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Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
2.0
The Good
The chemistry between Olivia and Bennet great at their very first meeting. This books takes care to make you understand where both of them are coming from and why they hold their own beliefs. I love rivals to lovers and also the leads having to match someone with someone else. It's a very interesting concept. I am interested in the Chinese zodiac so this aspect was very interesting to me.
The Bad
I don't like lying as a plot device in romance books. It made it hard for me to like them together at the beginning. I also understand that them being incompatible was the point of the message of the book, I really wish that Olivia's traditional beliefs weren't presented as stiff and unyielding while Bennet's were presented as going with the times and must be conformed to. I also don't think one zodiac app would be able to cause the downfall of her family business when there are dozens of them for years. People who can afford personal matchmaking are not the same people using dating apps. I also wish they showed more of the matchmaking actually working rather than it being constantly retcon'ed like "actually none of us were matched this way so your lifelong devotion means nothing!".
The Rating
I give this book a 2/5
The chemistry between Olivia and Bennet great at their very first meeting. This books takes care to make you understand where both of them are coming from and why they hold their own beliefs. I love rivals to lovers and also the leads having to match someone with someone else. It's a very interesting concept. I am interested in the Chinese zodiac so this aspect was very interesting to me.
The Bad
I don't like lying as a plot device in romance books. It made it hard for me to like them together at the beginning. I also understand that them being incompatible was the point of the message of the book, I really wish that Olivia's traditional beliefs weren't presented as stiff and unyielding while Bennet's were presented as going with the times and must be conformed to. I also don't think one zodiac app would be able to cause the downfall of her family business when there are dozens of them for years. People who can afford personal matchmaking are not the same people using dating apps. I also wish they showed more of the matchmaking actually working rather than it being constantly retcon'ed like "actually none of us were matched this way so your lifelong devotion means nothing!".
The Rating
I give this book a 2/5