4.23 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

beccatlee's review

5.0
dark emotional 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: No
emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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sarahs___books's review

4.0
emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Full disclosure, this was a bit disjointed for me. I borrowed the audio from Libby and didn't finish it in time. They took it back at 69%. Then I looked up free books on audible and this was one! So I picked up where I left off.

I was not a fan of the narrators 👀 I probably would prefer an eyeball read with this one especially with the dual timeline jumps.

RY is the queen of making you fall for characters and ripping your heart out with the drama. This one was twisty! I did enjoy figuring it out as details were uncovered. 

MEMORABLE QUOTES:

* There's power in silence, grace in holding your head high 

* A love like yours doesn't die that easily 🤍
emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
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dinapalinckx's review

4.0

I loved reading this book! It was such a heartwarming story and I loved the way it was written. I’m a fan of books about war and this book was the perfect mix between contemporary romance and historical romance. The chapters switch between these two timelines and I loved both stories.

In this book you follow Georgia in the present time and Scarlett during World War II. Georgia has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a brutal divorce. The time has finally come for Georgia to finish her grandmother’s final novel. However, the best-selling author who thinks he’s the one to finish the story is insanely arrogant but just as good looking. Noah Harrison wants to come up with the best ending for this book, and he vows to make this happen.

I loved both timelines and I sometimes even got the feeling that it switched too often between the two. Sometimes I was so immersed in one story and then the next chapter was a different pov. I honestly loved all the characters and the story felt so real. I loved the writing of Rebecca Yarros and I don’t think I ever smiled this often while reading a book. I didn’t see the ending coming and although I wished it would be a different ending, I don’t think it would be as good of a book. I do think the book could’ve been some chapters shorter since it did take me a while to finish, but I still enjoyed it very much. I’ll definitely be reading more books written by Rebecca Yarros!
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I’m finding I love everything by this author. Beautiful story of one family and two true love stories. 
emotional medium-paced

savvysue's review

5.0

Was NOT expecting this twist. Ugh this book got me. I wasn’t really expecting to like it. It switched between current time period and the war in 1940. I don’t normally enjoy time pieces but this was done beautifully