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medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
lighthearted 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

These books are really just light and fun palette cleansers! 
funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I really enjoyed this one! It was funny and not as dark as I thought it could be. 
hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was such a good surprise!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy for an honest review.

If you liked The People We Meet on Vacation or Every Summer After, then this read is for you!

Ren and Joni are lifelong best friends and in true fashion, they are inseparable, until a job takes Joni away. To keep the friendship alive, they decide to make a pact to be each other’s plus ones every year during wedding season.

Naturally, there are challenges and obstacles that make them wonder if the friendship they cherish will survive the distance, until something happens that might ruin it forever.

Filled with forced proximity at their families’ shared summer home, Ren and Joni must reconcile their mistakes and decide if their friendship is worth it or will they let each other go forever.

Ren is certified book boyfriend material and his relationship with Joni is everything I love in romance novels.

This will be an incredible beach read for the summer!
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Haymitch. Sweet Haymitch. I understand you so much better now. 
lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for an advanced eARC for an honest review. 

I wanted to like this one since it was a Romeo and Juliet retelling, but sadly, it fell flat for me. I liked the premise of the two MCs feuding through their respective bookshops, but the chemistry between the two felt nonexistent. Once they were finally together, everything felt rushed—mostly because of the other subplots happening in the book. There was too much emphasis on the Bridget Capelthorne story and not enough on the romance between Roman and Jules.