This was a beautiful story of relatable family drama and family curses and breaking them and becoming better. I loved the vietnamese rep and learning more about the culture. This had such a beautiful storyline and the writing was lovely but my issue were the characters and the amount of them. We follow multiple POVs, which I normally love, but we also have over 15+ characters to keep track of. It made it confusing and blend a little too much. That aside, I enjoyed this very much.

This was such a relatable, chaotic fueled look at life in your twenties. Everyday problems, navigating the world, and finding your place were all honest and real. My favorite part was the friendship, believable, witty, and lovely. This book charmed me in a way I wasn't expecting.

An Alison Cochrun book I enjoyed? Whoaaa. This immediately had the vibes I wanted from the friendship/mentor dynamic with Joe to the road trip chaos to the sapphic steaminess. Rosemary and Logan had a really sparks and the happy ending for Joe was both crushing and beautiful. Tears were shed with this one.

I loved this one way more than the first and I really loved the first!! Something about cowboy romances just make my heart pitter patter. Ada and Wes were a fantastic love pairing, I definitely have a crush on Ada, and this was equal parts sweet and steamy. I need the next book like... yesterday!!!

I wanted to love this but it didn't deliver for me. I don't like instalove so that immediately docked points for me. The romance just didn't feel real or strong enough for me to like it. It was sweet and fluffy with summery vibes and that's why I'm giving it 3 stars but... Meh.

A brutal and honest look at the Vietnam war and what is caused for so many through the eyes of a young girl and her grandma. This was so full of hardship and death and war and despair that it really claws at your heart and demands your attention. But, it's also full of history and pride and culture of the vietnamese people and that, in a way, mends your heart a little. I can't recommend this enough.

A sweet but incredibly boring story. I really liked the sound of the synopsis and was excited but it fell flat. Too many side stories, slow start and slow middle, and while I don't like instalove I also hate when a romance draaaags out a couple getting together. The spice was also just okay.

There's two POVs that sound the same and if you can't give your characters separate voices with multidimensional personalities, please don't write multiple POVs. There's waaaayyy too many characters, there's no real plot, and while it had it's heartwarming moments, I found myself bored and zoning out. I didn't get the hype with this one.

I like the honesty in the topics that were written about here: grief, growing pains, family and identity dynamics. It gave a really good view at these things in a beautiful, lyrical way. This was written to be delivered fragmentary and I'm surprised that I enjoyed that style so much, but it worked well with the storytelling. It's a really sad story but it's real and I appreciate that.