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Twice in a Blue Moon
by Christina Lauren
Twice in a Blue Moon tells the story of Tate and Sam, an exceedingly average couple that didn't draw me in at all. I found the book boring, and I never like tropes with the love interests falling in love in short periods of time after meeting each other. These two fell in love in two weeks, something I think is so improbable, because I don't think you can get to know someone well enough in two weeks to truly be in love with them. Since that occurs in the very beginning of the novel, it put me off for the rest of the book, and when the characters reunite when they're older, I felt no connection to what they once had. If you are a fan of insta-love tropes than this book would be perfect for you, but I just found the characters bland and the entire plot boring due to how fast "love" entered the scene. A quote I found frustrating was, “He’s the one who taught me what love looked like and felt like and then taught me it’s a lie. I have never been able to come back from that," because it again falls into the insta-love idea, and while I don't doubt that Tate had very strong feelings for Sam, calling it love feels too far-fetched, and like the left over feelings of a teenage girl, not a grown woman who has had time to reflect and meet other people. Overall, I just strongly dislike when characters fall in love too quickly, as it make everything feel forced and unnatural, and like the author didn't want to put in the work to truly develop this relationship. It feels lazy and like a way out of taking the time for character development.