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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
So not a bad book but really light on the romance which I expected a lot more of. This book was also much longer than it felt like it needed to be.
I also don’t feel like karma played much into things either. Like that aspect was fairly big in the beginning then pretty much disappeared for a while. Also, it truly all felt like coincidence rather than powers.
As a marine biologist I did like the big focus on marine animal rescue and rehab.
I also don’t feel like karma played much into things either. Like that aspect was fairly big in the beginning then pretty much disappeared for a while. Also, it truly all felt like coincidence rather than powers.
As a marine biologist I did like the big focus on marine animal rescue and rehab.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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:
Complicated
RATING: 5 stars
So it's been a WHILE since I liked a book this much lol but for some reason I read this whole thing in one day? It was short, but still.
At the beginning I was kinda on the fence because Prudence is a walking talking ball of second-hand embarrassment fodder, unfortunately, but thankfully she gets better. There was also banter starting on like page 5, and I'm nothing if not a huge fan of witty arguing, so... it was kinda inevitable that I was gonna love this lol.
I've also seen most of the animal-rescue movies there are to see (the Dolphin Tale ones, whatever that Free Willy movie about the whale was, etc. etc.) and I generally end up liking those as well. I think I forgot about the wildlife aspect to this book, though, since it's been ages since I saw it and wanted to read it, so it was kind of a pleasant surprise! I wish we'd gotten more cute animals, but Lennon was pretty good for that :)
I think overall it was a really cute book and I LOVED the romance- enemies to lovers is like my favorite thing on the planet. Also, I always feel embarrassed to admit that I like any fictional love interests (so many of them are jerks or melodramatic or just traumatized dark-haired brats, if you know what I'm talking about) but I have the biggest crush on Quint, seriously. He was fun and considerate and he helps save the lives of cute animals on a regular basis. Literally what is there to not like??
Also, I think I finally understand why everyone always wants to move to Florida. The fact that I can't go snorkeling in Michigan (idk if that's a thing that happens in lakes and they're all frozen over right now anyway lol) is a physical pain.
I want to go back and reread the whole thing already! I wish this had a sequel or something, honestly, because I already miss the story :( Petition to make this into a movie, actually, because it felt really movie-esque in a lot of ways? I wouldn't be surprised if this was written as three-act-structure or something but a lot of the tropes and descriptions just reminded me of a movie, idk. I think it would work pretty well as one.
Oh, and I totally forgot to mention the whole shtick about karma that the whole book is literally based off of... but it ended up not being a big deal? I would forget about it within like a page of it happening and then she'd use it again a while later and I'd go oh that's a thing, right. It did end up tying into the end of the book pretty well, but I think it would have been a little less jarring if we saw it more often. Normal girl discovers she can suddenly control karma? Dude, I'd have been going crazy over it twenty four seven.
(Last thing: the town is called Fortuna Beach... and I could be wrong about this but isn't Fortuna Lady Luck from like Roman mythology? It's been a while since I read PJO so I could be wrong but I don't think I am...? Anyway, if it is, then that's pretty cool lol.)
So it's been a WHILE since I liked a book this much lol but for some reason I read this whole thing in one day? It was short, but still.
At the beginning I was kinda on the fence because Prudence is a walking talking ball of second-hand embarrassment fodder, unfortunately, but thankfully she gets better. There was also banter starting on like page 5, and I'm nothing if not a huge fan of witty arguing, so... it was kinda inevitable that I was gonna love this lol.
I've also seen most of the animal-rescue movies there are to see (the Dolphin Tale ones, whatever that Free Willy movie about the whale was, etc. etc.) and I generally end up liking those as well. I think I forgot about the wildlife aspect to this book, though, since it's been ages since I saw it and wanted to read it, so it was kind of a pleasant surprise! I wish we'd gotten more cute animals, but Lennon was pretty good for that :)
I think overall it was a really cute book and I LOVED the romance- enemies to lovers is like my favorite thing on the planet. Also, I always feel embarrassed to admit that I like any fictional love interests (so many of them are jerks or melodramatic or just traumatized dark-haired brats, if you know what I'm talking about) but I have the biggest crush on Quint, seriously. He was fun and considerate and he helps save the lives of cute animals on a regular basis. Literally what is there to not like??
Also, I think I finally understand why everyone always wants to move to Florida. The fact that I can't go snorkeling in Michigan (idk if that's a thing that happens in lakes and they're all frozen over right now anyway lol) is a physical pain.
I want to go back and reread the whole thing already! I wish this had a sequel or something, honestly, because I already miss the story :( Petition to make this into a movie, actually, because it felt really movie-esque in a lot of ways? I wouldn't be surprised if this was written as three-act-structure or something but a lot of the tropes and descriptions just reminded me of a movie, idk. I think it would work pretty well as one.
Oh, and I totally forgot to mention the whole shtick about karma that the whole book is literally based off of... but it ended up not being a big deal? I would forget about it within like a page of it happening and then she'd use it again a while later and I'd go oh that's a thing, right. It did end up tying into the end of the book pretty well, but I think it would have been a little less jarring if we saw it more often. Normal girl discovers she can suddenly control karma? Dude, I'd have been going crazy over it twenty four seven.
(Last thing: the town is called Fortuna Beach... and I could be wrong about this but isn't Fortuna Lady Luck from like Roman mythology? It's been a while since I read PJO so I could be wrong but I don't think I am...? Anyway, if it is, then that's pretty cool lol.)
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
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
This book was AMAZING! I loved how it showed there are two sides to every story. I loved Quint so much, and related to Prudence a lot. I loved the slow burn! I also loved all the twists that happened in the last 100 pages! It was an emotional rollercoaster! The ending was great, and I loved the character development in both Prudence and Quint! Loved this book!
funny
hopeful
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
A little unfocused at the start. It introduces this really cool karma concept but seems to keep forgetting about it. But the characters are great, and I was really enthralled at the end, trying to figure out what had happened.
I just didn't like the mc or the main guy that much and I don't have time for unlikable characters with a kinda boring story 🥴