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Love in Focus
by Lyla Lee
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was my first book from this author and my first sapphic romance. I thought it was mostly a well written story and book, but there were issues throughout.
I felt the reason for the characters initial breakup and subsequent animosity was a bit off, one character completely abandoned the other and ghosted her and then when she came back and realised that she has moved on to another relationship quickly she felt very betrayed. This seemed a bit odd to me. Then meeting up in the future via work was predictable but was well written and it was clear they had good chemistry. I liked the side characters as well and thought the pacing of the book was good.
I did not like the different tenses used throughout. This was a really weird choice. When you were in Celeste’s POV it was written in third person which made you feel quite detached from her and most of your sympathy was with Gemma. Also the flow of the book and the pace was disturbed by the tense change.
Overall, this was an easy enjoyable read and I will read other books by this author. The audio book was very good and the narrator for Gemma did a great job.
I received an ARC via Netgalley from Hachette audio for an honest review of this book.
I felt the reason for the characters initial breakup and subsequent animosity was a bit off, one character completely abandoned the other and ghosted her and then when she came back and realised that she has moved on to another relationship quickly she felt very betrayed. This seemed a bit odd to me. Then meeting up in the future via work was predictable but was well written and it was clear they had good chemistry. I liked the side characters as well and thought the pacing of the book was good.
I did not like the different tenses used throughout. This was a really weird choice. When you were in Celeste’s POV it was written in third person which made you feel quite detached from her and most of your sympathy was with Gemma. Also the flow of the book and the pace was disturbed by the tense change.
Overall, this was an easy enjoyable read and I will read other books by this author. The audio book was very good and the narrator for Gemma did a great job.
I received an ARC via Netgalley from Hachette audio for an honest review of this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Both FMCs were Korean and had to deal with a lot of expectations from their society and families