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Chasing Lucky
by Jenn Bennett
**EDIT 12/27/20**
You can find more of my reviews here at my blog: Take Me Away...
It’s gotten to the point now where I will read anything that Bennett has written. Her contemp romances give me everything I want in them. From the happy endings, to the admirable characters, to just everything. I love them all. There was only one thing stopping this from joining her others in my 5 star ranks.
Josie and her mother have moved from place to place and have finally settled in the place her mother grew up. Her mother’s there to run her family’s old bookstore and run as soon as her mother returns. Josie is on track to leave her mother and Beauty behind…. When all of a sudden her best friend Lucky comes back into her life. And he’s not the Lucky she used to know, he’s Lucky 2.0. As Josie is turning into a new person herself (by an unfortunate event) Lucky takes the blame. Was it because he’s trying to make sure he keeps up his appearances, or is it because of a different reason entirely?
I liked almost everything about this…. Except one thing. I’m not a huge fan of romance books where the entire plot can be fixed if the characters communicate. And this was one of those books. Literally the entire thing, from the events with her mom, to the ones with her cousin, to literally all her problems could have been solved by talking it out. Normally it makes me want to DNF or at least skim the book, but since this was YA I gave it a pass. Teens don’t always communicate with anyone, so I was ok with Josie not doing it, but it still bugged the shit out of me lol
Otherwise, I liked everything else about this book. The romance was very sweet and I loved watching the two of them come together. I’m not really an enemies to lover romance kind of person, so seeing this was more of an old friends to lovers one with the “bad boy,” I was so excited to read this. And Bennett didn’t disappoint. Even their “break-up and make-up” at the end was cute. I loved the way that one person apologized. And in true Bennett fashion, there is sex in this book, but not on the page. (I say this for my moms that always ask in the branches) It did show them using protection as well.
Another thing I liked about this was the setting. Being from a coastal town myself, I recognized some of the things, like the smell of salt in the air, and the love of seafood by the locals. So many things are true and I felt at home again. (It also helped that when I read some of the book I was at home for Thanksgiving to see my mom) It was super authentic and it made me feel like I had visited Beauty while I was reading it.
This book had an issue, but the amazingness of this book was not the least bit overshadowed by it. In fact, this is one of those rare times where can admit it was a good use of the flaw, but it was still not something I cared enough about. The “it’s not you, it’s me” adage if you will. Definitely wasn’t enough for me to say I cared for this any less than I did her others.
You can find more of my reviews here at my blog: Take Me Away...
It’s gotten to the point now where I will read anything that Bennett has written. Her contemp romances give me everything I want in them. From the happy endings, to the admirable characters, to just everything. I love them all. There was only one thing stopping this from joining her others in my 5 star ranks.
Josie and her mother have moved from place to place and have finally settled in the place her mother grew up. Her mother’s there to run her family’s old bookstore and run as soon as her mother returns. Josie is on track to leave her mother and Beauty behind…. When all of a sudden her best friend Lucky comes back into her life. And he’s not the Lucky she used to know, he’s Lucky 2.0. As Josie is turning into a new person herself (by an unfortunate event) Lucky takes the blame. Was it because he’s trying to make sure he keeps up his appearances, or is it because of a different reason entirely?
I liked almost everything about this…. Except one thing. I’m not a huge fan of romance books where the entire plot can be fixed if the characters communicate. And this was one of those books. Literally the entire thing, from the events with her mom, to the ones with her cousin, to literally all her problems could have been solved by talking it out. Normally it makes me want to DNF or at least skim the book, but since this was YA I gave it a pass. Teens don’t always communicate with anyone, so I was ok with Josie not doing it, but it still bugged the shit out of me lol
Otherwise, I liked everything else about this book. The romance was very sweet and I loved watching the two of them come together. I’m not really an enemies to lover romance kind of person, so seeing this was more of an old friends to lovers one with the “bad boy,” I was so excited to read this. And Bennett didn’t disappoint. Even their “break-up and make-up” at the end was cute. I loved the way that one person apologized. And in true Bennett fashion, there is sex in this book, but not on the page. (I say this for my moms that always ask in the branches) It did show them using protection as well.
Another thing I liked about this was the setting. Being from a coastal town myself, I recognized some of the things, like the smell of salt in the air, and the love of seafood by the locals. So many things are true and I felt at home again. (It also helped that when I read some of the book I was at home for Thanksgiving to see my mom) It was super authentic and it made me feel like I had visited Beauty while I was reading it.
This book had an issue, but the amazingness of this book was not the least bit overshadowed by it. In fact, this is one of those rare times where can admit it was a good use of the flaw, but it was still not something I cared enough about. The “it’s not you, it’s me” adage if you will. Definitely wasn’t enough for me to say I cared for this any less than I did her others.