714 reviews for:

Love in Focus

Lyla Lee

3.68 AVERAGE

seungchaccomin's review against another edition

2.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

booksybelle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love when books give us representation and it flows naturally instead of feeling like it’s been forcefully injected. Not only do we have various sexualities represented but also culture and background. Our main characters are so relatable in their responses and journeys. 
I loved arc reading! 

laurenbrookemarked's review against another edition

4.5

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Tropes:
Second Chance
Workplace
Forced Proximity
Has An End Date
Bisexual Rep
Found Family

kaylurzz's review against another edition

3.75

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the audiobook ARC!

Giggling and kicking my feet! This was so cute! I love right person, wrong time second chance romances so much.

Liked: Seeing women in their 30s come into their true selves and be more mature in their relationships
Disliked: The third act break up (I knew it had to happen but boooo)

Adored the narrators! I think they both fit the personalities and vibes of the characters. I wish we had more Celeste chapters but this is ultimately Gemma's journey.

libraryofthieves's review against another edition

3.0

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Thank you Forever for the ARC and Hachette Audio for the ALC!

There were some things I liked about this but overall it didn’t really work for me. I liked the representation and discussion around not seeing elder queer people who look like you but I wanted to like the relationship more than I did. 

Gemma was ok but Celeste annoyed me. She never really took responsibility for how she ended their relationship years ago. Instead she continued to be upset that Gemma moved on after a few months, even though she’s the one who left without a word! And Gemma apologizes for it?? And god forbid she moved on with a man 😱 that line of ‘a lesbians worst nightmare’ really bothered me and felt super biphobic. I just couldn’t get past how caught up Celeste was about Gemma moving on, making it a huge deal when she’s the one who did something wrong, and then using that as an excuse to not pursue things in the present. 

I also didn’t love the switching of tenses and point of views between the two women. It felt unnecessary and jarring and honestly with how little we saw from Celeste’s POV it felt like hers could have been cut entirely. They didn’t really add anything to the story. 

The narrator for Gemma did a great job but I didn’t love Celeste’s narration. It was too slow and lacked emotional variation. It also didn’t match the tone of the other narrator and because we hear so much more from her, it felt wrong. 

Overall, it had some good moments and I liked the concept but it just didn’t execute it well enough. 

titchmcg97's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful 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

sophiamophia's review against another edition

4.25

emotional 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

endjoying's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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First of all thank you to Lyla Lee, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me "early" access to this audiobook! All opinions in this review are my own.

This was a good book!
Its about gemma who finally sees her college ex-girlfriend celeste again. 
She just broke up with her boyfriend of 7 years and has to work with her ex-gf.

They end up rekindeling their love.

I love me some good sapphic love story!
It wasnt mindblowing but was a good story very sweet! I just got a bit tired of Celeste her chapters and conversation. it feels extremely repetitive. I did love the voice acting.

caitlynlohkamp's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful inspiring slow-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

supergirled's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes