adventuresinpages 's review for:

Love in Focus by Lyla Lee

DID NOT FINISH: 45%

---

I really wanted this one to work, but it just didn't. I think my biggest issue is that no work was done to give me a reason to care about our main characters. Everything has been really surface level and honestly I find myself wanting to know more about the friends which is sad. I also had an issue with the biphobic commentary made by Celeste in the beginning. I'm 45% into the book and there's been only one serious conversation between the FMCs which is not only incredibly frustrating as reader, but it also means there's been so space to redeem Celeste's biphobic commentary. The initial instance happened in her head, but if that's actually how she feels, you figure it might come up in conversation. At 45% I should feel marked progress in their second chance romance. Even if they aren't together, I should feel like we're learning about the growth they've had since they were apart or a change in behavior that caused their separation in the first place and it's just not there. These two are meant to be almost 30 and I feel like I'm reading about college freshmen with the way they're acting.