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108 reviews
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Such a cute book. Been a while since I've read fantasy and this was a good read! I was reading it at the cafe and it got me stimming real hard out of happiness. I did tear up at a point.
Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
2.0
Maybe it's my fault for reading this novel immediately after I finished reading a Jane Austen romance but damn. Is this what writing is like in the 21st century? The father-daughter relationship between Olivia and her dad seemed really wholesome and I wish it was given more spotlight. A lot of the writing seemed to be focused on checking the right boxes for writing a romance novel but the writer doesn't leave any imprint by which a reader can that they are reading an Alexandria Bellefleur novel. In other words, the writer did not put any thought into the stylistic development of the story. The relationship between Margot and Olivia is brought into sharp contrast with the relationship between Liv and Brad; perhaps a bit too much because it felt like reading a Reddit thread on relationship advice.