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A review by voxvenati
Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
lighthearted
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Some things to preface my review: I am quite certain now that I do not like friends to lovers as a trope, and I’m accepting I’m not really a contemporary romance girlie either.
This book was fine. I can’t emphasize that enough. The writing was good, the sex scenes were passable. The plot? Ehh…
Look, I know it’s a romance novel, but the plot was nowhere to be found. The premise of the novel - this little contest? - is little more than a mention, a backdrop, and nothing comes of it. Very unsatisfying.
A warning: if you don’t like Stella at the start, be aware - she does not get better. I found I really, strongly disliked both her and Luka by the end. They were both insufferable in how piss poor their communication skills were. And in that way, they do deserve each other.
The townsfolk were, also, fine. They weren’t as rounded as I was hoping from what other reviewers had said, but they weren’t totally cardboard cutouts like you find in some romance novels either. The only standouts to me were Beckett, Charlie (+his mom), and Luka’s mom.
I found myself wanting to skim the later half of the book because I realized things were not going to get better. I didn’t skim, but I kind of wish I had. It was about 100 pages too long. Just because it’s long doesn’t make it a slow burn.This is actually a love at first sight romance. Their feelings deepen over their friendship, but they both admit they fell in love right away! This is not a slow burn, at least not in the traditional sense. There is sexual intimacy almost right away. Slow burn?? Where??
The biggest saving grace was that it took place in Maryland, so it gets some brownie points for that.
Overall, it’s upsetting how meh this book was, because I really wanted to like this. I just couldn’t get behind the main characters at all.
This book was fine. I can’t emphasize that enough. The writing was good, the sex scenes were passable. The plot? Ehh…
Look, I know it’s a romance novel, but the plot was nowhere to be found. The premise of the novel - this little contest? - is little more than a mention, a backdrop, and nothing comes of it. Very unsatisfying.
A warning: if you don’t like Stella at the start, be aware - she does not get better. I found I really, strongly disliked both her and Luka by the end. They were both insufferable in how piss poor their communication skills were. And in that way, they do deserve each other.
The townsfolk were, also, fine. They weren’t as rounded as I was hoping from what other reviewers had said, but they weren’t totally cardboard cutouts like you find in some romance novels either. The only standouts to me were Beckett, Charlie (+his mom), and Luka’s mom.
I found myself wanting to skim the later half of the book because I realized things were not going to get better. I didn’t skim, but I kind of wish I had. It was about 100 pages too long. Just because it’s long doesn’t make it a slow burn.
The biggest saving grace was that it took place in Maryland, so it gets some brownie points for that.
Overall, it’s upsetting how meh this book was, because I really wanted to like this. I just couldn’t get behind the main characters at all.