sometimes ruby can make me invested in a story with a short page length, but this one unfortunately didnt work. the page count just wasn’t enough for me to care about the characters or them together. also, their second meeting REALLY threw me off, because chelsea had no follow up questions about how he acted, but she also didnt say that she knew about praxiian customs. so does that mean she was just fine with it???? i didnt like that part

i just really wasnt enjoying this. the nickname “sunshine” annoyed me and felt forced. i didnt like when alice grabbed his tail, and it frustrated me that kaspar kept lying to her

had to read for school but then i got sick so i wasnt able to go to the class where we discussed it so i didnt finish it. 

i just was not vibing w the characters after 3 chapters 

this isnt a badly written book, but if im almost halfway into something and i still dont like the characters or care about the plot, i dnf. 

this is just a preview of her memoir, so i will just read that instead

i only had to read part of this for school, but it was informative and i enjoyed it. i wouldn’t have minded reading it in its entirety 

this is not a badly written book, i just didnt really care about anything that was happening, and i wasnt personally connecting with either of the characters

why do the books with the best titles never turn out good?
the writing for this collection isnt bad, but i just was not truly enjoying most of the stories. i was almost halfway through the book and hadn’t rated any of the stories 4 stars. maybe thats harsh, but i just didnt wanna finish. these were the ratings of the stories i read:
a most blessed and auspicious occasion: 2.5/5
missed connection: 3.5/5

the serial monogamists guide . . . : 3.75/5

we men of science: 2/5

lies we told each other: 1/5

these are facts: 3.25/5

lunch with the person who dumped you: 1.5/5

to be honest i read this for the cover. which is adorable. i hope jamie lilac keeps the same cover designer for future releases. because of the cute cover, i went into this blind. the only thing it said on the cover was that it’s fake dating, but it wasn’t even fake dating, which i probably would have enjoyed a lot more. i wish i would have known its a she’s all that retelling because i hate she’s all that. since there were a few differences, i decided to stick with it to see what happened, but i decided that my pet peeves weren’t worth sticking around for. i like a historical that is written more contemporarily, but this read exactly like a contemporary, and it just wasnt for me because of my preferences as a reader. like i wanted at least some historical elements present in the dialogue, social norms, interactions, etc. like they reference zippers multiple times when the zipper wasn’t invented yet!!! it just kinda drove me crazy, but the writing itself wasnt bad. i would read a contemporary from jamie lilac if she wrote one. i would recommend this if you like historical vibes but dont enjoy the writing style of most historicals, but it wasnt for me