What happens when last minute neighborly invite to a tropical vacation meets a centuries old prophecy? The Roth family finds out just that when they find themselves dropped into the jungle.


I have been a reader of Jeff Wheeler for several years and have always LOVED his world building. The level of detail he weaves into his stories of any genre have always enthralled me and Doomsday Match is no exception.

This was a different genre from him than I typically read but I was excited to pick it up. The exploration of the Mayan culture grabbed my attention immediately.

My only hesitations with this story were in the pacing at the beginning of the novel and the foreshadowing. Within the first 30 pages, it was fairly clear where the story was going with the only surprises to come in how we arrived there. The reader was expected to develop a connection with characters a bit more rapidly than I felt was feasible with the limited pages I’d had with them. I think had we had more pages establishing what their “normal” was like before we dove into the events central to their trip, it would have been easier to have an emotional connection with early events.

There was additional a lot of heavy handed references to prophecy and secrets that could have been alluded to a bit more subtlety with more impact. Statements were made as if the reader had already been exposed, but this balanced out about 75 pages in or so.

Overall I would ABSOLUTELY recommend this book to folks and will be waiting eagerly for the sequel! Jeff Wheeler continues to be one of my favorite authors I’ve discovered via Kindle Unlimited. I received this book from Net Galley in return for my honest review.

Interesting. Thats the best way I can describe this book. Interesting characters, interesting story, interesting concept. I think it look a little while to get to where it was going, and even when you understood the concept it drug on a little too slow. But the concept is unique and it is an interesting start to what seems like a promising series. I want to know where it goes next!

Thanks to NetGalley, Jeff Wheeler, and 47 North for providing me with an advanced reading copy.

Thank you to the publishers, author and NetGalley for the free copy of this book.

Not your typical Jeff Wheeler setting but not in ANY way disappointing!! I loved this, as I knew I would, and cannot wait for more. There's space waiting on my bookshelf!!