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Story of My Life by Lucy Score
5.0
funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lucy Goosey you have done it again 👏 

I have described reading Lucy Score books to my friends as like eating Junk Food. There is so much serotonin in a single bite, admittedly some shame, but more than anything just the insatiable need to keep going until the bag is empty.

But this one is so very different.

I loved Lucy's other books and while they were never completely without a deeper meaning I would also never group these books within the level of deeper meaning as I do those of Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez, and Ashley Poston.

But this one is the exception.

Diving into the psyche of a man who is very much still embedded with the ideology that he shouldn't speak his feelings aloud, while gripping with so much emotional turmoil and put him with a girlie who deflects from having to take any action by being too deep in her feelings is something Lucy does a lot.

But they never spoke it out like this. 

since the third act conflict that was so reminiscent with that of Things We Never Got Over I have to take a minute to discuss as well how much I hate having so much fun with Lucy's formula to her romances.

I think it is this ridiculous formula of unbelievably volatile man and heavily lovable Woman that's made it so easy to tolerate her third act break ups.

I do believe this campy writing style also made it so this is the first romance I read in a while about a slumpy author trying to write a book on a deadline that didn't feel like a long winded vent about their own personal slump.

overall, this is probably objectively not a five star read but I cannot deny my heart's desire.

Goodbye Sexy Viking HELLO Captain Pouty Man Bear.