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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It was fine and overall I enjoyed the story, but it felt slow at times whereas the ending felt a bit rushed. I liked the characters and there were some really good lines in this book. I suppose I haven’t been blown away by this book, but that doesn’t make this a bad book.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
There's a love curse on the Saint-Martin family and Josie has spend last of her life with her single mother running from it. Now, back in Beauty, her small New England hometown she is facing it head on. With hopes of her own escape, working with her famous Photog father feeling like she will finally be able to put down roots, her stay in Beauty comes with an expiration date. That is, until her dreams are dashed by the family that runs the town and she is put face to face with the boy that she left in Beauty when her mother ran away five years before. Now, Lucky is sporting a bad boy attitude including motorcycle, leather jacket and a small black cat tattooed on his hand.
With all the rumors that swirl around the small town surrounding both the women of the Saint-Martin family and Lucky himself, Josie must face the family love curse and see if she has any hope of breaking it.
There is just something about Jenn Bennett books that make me so happy. This is rivaling my favorite of hers so far, Alex, Approximately just because the mix of tropes flipped and written to perfection.
The disfunction with the Saint-Martin family, especially the two generations of mother-daughter dynamic really hit close to home for me, mostly because a family with mostly daughters tends to end up with a healthy dose of drama and I am the daughter of the black sheep in our family, a second generation black sheep if you would so I was relating heavily, not so much on the jumping from place to place, but not feeling like you're connected to the extended family.
Anyway, that aside, the relationship between Josie and Lucky was perfection. Lucky was written as a bad boy, at first, but you can tell it's because of this image that he's built up based on past trauma and pain. Their dynamic was really sweet.
Jenn Bennett is pretty much one of those auto-buy/auto-read authors for me. Her books are YA, but mature and thoughtful. They tend to hit home more than not and they show sex in a positive and honest light.
With all the rumors that swirl around the small town surrounding both the women of the Saint-Martin family and Lucky himself, Josie must face the family love curse and see if she has any hope of breaking it.
There is just something about Jenn Bennett books that make me so happy. This is rivaling my favorite of hers so far, Alex, Approximately just because the mix of tropes flipped and written to perfection.
The disfunction with the Saint-Martin family, especially the two generations of mother-daughter dynamic really hit close to home for me, mostly because a family with mostly daughters tends to end up with a healthy dose of drama and I am the daughter of the black sheep in our family, a second generation black sheep if you would so I was relating heavily, not so much on the jumping from place to place, but not feeling like you're connected to the extended family.
Anyway, that aside, the relationship between Josie and Lucky was perfection. Lucky was written as a bad boy, at first, but you can tell it's because of this image that he's built up based on past trauma and pain. Their dynamic was really sweet.
Jenn Bennett is pretty much one of those auto-buy/auto-read authors for me. Her books are YA, but mature and thoughtful. They tend to hit home more than not and they show sex in a positive and honest light.
Am I getting too old for this? I mean I guess it was cute, but I didn't care about the story at all for some reason... It wasn't bad by all means but I think this just wasn't for me, unfortunately. Also.. it was super loooooong and I wanted to DNF it multiple times
Jenn Bennett has really become one of my favorite YA authors. Her settings are always so picturesque and I can really feel myself there. I get the same warm fuzzy feelings I get in all of Sarah Dessen’s books and that is just perfect for me. Highly recommend the 4 books I’ve read from her.
This was not my favorite Jenn Bennett novel, but it's still worth a read if you're looking for something lighter. Read my full review here.
The Saint-Martin women seem to be cursed with bad love lives.
Josie Saint-Martin has moved from place to place for five years. She and her mother return to her small home town to run the family bookstore while her Grandmother is away.
Josie runs into her childhood best friend Lucky (the town bad boy) and he wants little to do with Josie. Things have changed in the five years that Josie has been away, people have changed. But Lucky takes the blame after a disastrous evening and Josie realises that maybe he’s not as different as she thought.
There’s a part of me that feels I’m starting to outgrow some YA fiction. However, Jenn Bennett’s books explore deeper themes and I love escaping away in them. Her characters always seem to have interesting creative hobbies which I also enjoy reading about.
I enjoyed watching Lucky and Josie’s relationship develop and also enjoyed the different family dynamics explored in this book.
Josie Saint-Martin has moved from place to place for five years. She and her mother return to her small home town to run the family bookstore while her Grandmother is away.
Josie runs into her childhood best friend Lucky (the town bad boy) and he wants little to do with Josie. Things have changed in the five years that Josie has been away, people have changed. But Lucky takes the blame after a disastrous evening and Josie realises that maybe he’s not as different as she thought.
There’s a part of me that feels I’m starting to outgrow some YA fiction. However, Jenn Bennett’s books explore deeper themes and I love escaping away in them. Her characters always seem to have interesting creative hobbies which I also enjoy reading about.
I enjoyed watching Lucky and Josie’s relationship develop and also enjoyed the different family dynamics explored in this book.