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Love & Luck (Love & Gelato, #2)
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bookshelves: ya, contemporary, 3-and-a-half-stars, reviewed, gorgeous-covers, owned
Oct 08, 2018
bookshelves: ya, contemporary, 3-and-a-half-stars, reviewed, gorgeous-covers, owned
I. LOVE. BOOKS ABOUT SIBLINGS.
Books about romance? Meh. Who cares. Every YA book and its mother (not sure how the genealogy of YA literature works but still) has a romance. Most of them are bad. A couple of them are good. But it doesn't even matter because there are more romance plotlines in this world than you know what to do with.
Siblings, on the other hand...Not every book has a well-done portrayal of what sibling relationships are like. Which is honestly probably a good thing because it is extremely hard to do. It's complex af and since truthfully most books don't even have good romantic relationships (which are extraordinarily easy - just have characters make eye contact with each other a bunch and you're halfway there) they probably couldn't handle portraying siblings.
So my favorite thing - my favorite favorite favorite - is the contemporary that focuses on the relationship(s) between siblings and/or family in general, and leaves the romance by the wayside.
It happened, joy of joys, with Save the Date, and I am pleased as punch to be able to inform you that it happened with this book too.
Also: IRELAND!!!!
This book was not perfect. It was sometimes boring. Sometimes it was repetitive and even annoying (the latter being okay because that's just realistic sibling interaction my dear boy). The romance was so meh and whatever and please actually just be a friendship and not a romance that I am pretending that the ending ((view spoiler)) didn't even happen.
But all of that matters way way less than the good stuff.
Bottom line: SIBLINGS!!! IRELAND!!!
suddenly in a diehard contemporary mood...this book better come through for me
Books about romance? Meh. Who cares. Every YA book and its mother (not sure how the genealogy of YA literature works but still) has a romance. Most of them are bad. A couple of them are good. But it doesn't even matter because there are more romance plotlines in this world than you know what to do with.
Siblings, on the other hand...Not every book has a well-done portrayal of what sibling relationships are like. Which is honestly probably a good thing because it is extremely hard to do. It's complex af and since truthfully most books don't even have good romantic relationships (which are extraordinarily easy - just have characters make eye contact with each other a bunch and you're halfway there) they probably couldn't handle portraying siblings.
So my favorite thing - my favorite favorite favorite - is the contemporary that focuses on the relationship(s) between siblings and/or family in general, and leaves the romance by the wayside.
It happened, joy of joys, with Save the Date, and I am pleased as punch to be able to inform you that it happened with this book too.
Also: IRELAND!!!!
This book was not perfect. It was sometimes boring. Sometimes it was repetitive and even annoying (the latter being okay because that's just realistic sibling interaction my dear boy). The romance was so meh and whatever and please actually just be a friendship and not a romance that I am pretending that the ending ((view spoiler)) didn't even happen.
But all of that matters way way less than the good stuff.
Bottom line: SIBLINGS!!! IRELAND!!!
suddenly in a diehard contemporary mood...this book better come through for me
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Oct 09, 2018 04:01AM
please please please please love it thanks honey
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may ❀ wrote: "please please please please love it thanks honey"i love ireland so if there is any justice in this world i will
Maxim wrote: "Did you like Love & Gelato?"i liked it fine to my recollection!
4 STARS!! IM SO HAPPYwasn't the sibling dynamics so good like i was crying in a relatable way the whole time
may ❀ wrote: "4 STARS!! IM SO HAPPYwasn't the sibling dynamics so good like i was crying in a relatable way the whole time"
dude i literally loved it why can't every YA contemporary contain a complex in-depth portrayal of the highs and lows of siblings??? pray tell
Yes like her saying her older brothers would stick up for her that’s litterly my brothers
this is an old review but i have to say, i feel so much better about loving this book because everyone else doesn't seem to adore it like i do 😭. you being a... strict rater???... makes me feel so much more justified lol. i love this review!
