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Love in Focus
by Lyla Lee
lighthearted
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Thank you Forever and Netgalley for providing me with an Audio ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!
The book was a fun read! The characters had great and believable chemistry from the start. I hadn't read any second chance romances, I think. so this was probably the first time reading about exes falling back in love. The interesting thing about second chance romances, is that you can already tell that they care about each other from the start. They have a different friendship bond due to their history. That's different from when you read about people meeting each other for the first time.
It makes me happy to see this book getting published. Especially to see more Asian queer rep. Representation matters!
I read an audiobook of this book and I m really liked the narrator for Gemma. Which is good, considering most chapters were from Gemma's pov.
I have to say that I wasn't whether to give the book 3 or 4 stars at first. But, I did really enjoy myself a lot, reading this. So, I ended up going with 4 stars.
What I didn't like about the book were Celeste's chapters. The change of narrative perspective threw me off every time. I'm curious why the author chose to change between first and third person. But for me, it didn't really work. To me, it created more of a distance between the reader and Celeste
Lastly, the Celeste voice actor was in my opinion not as good as Gemma's. Maybe it was because of the third person perspective, but Celeste sounded more expressive. While Gemma sounded monotonous at times.
I gave the book 4 stars, because overall I liked the book a lot! It's such a cute read, while also being angsty. I think I'm really into Sapphic adult romance!
So, although I had some criticism, I would totally recommend it.
The book was a fun read! The characters had great and believable chemistry from the start. I hadn't read any second chance romances, I think. so this was probably the first time reading about exes falling back in love. The interesting thing about second chance romances, is that you can already tell that they care about each other from the start. They have a different friendship bond due to their history. That's different from when you read about people meeting each other for the first time.
It makes me happy to see this book getting published. Especially to see more Asian queer rep. Representation matters!
I read an audiobook of this book and I m really liked the narrator for Gemma. Which is good, considering most chapters were from Gemma's pov.
I have to say that I wasn't whether to give the book 3 or 4 stars at first. But, I did really enjoy myself a lot, reading this. So, I ended up going with 4 stars.
What I didn't like about the book were Celeste's chapters. The change of narrative perspective threw me off every time. I'm curious why the author chose to change between first and third person. But for me, it didn't really work. To me, it created more of a distance between the reader and Celeste
Lastly, the Celeste voice actor was in my opinion not as good as Gemma's. Maybe it was because of the third person perspective, but Celeste sounded more expressive. While Gemma sounded monotonous at times.
I gave the book 4 stars, because overall I liked the book a lot! It's such a cute read, while also being angsty. I think I'm really into Sapphic adult romance!
So, although I had some criticism, I would totally recommend it.