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A review by mishale1
With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Thoroughly enjoyed!
I was in the middle of writing a long, thoughtful review of this book when my phone crashed and I lost everything :(
This review will be more concise, for better or worse.
This is a love story about two people who have very painful pasts. Life hasn’t been easy for them. I’d love to talk about their pasts because it’s a big part of the story, but it isn’t on the book flap so I don’t want to risk a spoiler.
Lauren and Asa both work at Cold World.
Asa has been there for ten years, since highschool ended.
Lauren had an awkward conversation with Asa a couple of years early when she first started. And she’s thought he disliked her ever since.
At first, I thought Asa was kind of mean to Lauren. But an interesting thought is presented in this book…because Asa doesn’t know Lauren well he doesn’t actually know her sore spots. Everyone has them. But we don’t actually know what hits hard unless we know another person atleast a little bit. And these two barely know each other at the start of this book.
Asa has a whole family of friends at Cold World and Lauren has none.
There are forced to spend time together due yo a new incentive at work about coming up with new display ideas for Cold World. This forces them to actually get to know each other.
Falling in love and trusting another person is especially scary to Lauren who has abandonment issues.
I just thought this was a beautiful love story with two characters that felt very real, very human. They have obstacles, but the obstacles are more about their pasts and how that affects them in the present. I also loved the setting of Cold World, a cool indoor winter theme part in Florida. I’m excited to see what this author writes next.
I was in the middle of writing a long, thoughtful review of this book when my phone crashed and I lost everything :(
This review will be more concise, for better or worse.
This is a love story about two people who have very painful pasts. Life hasn’t been easy for them. I’d love to talk about their pasts because it’s a big part of the story, but it isn’t on the book flap so I don’t want to risk a spoiler.
Lauren and Asa both work at Cold World.
Asa has been there for ten years, since highschool ended.
Lauren had an awkward conversation with Asa a couple of years early when she first started. And she’s thought he disliked her ever since.
At first, I thought Asa was kind of mean to Lauren. But an interesting thought is presented in this book…because Asa doesn’t know Lauren well he doesn’t actually know her sore spots. Everyone has them. But we don’t actually know what hits hard unless we know another person atleast a little bit. And these two barely know each other at the start of this book.
Asa has a whole family of friends at Cold World and Lauren has none.
There are forced to spend time together due yo a new incentive at work about coming up with new display ideas for Cold World. This forces them to actually get to know each other.
Falling in love and trusting another person is especially scary to Lauren who has abandonment issues.
I just thought this was a beautiful love story with two characters that felt very real, very human. They have obstacles, but the obstacles are more about their pasts and how that affects them in the present. I also loved the setting of Cold World, a cool indoor winter theme part in Florida. I’m excited to see what this author writes next.
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Death of parent, and Abandonment