Reviews with content warning for Alcohol - Count Your Lucky Stars

Super cute! I haven't read the other 2 books in the series, so this book can definitely be read as a standalone. Excited to check the other two out though!

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense 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

4.5

Truly an incredibly entertaining book, and boy was it steamy. I loved the setup and that Margot and Olivia were getting a chance to figure out what could have been if massive miscommunication hadn't been at play in high school. I do love how this book ended, just had some second hand stress from the continued communication issues that persisted as things really started to hit off again between Margot and Olivia.

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

I think I may have read too many of her books too close together, as I didn't enjoy this one as much as the others. I think it was too focused on just the two MCs, and didn't have enough of other characters and things going on outside of the relationship to me. I also just got bored about 50% through. I did like the last 20% just that 30% was boring and I had trouble paying attention to it. It was spicy enough for once! LOL. I also wish she didn't always use the same narrator for all her books.

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

Agh I loved this one so much!! Definitely my favorite of the series.

Count Your Lucky Stars is the finale in the Written in the Stars trilogy. This time we're focusing on Margot and her ex best friend, Olivia. When the two reunite after ten years, it's almost as if the stars have aligned. Olivia is the new wedding planner for Annie and Brendan, and when she gets the awful news that her apartment has flooded, Margot offers her spare room. The two begin to grow closer again and maybe they'll finally get some closure over what happened last time.

I love this series so much. Every book got better for me and I fell even more deeply in love with all these characters! Margot and Olivia are both dealing with fears that felt so realistic to me. I related a lot to both of them. I love their personalities and how well they complemented each other. Plus seeing Olivia pulled into the friend ground was soo cute!

There's also a cat in this one and I am a fan. Agh I wish this series was over. I loved the astrology and the romance and everything. I'm definitely going to miss these characters!

Rep: white pansexual cis female MC, white bisexual cis female MC, white lesbian cis female side character, white bisexual cis female side characters, white cishet male side characters, older white cishet male side character with prior heart attack and complications from it.

CWs: Sexual content, emotional abuse (MC/side character), cursing, alcohol consumption. Moderate: toxic relationship (past one), gaslighting, infidelity, medical content, abandonment. Minor: Death of parent, chronic illness.

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

"Reunion with first love" meets "roommate AU" meets "miscommunication as a plot device" meets "mutual pining" in Count Your Lucky Stars.

This book was...fine. I was determined to see it through to the end, but it was less because I cared about the story and more because I knew it wouldn't take me that long and I might as well do it. The pacing was all over the place, and the characters' turmoil was either boringly repetitive or instantly resolved, no in between. So much of the plot felt contrived, and there wasn't enough charm in the rest of the narrative to let me suspend my disbelief, as is often the case with other romance novels.

I preferred Bellefleur's other sapphic romance, Written in the Stars, and I can't quite pinpoint why. Both had similar arcs, but Count Your Lucky Stars was too all over the place for me.

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