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A Novel Love Story

Ashley Poston

3.76 AVERAGE

chloesbooks789's review against another edition

3.0

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(3.5) I absolutely adored Elsy and following along with her growth as a character, I loved the theme of friendship throughout the book, I also really enjoyed the fictional town and all the cast of characters, I even found Anders very charming, but by the end of the book I just didn't really believe in the love story, which I feel like is a pretty important part of a romance book.

habituallyheidi's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful lighthearted 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

justspies's review against another edition

4.5

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

willemslotte_'s review against another edition

4.0

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4,5⭐️

danceparty82's review against another edition

3.5

emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jennyreadsalot4's review against another edition

3.0

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3⭐️ | TikTok | IG |

Concept: a million ⭐️ Execution: 3⭐️

This was such a mid book. In all fairness I think the audiobook narration might have affected my experience. The audiobook narration is very punctuated and makes the prose feel jerky and short.

What I loved...
- concept. falling into a romance town is adorable.

What I didn't love...
- the number of times the author used the word minty
- the instalove between the MMC and FMC
- the awkward way the MMC uses pet names for the FMC :::cringe:::
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Spoiler

The plot "twist" or reveal is ridiculously predictable.

Overall thoughts...
I'm glad I listened to the audiobook, I would have been mad if I spent quality reading time on this one. With that, I wonder if I would have enjoyed it more if I read this in print?

kattdrogad's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Cute, but I’m not falling for blond man propaganda 

katarinaboucher's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

sharpsunya's review against another edition

3.75

challenging funny hopeful slow-paced

screams2331's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious 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