sullensapphic 's review for:

Love in Focus by Lyla Lee

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Spice Level: Open Door

Gemma is a love advice columnist who is set to work on a project with a world renowned photographer. Gemma is shocked to find out that the world renowned photographer is the woman who left her almost a decade ago, Celeste. The time they spend on the article, photographing and interviewing couples who have been married for various amounts of time, they explore the time they had together and what could have been. Are they able to recreate the love in front of them or will history repeat itself?

This review is a little difficult for me because I listened to this book. I feel that if I would have read the book instead of listened to it, my rating would be a little different. Storywise, it gave me what I wanted. Characters pining after one another and that one thing holding them back that may or may not pay off in the end. 

Where it lacked for me was in the narration. Natalie Naudus read for Gemma and Catherine Ho read for Celeste. Natalie was lively and gave a lot of inflection in her voice with different moods for Gemma. The same was not done for Celeste with Catherine Ho. I almost dreaded Celeste chapters because they were really slow and so monone, honestly a little hard to get through. These are my own opinions so others may disagree but for me, I would rather read this than listen to it.