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libraryofflo 's review for:
Love in Focus
by Lyla Lee
Ahh I’m finding it so hard to rate this, because there were parts I absolutely loved, and had me kicking my feet, and then there were moments that made me put the book down just because it was too much.
I really like a second chance romance. There’s something really endearing and realistic about the idea of right person wrong time, and the possibility or rekindling a relationship. I think it worked in this one because their breakup was kind of no fault, but also both of their fault. Ghosting someone and vanishing would definitely imply that the relationship had ended to me! Seeing them reconnect was sweet but I think I would have appreciated seeing them go on more dates, instead of so many time skips to get to the key moments.
So onto my dislikes. I feel like the pacing wasn’t quite right in here, there was so much build up of them being friends with benefits and navigating that relationship, and while I understand why they broke up/ended things, I wish they had talked it through. At that point there was only 30 ish pages left, and they hadn’t actually been officially together, and in my romance I like an official relationship.
This is also very clearly placed in time with a lot, and I mean a lot, of pop culture references, we get specific celebrity relationships mentioned and names of real songs, which I don’t love. I prefer a separation of my fiction from reality and I would rather have a description of the music/musician than just saying an IRL pop stars name.
I really like a second chance romance. There’s something really endearing and realistic about the idea of right person wrong time, and the possibility or rekindling a relationship. I think it worked in this one because their breakup was kind of no fault, but also both of their fault. Ghosting someone and vanishing would definitely imply that the relationship had ended to me! Seeing them reconnect was sweet but I think I would have appreciated seeing them go on more dates, instead of so many time skips to get to the key moments.
So onto my dislikes. I feel like the pacing wasn’t quite right in here, there was so much build up of them being friends with benefits and navigating that relationship, and while I understand why they broke up/ended things, I wish they had talked it through. At that point there was only 30 ish pages left, and they hadn’t actually been officially together, and in my romance I like an official relationship.
This is also very clearly placed in time with a lot, and I mean a lot, of pop culture references, we get specific celebrity relationships mentioned and names of real songs, which I don’t love. I prefer a separation of my fiction from reality and I would rather have a description of the music/musician than just saying an IRL pop stars name.