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started out as a 4star read for me but then gradually turned into a 3.5 mainly because the main protagonists kept going round in circles torturing each other with do they/don‘t they - come on !!!!!………

Mollie moonbeam does love ❤️ reading 📖 in bed 🛌 😆and so does mummy 😆 anyone who loves one day and normal people will L❤️VE this slow burn 🔥 courtship only 50pages in and got to drag myself mollie & her brother Ted out for a walk whilst the sun is shining happy 😃 Monday #litsylove #bookspinbingo

With a blurb that references One Day and Normal People, this just about lives up to that. A sweet story of perceived “bad boy” Will, studious Rosie, and Rosie‘s twin, Josh, as they finish sixth form and try to find their way. It really is a lovely story - with that ever elusive romance without the cringe factor - yet I‘d say this didn‘t quite reach the heights of Sally Rooney genius for me, I agree more with the One Day vibes.

Now that‘s what I‘m talking about. Rosie and Will talk at a bonfire during their last year of secondary school and it is a connection that profoundly changes their lives. This novel follows almost 20 years of their story, providing readers with an intimate glimpse into their feelings about themselves and each other and I was there for it. The angst was off the charts. I devoured this book in two sittings, reading way past my bedtime. Loved!

I‘d call this a love story but not a romance, if that makes sense. I‘ve seen this compared to Sally Rooney and I can see that, even though I know many don‘t enjoy that reference but there you have it. Will and Rose find themselves gravitating towards one another time and again though many circumstances keep them apart. Told over the course of many years, from the time they‘re teens through their 30-40s. Surprised at how much I was invested!

This book got very close to being very good! It‘s got the best parts of One Day & Normal People. However, the will-they/won‘t-they continued for way too long and I lost interest.

Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️,5/5

#romance #fiction

As soon as I saw the review that said this book gave ‘One Day vibes‘ I had to read it. One Day is one of my all time favourite books. There are aspects they are quite similar and I really enjoyed the book. It cleverly shows the difference between doing what you want and doing what you think other people want and how this can alter the course of your life. Ultimately however, you have to do what you want or risk hurting everyone around you.

#ReadAway2024 #AwesomeApril #readathon

Finished the last chapters on the plane yesterday but as I was 3/4 done, I‘m counting it as an April book. This was on my #AuldLangSpine list from @Itchyfeetreader (I‘m trying for one per month) & while I didn‘t love it as much as the others I‘ve read from the list, it gets a pick. The writing is gorgeous but pensive, even a little depressing & I found myself wanting to shake both MCs, a pair of somewhat ⬇️

After a puttering morning & the post office I am now ensconced in a corner of the coffee shop for my iced dirty chai, oatmilk+ 1 pump coconut syrup latte & breakfast turnover.

Reading this book from my #AuldLangSpine list from @Itchyfeetreader & after things are less puff-pastry-messy I‘m catching up on journaling & maybe a few more #LitsyLove replies.

My gray/cloudy/drizzly #SaturdayVibe is rest & recovery from the workweek.

@StayCurious I wrote this post earlier today but I guess I forgot to actually post it. I think the tagged book would be an interesting selection for #LitsyLovesRomance. I missed the nomination and voting for February somehow, so I‘m thinking about possible offerings in the future.

👆THIS is what I wanted Normal People to be. I tried Rooney (twice) and couldn‘t deal. This one had that same-ish back and forth, but they always wanted what was best for each other, together or not. And the writing!!! 🤌I really loved this one!

Not even halfway through this one yet, but I think it‘s going to be in my top five of the year. 🤓🏆 The cover, to me, says light hearted romance-y reading, but that is not this book. It‘s so much more 🫶

There are 2 things I didn‘t love about this book 1) a slightly dismissive lgbtq storyline and 2) no speech punctuation. Despite this I asked and am calling it a 5 star. The writing is lush and melancholy and unlike many second plus type of romance novels the characters of Will and Rosie really seemed fully fleshed out and real - no silly reasons for the ebbs and flows of their relationship just a real richness of their story

I loved this so much!