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If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia
4.0

If It Makes You Happy | Julie Olivia

4โ˜†
*ARC review*
Releasing tomorrow, September 2nd!

๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿช๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ˜๏ธโณ

Iโ€™ll be honest, I applied for the ARC based on the cover alone. Not only did it fit the vibes of the cover, but it was such a sweet, nostalgic story.

Our FMC Michelle is recovering from a divorce, and temporarily moves to small-town Copper Run, Vermont to run her momโ€™s bed and breakfast. While she doesnโ€™t think it will be a walk in the park, it turns out to be much harder than she bargained for.. and when hot neighbour/town baker/single dad Cliff enters the picture, he adds a whole โ€˜nother layer of complexity.

โ€œ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ? ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด? ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ?โ€

The nostalgia in this book was swoon worthy. ๐Ÿ˜ Set in 1997, it felt like my childhood wrapped up in a book, which probably made me love it more. The characters are real & relatable, and the setting cozy. It is a very slow burn but is worth it at the end, such a tender read heading into the โ€˜ber months!

+ the sweetest little POV at the end ๐Ÿถ

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ.โ€

A huge thank you to @julieoliviaauthor, @berkleyromance & @netgalley for this ARC!