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Love and Other Moods by Crystal Z. Lee
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Thank you the author and Feather and Dove Book Tours for providing me with a free digital copy of this book for exchange for an honest review.
Love and Other Moods by Crystal Z. Lee follows the journey of Naomi as she moves to Shanghai, China after her fiancé gets transferred. However, everything goes wrong when they call off the engagement and Naomi is heartbroken and unemployed in the huge city. The novel is full of growth, culture, friendships, and love as Naomi navigates her new life in Shanghai with her best friend and possibly some lovers along the way.
I really enjoyed this book! Naomi is such a fun character and I loved seeing her growth and journey throughout the novel. The book changes point of view various times to focus on other main and side characters. This really helped me find a lot of depth within the book and also expanded the views I had on Naomi and other characters. I found there was a lot of history and culture woven in and I really enjoyed this.
Naomi is a very likable and relatable main character. We see her struggles and her success at different points throughout her first few years of moving to China. I found her to be a very well rounded character and had depth and complexity. The same can be said for a lot of the other characters within the book, such as Joss and Dante. It was great to see a novel sent in China that explored the good and bad sides of living there but also a look into the everyday life of a 20 something year old who has a typical job and relatable love life.
I really enjoyed the romance and relationship featured in the plot and found it really well written. It is filled with ups and downs and is done in a really great way and captures what it's like to be in a real relationship. I also loved seeing relationships with family, friends, and one's own culture and identity being explored.
Overall, a really great read, I can't wait to see what Crystal Z. Lee brings to us next!
Thank you the author and Feather and Dove Book Tours for providing me with a free digital copy of this book for exchange for an honest review.
Love and Other Moods by Crystal Z. Lee follows the journey of Naomi as she moves to Shanghai, China after her fiancé gets transferred. However, everything goes wrong when they call off the engagement and Naomi is heartbroken and unemployed in the huge city. The novel is full of growth, culture, friendships, and love as Naomi navigates her new life in Shanghai with her best friend and possibly some lovers along the way.
I really enjoyed this book! Naomi is such a fun character and I loved seeing her growth and journey throughout the novel. The book changes point of view various times to focus on other main and side characters. This really helped me find a lot of depth within the book and also expanded the views I had on Naomi and other characters. I found there was a lot of history and culture woven in and I really enjoyed this.
Naomi is a very likable and relatable main character. We see her struggles and her success at different points throughout her first few years of moving to China. I found her to be a very well rounded character and had depth and complexity. The same can be said for a lot of the other characters within the book, such as Joss and Dante. It was great to see a novel sent in China that explored the good and bad sides of living there but also a look into the everyday life of a 20 something year old who has a typical job and relatable love life.
I really enjoyed the romance and relationship featured in the plot and found it really well written. It is filled with ups and downs and is done in a really great way and captures what it's like to be in a real relationship. I also loved seeing relationships with family, friends, and one's own culture and identity being explored.
Overall, a really great read, I can't wait to see what Crystal Z. Lee brings to us next!