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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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
I loved the characters in The Break-Up Pact - both the main characters and the side ones. I also loved the setting of a shop right on the boardwalk. The crazy scone flavors throughout the story were delightful too. While, the cover of this book screams beach read, there were some heavier themes of grief and loss. Even though I’m not a fan of the miscommunication trope, I did enjoy this book overall.
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I’m an Emma Lord fan now! This was my first book by this author and while it was a little more angsty than I’m use to I couldn’t stop! It was so good! It touched my whole heart!
June and Levi had been friends their whole lives but it was one of those friendships that felt like more and everyone knew it. In high school people assumed they were together even though they weren’t.
Now years later after tragedy and hurt and broken hearts. They both find themselves social media sensations for their awful breakups. Levi is back in town to write and June is running her late sister’s tea shop. They come together for a fake dating plan to stick it to their exs and help the tea shop’s business but what they get in the end is years in the making.
June and Levi had been friends their whole lives but it was one of those friendships that felt like more and everyone knew it. In high school people assumed they were together even though they weren’t.
Now years later after tragedy and hurt and broken hearts. They both find themselves social media sensations for their awful breakups. Levi is back in town to write and June is running her late sister’s tea shop. They come together for a fake dating plan to stick it to their exs and help the tea shop’s business but what they get in the end is years in the making.
June and Levi are child-hood best friends who have been distant with each other for the last decade, but end up reconnecting when both of them go through incredibly public break-ups with their even more incredibly horrible respective partners. They decide to flip the narrative & fake date (best trope) with the help of my queen, Sana, until........ maybe they aren't really faking it that much anymore??
I absolutely loved everything about this book. There is soooo much tension, and when June & Levi get together (this is not a spoiler, this is a romance book, what do you think is going to happen?) I was like... woah, now what? and it's A LOT in the best way. The "fake dates" were so much fun and the writing was so well done, I felt like I was playing trivia with the 40 year old gang and screaming poetry.
2 years prior to the story starting, June's sister, Annie (who was also Levi's best friend), passes away. I love how well Emma Lord wrote about the relationship of the sisters and how June and Levi both worked through their grief separately, but also together.
Something that is so well done in this book, that I find lacking in other romance books, was the main characters ability to communicate. They didn't bock down when one of them said something the other didn't like, they actually truly worked through their feelings. I do think a lot of that is because, they had 10 years to think about what to say, but regardless, it made for a good book.
P.S. I NEEEED a Sana book
I absolutely loved everything about this book. There is soooo much tension, and when June & Levi get together (this is not a spoiler, this is a romance book, what do you think is going to happen?) I was like... woah, now what? and it's A LOT in the best way. The "fake dates" were so much fun and the writing was so well done, I felt like I was playing trivia with the 40 year old gang and screaming poetry.
2 years prior to the story starting, June's sister, Annie (who was also Levi's best friend), passes away. I love how well Emma Lord wrote about the relationship of the sisters and how June and Levi both worked through their grief separately, but also together.
Something that is so well done in this book, that I find lacking in other romance books, was the main characters ability to communicate. They didn't bock down when one of them said something the other didn't like, they actually truly worked through their feelings. I do think a lot of that is because, they had 10 years to think about what to say, but regardless, it made for a good book.
P.S. I NEEEED a Sana book
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes