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A review by tlea
The Aloha Butterfly Kiss by Brooke Gilbert
emotional
hopeful
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
4.0
This is the second book I’ve read from this author and I’m so pleased that it wasn’t just a one-off for enjoyment.
This is not your usual romance, which just works in its favour, as more than one character is living with life impacting health issues. That could make this story feel depressing, but it does the opposite. By Guin going to Hawaii she’s demonstrating that there is no reason not to do those bucket list things.
I loved this story and the way it depicted people with chronic illness as just living their life how they can. This book isn’t preachy about living with disability and I really liked that it showed the good and the bad. This is a sensitive, interesting and intelligent story about complicated characters told well and deserves to be read.
However, this is a long novel and takes commitment to get through. I struggled between about 30-50% but once over that hump I really didn’t look back.
This is a sweet romance, with some physical affection but no sex, and while I wouldn’t call it Christian romance, faith is mentioned a couple of times without it being a major theme.
“But doesn’t everyone deserve a love story and more importantly, an HEA?”
This is not your usual romance, which just works in its favour, as more than one character is living with life impacting health issues. That could make this story feel depressing, but it does the opposite. By Guin going to Hawaii she’s demonstrating that there is no reason not to do those bucket list things.
I loved this story and the way it depicted people with chronic illness as just living their life how they can. This book isn’t preachy about living with disability and I really liked that it showed the good and the bad. This is a sensitive, interesting and intelligent story about complicated characters told well and deserves to be read.
However, this is a long novel and takes commitment to get through. I struggled between about 30-50% but once over that hump I really didn’t look back.
This is a sweet romance, with some physical affection but no sex, and while I wouldn’t call it Christian romance, faith is mentioned a couple of times without it being a major theme.
“But doesn’t everyone deserve a love story and more importantly, an HEA?”