A review by lairofbooksandboba
Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score

emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

apparently i'm on a roll with reading books where one of the parents have passed away... so of course there were so many times that i bawled while reading this book. 

this is almost a second chance romance (sort of?) where sloane and lucian are basically childhood sweethearts until the thing that happened that breaks them up... and then they act all cold and hateful towards each other (and it really is an aggressive, i-can't-stand-to-be-in-your-presence-for-more-than-five-seconds-without-insulting-you hate that's also sizzling with UST) for a long time.

the friend group (nash, knox, and lucian vs naomi, lina, and sloane plus stefan and jeremiah) cracks me up with their shenanigans. 

petula is my favorite retired-but-then-was-bored-so-got-another-job-and-takes-none-of-your-nonsense secretary.

glimpses of waylay = also still my favorite!! also, that dinner table scene where she
electrocutes lucian and sloane any time they make even the slightest overture at insulting each other
? absolutely hysterical!!!
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