4.15 AVERAGE

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's not terrible, but I found it very shallow. The romance was pretty poor, but more disappointing than that, the relationship between Mika and the children was badly developed and left me cold. It made me appreciate The House in the Cerulean Sea much more, it does everything better and I would recommend that over this
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: No
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

I enjoyed the development of the characters as I kept reading. Some of the things said really resonated with me. This book brought me out of my reading slump! I felt like I could see myself in the places that the characters were in. I loved the diversity of the characters as well. Overall, this is the perfect book to start off the fall season with! With that,
I felt like the reveal of the major things in regards to Primrose and Lillian could've been revealed a bit earlier. Even so, it might've been me not paying as close attention to the story as I usually do. It has been a long month...

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funny inspiring 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: Complicated

Great cozy read to kick off October
emotional funny inspiring 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
funny inspiring 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
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Good cozy fall read, it was just missing a little something for it to be amazing.

It was trying to be both a
finding belonging with chosen family
and a
cutesy romance
story, both were rushed and suffered for it. 

Maybe this was just the right book at the wrong time for me, happy for y'all that love this book. 

3.5⭐️
love a cosy, magical book
perfect book to start the fall season
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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