The Perfect Matchmaking

Another Valentine’s Day Novella (Cupids & Goddesses)

By: Milena McKay

Narrated by: Abby Craden

A must-listen sapphic romance by Milena McKay, author of The Delicate Things We Make.

Contains mature themes.

©2024 Milena McKay (P)2025 Tantor Media

My favorite Cupids are back!

When I read The Perfect Match in 2021, a few days after falling in love with Milena McKay’s debut, The Delicate Things We Make, the fact that these two books were so different blew my mind. TDTWM showcased the beautiful writing and delicious angst that have since become the author’s trademark. While just as well-written, The Perfect Match is hilarious, a comedy of hot cupids and foolish gods and goddesses. It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Milena McKay’s books, the angstier the better—I still can’t decide whether Reverence has replaced A Whisper of Solace as my favourite. Yet these Cupids stole my heart in a couple of hours and I’ve been hoping for four long years for a sequel. Okay, this might be a bit of an exaggeration since I got to read The Perfect Matchmaking way before its release (you’ll see my name among the editing team) but it’s not the same when you can’t share the joy and the love for a book with other readers, when you can’t delight in others’ enthusiastic reviews, when you can’t recommend it to your friends despite knowing they’ll adore it too. That time has come though and I’m so here for it.

The Perfect Matchmaking is Aphrodite’s book, Love herself fighting for the right to make her own choices. Even bad ones. When Zeus summons the whole Olympian family to the annual Cupid convention in Las Vegas, the goddess of Love in turn drags her former star Sabine Goddard out of retirement. Sabine and Abby are now married, still swooning on every occasion after three years, still so adorable that their very healthy sex life and the unabashed bragging aren’t even a tiny bit obnoxious. As she strives to reassert her freedom and independence, Aphrodite reluctantly falls for the silent, tweed-wearing goddess of Wisdom, Athena. Besides Sabine and Abby, her friend Erato also pushes her out of her comfort zone and into muscular arms and strong hands.

I wrote only one sentence while listening to Abby Craden narrating this story and basking in the delight that is this novella: “I love Erato”. I bet you will too. I loved a lot more than just the muse of erotic poetry, however. I enjoyed the enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract back and forth between the two goddesses, Abby and Sabine’s sharp wit, their happiness too, all the spice, everything Apollo (thankfully no spice there), and yes, as stated earlier, everything Erato as well.

The humour that surprised me in the first Cupids & Goddesses book (and which I have since experienced many times IRL) is still here, but the underlying themes touch on more serious considerations. McKay finds the ideal balance between substance and lightheartedness, food for thoughts peeking from beneath layers of clever banter and endearingly silly puns. And in true McKay fashion, she drops hints here and there, teasing the next story. If you can’t wait, you might want to join her Patreon…

Video review on Instagram (Jude In The Stars)

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The Perfect Matchmaking

This was the perfect follow-up to the Perfect Match!

Athena and Aphrodite are💘❤️‍🔥

I also loved that Abby and Sabine are all over this novella!

Lovely quick read romance🥰

Delightful sapphic spin on Greek Mythology

A fun story about how the Goddess of Love herself evades it until it shows up in an unexpected package. Thoroughly entertaining!

So Many Sapphic and Bisexual Goddesses

The annual Cupid convention will have a Zeus power play in action. Aphrodite has been with men and women, but none have worked out, as none of them have been her choice. Will she have a chance this time around for it to be her choice.

While Abby is still a cupid, Sabine is a retired Cupid who is being pulled into action by Aphrodite in order to look good in front of the whole family of gods and goddesses.

The game being played by Zeus is all because Hera wants Aries back with Aphrodite. Of course Aphrodite wants nothing to do with Aries.

Athena who is no longer the goddess of war or wisdom keeps coming to Aphrodite's rescue every time Aries comes around.

Will Sabine play Cupid or disregard Aphrodite's orders to win the Perfect Match contest again.

Valentine's Day fun!

A sweet, fun, tongue-in-cheek novella narrated by the voice of Milena McKay, the wonderful Abby Craden.