jillkaarlela 's review for:

Love in Focus by Lyla Lee
3.75

What a way to start out Sapphic summer with this second chance sapphic romance!! The chemistry between these two is SIZZLING!! I loved getting to see them fall back in love with each other and grow in their own personal journeys! I also really loved Gemma’s friends, they were such great characters and the I loved the honest conversation about overcoming struggles in relationships and how relationships aren’t perfect, but you get through it together! It also included many great conversations about how different love can look like in different cultures, races, gender identities, and sexualities as they interviewed the different couples for their article, which I really enjoyed! I wish we had more time with the couple after they decided to be together, the ending felt a bit abrupt to me. We get to see all of this buildup but we don’t see them together in a relationship for very long at all. And the getting back together after the third act conflict was very rushed as well, it could have done with about 50 more pages to really build those aspects of the story out more.