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Marla Martenson is a professional Beverly Hills matchmaker and the author of two best selling relationship books. Excuse Me, Your Soul Mate Is Waiting and Good Date, Bad Date and her latest, a memoir, Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker.
She has appeared on countless radio and TV shows including the Today Show, WGN Chicago Morning News, San Diego Living, Urban Rush and Better TV. When not busy matchmaking or writing she can be found sipping vanilla soy lattes, getting injected with BOTOX and trying to get her husband to put the toilet seat down.
Reviewed by Lynette Fowlston for Readers' Favorite
Diary Of A Beverly Hills Matchmaker by Marla Martenso is a hilarious memoir of her job and marriage, a behind-the-scenes look at real life situations in the world of matchmaking. Even though the author portrays life in a humorous way, she also presents a serious side, at times, to show the world that life is not all fun and games. Wanting to be an actress, she does manage to get a few bit parts. When her husband tells her she should become a writer, she begins writing a book. But to pay bills, you need money; hence, the job at the Double D Matchmaking Service in Beverly Hills. It has become a life, now, where she tries to please her husband, her boss, and her clients, as well as keep up with promoting the books she has written.
This is such a fun book to read and very hard to put down. A lot of memoirs are very down to earth, serious type books, that show the despair of a person’s life. Ms. Martenso has shown us the wit and the humor involved in the ups and downs of her daily life, from her first marriage to her second, to the idea of having children at the age of forty. When I first started reading, I did not expect the book to be as humorous as it was; I enjoyed reading her little affirmations at the end of each chapter. The first page with the email from a potential client showed me that this was not a book that was going to be a slow read. I really enjoyed reading about all the different, unique and fascinating cast of characters that have passed in and out of Marla’s life. This is just the ideal book to read if you have had a hard day at work; just come home, put your feet up, grab a cup of coffee and settle in for a hilarious journey with a Beverly Hills matchmaker.
