice Meets Pride (Meet Your Match #1)
by Rachael Anderson

Synopsis

 

After years of pinching pennies and struggling to get through art

school, Emma Makie’s hard work finally pays off with the offer of a dream job.

But when tragedy strikes, she has no choice but to make a cross-country move

to Colorado Springs to take temporary custody of her two nieces. She has no

money, no job prospects, and no idea how to be a mother to two little girls, but

she isn’t about to let that stop her. Nor is she about to accept the help of Kevin

Grantham, her handsome neighbor, who seems to think she’s incapable of doing

anything on her own.

Prejudice Meets Pride is the story of a guy who thinks he has it all figured out

and a girl who isn't afraid to show him that he doesn't. It’s about learning what

it means to trust, figuring out how to give and to take, and realizing that not

everyone gets to pick the person they fall in love with. Sometimes, love picks

 

 

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 Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

 

 

Prejudice Meets Pride is the first book of Rachael Anderson’s that

I have read and I must say I love it.I was in the mood for some contemporary

romance and I came across this book while browsing Goodreads.I am a big Jane

Austen fan and I have read so many Pride and Prejudice retellings, so naturally

I was drawn to the title and the book cover.But this book is not a P&P retelling

(Thank God!!).
 

The main character Emma Makie moves into the house next to that of the

other protagonist-Kevin Grantham.She has become the temporary guardian of

her two nieces-Kajsa and Adelynn as their mother had died in an accident and

their father Noah(Emma’s brother) can’t get away from his construction job to

take care of them.

 She doesn’t have a job and has just moved into the house in

Colorado Springs (which she had inherited from her great aunt) with the two

Kevin her neighbor is a pediatric dentist and comes from a well-off family.He

has the bad habit of forming prejudices about someone when he meets

them.

He is successful in his job, is dating a woman who meets his snobby

mother’s expectations and basically has followed the plan laid out for him by his

parents.The first time he sees Emma he thinks she is a poor single mother with

an ugly yellow Datsun.The next day he offers to help Emma out in the grocery

store when she doesn’t have enough money at hand to pay.But Emma flat-out

refuses.He even delivers the groceries to her house which she returns.
 

Kevin just wants to help her out and can’t understand why she keeps

refusing.Let it be with the lawnmower or sprinkler, Emma’s pride doesn’t allow

her to take his help because she likes to be self-sufficient and she doesn’t want

his pity.But soon Emma learns to overcome her pride and accepts his help for

the sake of the girls.He offers her a job at his office even when there was no

need for an extra employee.As they start spending time together they realise

that they were wrong in their assumptions of each other and slowly start to fall

I absolutely adored Emma’s character.She was such a hard-worker and a loving

aunt.

As her parents worked in many relief efforts Emma has always been on the

move and has lived in so many countries.She worked hard to get into art school

and successfully graduated from RISD.Even though she was offered a very good

job, she still turned it down to take care of Kajsa and Adelynn.How many people

would do that for their nieces??She is an optimist.
 

“She believed in fixing things up and wearing them out.Making them do or

doing without.She believed in second chances, which was exactly what she’d

give this home-just as soon as she found a job and replenished her bank

Kevin was an awesome male lead.Even though he grew up in a rich household and

everything he wanted was given to him he still yearns for the warmth and love

which he didn’t get from his parents.When he sees the love that Emma has for

her nieces, the hugs and kisses they give each other he feels like he has finally

found a place where he belongs.Though Emma was not the type of girl that he

imagined himself with , he slowly sees her for who she truly is and begins to fall

in love with her.
 

“You don’t have to be strong all the time, and it doesn’t make you less of a

person to need help once in a while.Give and take is what life is all about,

and sometimes you have to be the one to take so the other person can

give.I want to do things for you because I care about you and enjoy helping

you, not because I pity you or think you’re incapable.I wish you could see

The cute little angels- Kajsa and Adelynn added so much humor and sweetness

to the story.

It is lovely to see their interactions with “Uncle Kevin”.Becky and

her daughter Sam, the neighbours were also well developed.It was wonderful

to see Emma get rid of her pride and Kevin overcome his prejudices.They were

both able to figure out what they want from life.Their slow transition from

friendship to sweet romance was so well written.Even Kevin’s mother was not as

bad as I thought she was.In the end she encourages her son to go after what he

wants.Though we only got tiny glimpses of Noah we could see how much he loved

the girls and how hard it was for him to be away from them.Can’t wait to read

his story in Rough Around the Edges meets Refined!!