mandies121 's review for:

Love in Focus by Lyla Lee
3.5
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

Love in Focus features Gemma and Celeste, college exs who are thrown back together for a work project. Realing from a recent breakup with her fiance of seven years, Gemma is woefully unprepared to deal with the feelings Celeste's return bring back.
This second chance romance is very cute and relatable. Delilah Green Doesn't Care is listed as a comp title and I think that is right on point. Celeste is obviously inspired by Delilah, a tall, dark-haired lesbian covered in tattoos and working as a free lance photographer. Thankfully, past that character description and the circumstances that bring the main characters together, the story goes on to build its own identity.
I love that this book touches on the topics of intersectionality and looks into deeper issues such as the lack of elder queers and lack of Queer representation in Korean culture.
I think the book was cute, but it's not something I'd read again.