Review: 3.5 stars  Well written, but wish the romance hadn't been so quick
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
This is the 3rd book of Dunlop's I have read.  I first got hooked on this series with the 1st one.  The premise of the series is a group of senior citizens use a computer program to hook-up their grandchildren/grand nieces and nephews with each other.  Although that can come off as too cute, the use of the grandparents is a nice touch as they prove to effectively save the day or rather save the romance from falling apart.  The match is usually between two people who seemingly are exact opposites of one another but because they're conveniently put in close proximity of each other, they have the opportunity to discover their inner qualities, thus avoiding the usual mistake of judging another by looks and occupation alone.Here in "Extraordinary Match" the opposites are a workaholic software programmer from NYC and the outdoorsy wilderness pilot from a small town in Colorado.  I wish the opposite characteristics had been more pronounced as I think that's what I enjoy most about the series as well as how the H/h discover how different their 1st judgements are.  However, I love this author's writing:  scenes are vividly written, you can really imagine yourself in the outdoors and the dialogue between characters feels fresh, original, witty, and real.Some reasons why this wasn't a higher starred rating for me:  the "thriller" part of the story felt a little over-the-top but the biggest drawback for me was that the HEA was based on knowing each other for just 1 week.  I think if this book had been a bit longer, omitting the "thriller" part which I don't think added to the relationship building (there were other ways they could have easily been forced together), and if the city girl/outdoors guy had been played up a bit more this would have been a 4 star for me.I would definitely check out the next one in the series and hope Dunlop does a ballerina/athlete or some kind of artist/jock pairing as I think that she would do a great job.