Lovestruck: The most fun rom com of 2023 – get ready for romance with a twist!

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Oh I wanted to love this book I really did. The switching between events was a little too much, I couldn’t keep up with what was happening when and with who with the two different narratives. Margot Robbie stars as the eponymous fashion doll in this live-action adventure directed by Greta... She even goes as far as to hold a manifestation ceremony for him on the Summer Solstice - and when she receives a text from her ex five minutes later, she knows it's a sign. Becca is a hairstylist and salon owner in her mid-thirties, worried that her time will pass. A timely event at the salon includes a session with a woman who encourages manifestations. The tension, as it builds in both storylines, is palpable, and oh, I couldn't wait to see how the end panned out in both versions. Great read!

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I thought the characters were great and loved Beccas relationship with Jia-Li and Carlos and found the characters very relatable. Maybe I’m just not in the right mental headspace for this book as I have just finished a long dark book series. friends to lovers and slow burn. this is the kind of romance i live for. and the fact that i didn’t even expect this book to have these two tropes. i am obviously elated. She even goes as far as to hold a manifestation ceremony for him - and when she receives a text from her ex five minutes later, she knows it's a sign. Laura Jane Williams (she/her) is known as the queen of the meet-cute. She is the author of six novels and a novella.I really enjoyed this one, there’s just something about this author that draws me in and makes me all cozy while I read their books. I loved reading through the two timelines for the different options she faces, does she choose her ex or start new? I couldn’t figure out who I should root for in this one for a while because both options seemed good for Becca. The banter was absolutely hilarious and I couldn’t help but absolutely adore Becca’s friends. I loved the ending and was willing Becca to make the right decision and I even shed a few tears towards the end as I was so invested in her making the right choice. Hanna Caspian, Dani Atkins, Laura Jane Williams, Iny Lorentz, Gabriella Engelmann, Lilly Lucas, Nadine Lipp - Übersetzer, Anne-Marie Wachs - Übersetzer

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Unfortunately I couldn’t make it past the first 2 chapters, I’m extremely disappointed but I don’t necessarily think it was the authors fault at all, I just couldn’t get into the writing style and that’s more of a me problem than anything else! Laura Jane Williams (she/her) is known as the queen of the meet-cute. She is the author of seven novels and a novella. Hive Store Ltd 2020. (hive.co.uk) is registered in England. Company number: 07300106. VAT number: 444950437. So when she receives a text from an ex after a positive attitude devine intervention ceremony, could it be the sign from the universe? How rediscovering your inner child can make you calmer, happier, and solve your bullsh*t adult problems

I love books and films like this where you get to see both of the what ifs play out. I find it really interesting and also quite scary that even the smallest decision can impact the way the rest of your life turns out. But then there’s also fate. Does everything happen for a reason? If it’s meant to be, will it happen anyway? Regardless of what decisions you make. This book definitely inspired some serious existential thinking!! I absolutely loved this book! It was my first Laura Jane Williams book and it will not be my last. I loved the two timelines, especially the cheeky little crossovers between them. The characters were so well written, it’s one of the very few romcom books where it wasn’t immediately obvious who I was supposed to root for! Becca Calloway is a hopeless romantic. She's also achingly single - and the first person to admit she could use a little help. I found this book a bit of a slow burner to start but after a few chapters I was hooked. I loved the fact that it moved between two realities which I initially thought may be confusing but it wasn’t at all.

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Laura Jane Williams has a magic touch when it comes to writing characters that feel like real people. They don’t shy away from their flaws, they face them and come out stronger in the end. Her heroes are also typically good-hearted guys with more positive than negative traits – perfect for her heroines who have an admirable way of expressing emotion without settling for anything less than love (in all its forms). It’s another shining example where Williams proves why she is one amazing author. I loved Jai Li in particular in this book. At first, I didn't quite "get" the different timelines, and got a little confused as to why things are happening twice and at different times, but then I understood how the book was written(pardon me..I can be a bit slow sometimes 😄 🤣)! I don’t remember being read to as a kid as much as I remember dad making up stories after Sunday lunch for us. He’d just riff and invent stuff on the spot, or retell Aesop’s Fables. I studied creative writing at university, and it wasn’t until the oral storytelling modules that I realised how rare that was – not a single other person in my class had experienced that growing up! I will make a point of doing that with my own family. You have to be quite confident to tell a story without a book in your hand, though. Kudos to dad for that! Also it’s set in Kings Heath and the surrounding areas! Which meant I could picture it so well having grown up not far from there! By the end, I felt so invested in every single character as LJW made each of them feel so real. The way they interacted and the things they would say felt realistic and relatable.I just couldn't get into it! The 'sliding doors' theme is something I LOVE and I'm always thinking about it in my own life, but even that didn't 'save' the book for me. I wasn't cheering for the protagonist, and i certainly wasn't cheering on the relationships - that felt very problematic at times. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Becca is a very relatable main character. She suffers the same awkward, cliché blunders we all do in the dating world – she’s an over thinker which is a very relatable trait. Extra brownie points for being set in my home turf of Birmingham! It's an amazing, vibrant city and it doesn't get as much positive press as it deserves. I will say that the speech patterns in particular were excellent! I could hear these characters voices so clearly! I’ll be honest, it did take me until halfway through the book to realise each chapter worked in this way but I’m not sure if that can be blamed on the author or my tired mind!