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Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

alexaileen's review against another edition

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

4.0

cameronfrye's review against another edition

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emotional reflective relaxing 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

4.5

The most sensorally rich prose I have read in a long time. It feels like you could swim in this story, take a bite out of it, like you're breathing in forest air for the first time in a while. So tender and captivating, with soft, sore ruminations on the most important relationships in our lives. Read this book!

kgg1997's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

easyvisionary's review against another edition

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5.0

Decided 90% in that I don’t like them together but I still enjoyed the book. A great hard to put down.

The different attachment styles were so apparent here and in a way that gave me bad vibes at the end. Em leaving that voicemail? Ew! I’m sorry! Never do that! Never make someone else’s grief about yourself like that!

some_things_cosmic's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective

4.25

oh how i love nina lacour 

thepetitepunk's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 stars

emilyannmh's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked this book! It did start out with some heavy hitter plot points but I think the author did a decent job on touching on hard topics in a sensitive way. I especially liked how it didn’t feel like “just a queer love story.” What I enjoyed the most was getting to know the two main women in this story as individuals.

nikanj's review against another edition

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reflective 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

3.75

Good spring/summer read for anyone that likes reading about characters evolve and plants/herbs

sjtouqan's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.5

mtzbookworm64's review against another edition

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4.0

The lives of Sara Foster and Emilie Dubois intertwine in this book and are connected around the restaurant Yerba Buena.

Sara, runs away from home at 16 and heads to Los Angeles and tries to hide her family’s dark secrets. Emilie is struggling to find herself and a sense of purpose while her family falls apart.

Their choices and the families keep them apart even though their strong connection to each other keeps attracting them back to each other.