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Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison

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amandalorianxo's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

This is a novel I have seen floating around social media due mainly because of the new covers with a new artist in charge of drawing the designs. It’s a somewhat different take on the cartoon drawings but it is what it is ya know. Anyway going in I was expecting more from this one. A lot more. I wanted details about the ins and outs of running a tree lot, Stella’s friendship with Layla & even a little more info on Luca. But instead I got a heroine who signs up for an IG influencer to check out her farm but that didn’t show up until way later in the story. Repetitive dialogue, world building descriptions and self-sabotage. Character developing? Eh, not as built up in this one. I was told the other books in the series are better so maybe I’ll give them a chance but we’ll see.

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kirbylover16's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Overall boring and disappointing. It takes 60% of the story to finally start the social media plot. Luca deserves better. There's barely any plot and almost nothing about the tree farm. Stella is so annoying and whiney. The conflicts are only conflicts because Stella is dense. Luca tells her over and over that he loves her. It's not even fake dating. Beckett is the best character but gets no screen time. Besides the setting and diabetes Stella must have from eating all those baked goods there's no Christmas in this story.

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brie333's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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marcelas_'s review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Stella and Luka’s whole friends-to-lovers situation was so cute and pure. They were supportive and gentle with each other, which pulled at my heart strings. And the narrator! Pippa Jayne has a soft, husky voice, perfect for a spicy romcom.

I also loved Stella’s colleagues, who were really like found family, and made me feel connected to the larger cast of characters. I can’t wait for In the Weeds, Evelyn and Beckett’s love story. I mean, who doesn’t like a kitten daddy main character?

That being said, the constant miscommunication from the main character made me feel frustrated the entire novel and took me out of the story. And I didn’t feel like I got enough of Luka’s personality to be as invested as I would’ve liked to have been in their romance. All in all this was a sweet book, but didn’t really blow me away.

Read this if you like:

friends-to-lovers
faking dating
small-town romance
workplace setting

Just a heads up this one is mostly set during November, so this is better suited for a Fall read rather than a Winter one for those seasonal readers/planned tbr-ers.

Thanks Dreamscape Media and Netgalley for this advanced listening copy.

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