A review by livruther
Bellegarde by Jamie Lilac

Did not finish book. Stopped at 42%.

to be honest i read this for the cover. which is adorable. i hope jamie lilac keeps the same cover designer for future releases. because of the cute cover, i went into this blind. the only thing it said on the cover was that it’s fake dating, but it wasn’t even fake dating, which i probably would have enjoyed a lot more. i wish i would have known its a she’s all that retelling because i hate she’s all that. since there were a few differences, i decided to stick with it to see what happened, but i decided that my pet peeves weren’t worth sticking around for. i like a historical that is written more contemporarily, but this read exactly like a contemporary, and it just wasnt for me because of my preferences as a reader. like i wanted at least some historical elements present in the dialogue, social norms, interactions, etc. like they reference zippers multiple times when the zipper wasn’t invented yet!!! it just kinda drove me crazy, but the writing itself wasnt bad. i would read a contemporary from jamie lilac if she wrote one. i would recommend this if you like historical vibes but dont enjoy the writing style of most historicals, but it wasnt for me