Meh. It was fine. Definitely felt 80-90s vibes in the writing funnily enough.

Fun spin on the classic story. Pretty predictable, obviously, but still a fun read!

Olive really bothered me. I don't know if it was because I could relate to her behaviors and thoughts and anxiousness too much but I felt like she was... Boring? But again, I could just be completely in my own head and triggered from my own personality lol. So reading it just irked me but aside from that the story itself was good. Classic chicklit kind of book. Reminded me of "The Unhoneymooners" by Christina Lauren, which I also recommend! I could see this being a really cute chick flick (someone get the movie rights for this I will watch).

I had seen the Netflix series first before reading and they actually did a really good adaptation from the book, which I appreciated! Even down to the sex scenes!

I liked how half the book was going back and forth from the backstory or Belle's mother and the familiar Beauty and the Beast story I love until the story progresses to the twisted tale part. Great twist and story!

So the character of Loren just disappears halfway through the book? We never hear of this character the rest of the book? Idk, the cliff hanger at the end of the book should make me want to keep going but I'm not super captivated by the story... I might revisit this series if I get bored.

Hoooolyyyyyyyyyy amazeballs. Huge fan of this book. This series. The characters. The storyline. The cities. Just amazing creation. I was a fan of another series I read earlier this year (Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck) and for months it sat as my favorite series obsession this year until this book! Honestly already want to read again before I've even started book 3 cause I heard it just keeps getting better. Here for it.