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I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre

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leonaboomsma's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

"Hey. You wrote that the thought of me makes you
panto sing, but also to die. At least I get points for eloquence."I think I love you is a cute enemies to lover romance story with a LGBTQ+ twist. The book overall was charming and had significant potential. Though just like Emma‘s movie in the book the concept as whole felt throwing together and rushed. Great piece of literature if you’re beginning to look into LGBTQ+ stories though.

tjorven_meret's review

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

ahamsz's review

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4.0

it’s a must read! the plot is unique despite of the popularity of the trope, the pov chapter are well written and I found such an interesting relatedness in most of the book quotes or characters pov.

thedailydia's review

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

so incredibly sweet and exactly what i needed i don’t care what anybody says

soph1_1's review

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

oatmilklover's review against another edition

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2.0

sadly dnf could not get into it

isabelbrieler's review

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2.0

This book was...not what I was hoping.

The story follows high school students Emma and Sophia as they play matchmaker with their friends while each attempting to produce a short film for a competition. Despite their opposing views on love, they begin to realize that maybe the hate they felt for one another was just hiding the true feelings underneath.

There were a lot of things that irked me about this book. Characters threw around the word "love" with a level of casualness that real teenagers would never use. People who have literally just gone on their first date are not in love and no high school student would say that they are. Desombre used the phrase "my stomach bottomed out" enough times that it began to get on my nerves, and every character felt cartoonishly flat. Kate is sunshiny and nice, Matt is evil, Sophia hates love and is generally pessimistic, Emma is a hopeless romantic, Myrah is obsessed with Peter. The entire story just felt... underdeveloped.

That being said, I did enjoy a few parts of it - the process of making the movies reminded me a lot of film class in high school (especially how crappy the film ended up being) and many of the cute date scenes succeeded in being cute. But these things do not balance out the others.

There are so many other cute romcoms out there (and f/f ones to boot: I'd recommend [b:The Falling in Love Montage|53066661|The Falling in Love Montage|Ciara Smyth|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1570034111l/53066661._SX50_SY75_.jpg|69421272] or [b:You Should See Me in a Crown|50160619|You Should See Me in a Crown|Leah Johnson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1568912283l/50160619._SX50_SY75_.jpg|69288604] for similarish books with way more depth of character and plot)

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