Reviews

Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed by Marissa Meyer

bookness_monster's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

public_nuisance's review

3.0

I would say the stories in here are of varying quality.

frozenpenquino's review

1.0

I only finished some of the stories.

misasue03's review

fast-paced

3.0

alice_booksnooks's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sparksofember's review against another edition

2.0

It was okay. I skipped a few of the stories, and the audio book skips the graphic novel one, of course. I enjoyed a few of them okay but none of them were amazing. Some of the tropes were odd or barely there. My favorite was probably the flashmob high school dance one just because it was funny and cute.

elin247's review

2.0

2.5
I enjoyed the fast paced page turning affected each short story had. However I sometimes felt it was rushed and I didn't get completely invested in the characters. They didn't seem well enough fleshed out for each pay off to be good. Some good YA LGBTQ+ stories which were easy to read.

thenymphsvoice's review against another edition

It was fine. Cute. I was just kind of bored.

courtknee__vn's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I always struggle with anthologies because there’s bound to be some that I don’t enjoy as much as the others but I love the idea of them! This one actually exceeded my expectations and I enjoyed more of the stories than I didn’t! & I loved how diverse the stories were! So this is one that I would recommend ☺️

Ratings for each story:
- Bye Bye, Piper Berry: 3/5 stars
- Anyone Else But You: 5/5 stars
- The Idiom Algorithm: 2/5 stars
- Auld Acquaintance: 4.75/5 stars
- Shooting Stars: 4.5/5 stars
- Zora in the Spotlight: 2.5/5 stars
- In a Blink of The Eye: 4/5 stars
- Liberty: 4.25/5 stars
- The Surprise Match: 4.5/5 stars

faeclubs's review

• Loveable characters? No

1.25

most of this stories felt rushed and that was what made them unlikeable for me, also the fact that the stories were written around a trope and not the trope as a part of a storie made them so plain and once again unlikeable :/ the story I liked the most was the marissa meyer's one but it wasn’t that good either