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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Okay listen. I was enticed by this book bc it said “Gilmore girls meets schitts creek” - and if by that you mean there’s a small town that does weird small town things and also a big city girl who goes to said small town, then sure. But outside of that there wasn’t much connection.
I am not against the grumpy-sunshine trope (Gilmore girls is my favorite show, after all) but frankly, Cam is just an emotionally immature dick. His “grumpy” was far closer to manipulative and straight up awful than it was to charmingly gruff.
Hazel also says some line along the lines of “I’m far less forgiving than my heroines” …which, spoiler alert, she’s not.
(All that trash talk to say I didn’t hate it, I just didn’t love it. I want to read the next one when it comes out bc I’m interested in Zoey’s story.)
I am not against the grumpy-sunshine trope (Gilmore girls is my favorite show, after all) but frankly, Cam is just an emotionally immature dick. His “grumpy” was far closer to manipulative and straight up awful than it was to charmingly gruff.
Hazel also says some line along the lines of “I’m far less forgiving than my heroines” …which, spoiler alert, she’s not.
(All that trash talk to say I didn’t hate it, I just didn’t love it. I want to read the next one when it comes out bc I’m interested in Zoey’s story.)
funny
hopeful
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
Wish I believed in DNF
The author had the premise for a good story and that's the only positive. I wanted to like it. However, by the end of the book, I came to believe that Lucy Score doesn't actually understand romance, let alone love. She conflates pornagraphic writing with romance and arrogant jerkiness for love. It all felt cheap and twisted. Add in the fact the author's overuse of swear words and it became completely detestable. If I had to read the phrase "what the actual f-ing f" one more time, I'd likely have thrown my kindle across the room. And can we just acknowledge the LGBTQ pandering? Four different minor characters existed simply so Lucy could mention their gayness. They literally added no value to the plot and those paragraphs could have been completely left out without changing a bit of the story. They were all mentioned in only one scene just so we could know they were gay.
The most annoying book I've ever read; definitely overhyped. Will not be reaching for another book by this author ever again.
The author had the premise for a good story and that's the only positive. I wanted to like it. However, by the end of the book, I came to believe that Lucy Score doesn't actually understand romance, let alone love. She conflates pornagraphic writing with romance and arrogant jerkiness for love. It all felt cheap and twisted. Add in the fact the author's overuse of swear words and it became completely detestable. If I had to read the phrase "what the actual f-ing f" one more time, I'd likely have thrown my kindle across the room. And can we just acknowledge the LGBTQ pandering? Four different minor characters existed simply so Lucy could mention their gayness. They literally added no value to the plot and those paragraphs could have been completely left out without changing a bit of the story. They were all mentioned in only one scene just so we could know they were gay.
The most annoying book I've ever read; definitely overhyped. Will not be reaching for another book by this author ever again.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
tense
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:
Complicated
First 5 star of the year. Loved almost every bit of this book. The ending was ehhh but everything else was perfect