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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
Lauren Asher is incapable of disappointing me. Canโt wait to jump into the next one!
funny
hopeful
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
absolutely loved loved this book so so much! As a Latina I adored how this book was both written in Spanish and English and I loved how true the characters resembled Hispanic culture. I love this story so muchโฆJulian you stole my heart too. Checkmate
Love Redesigned | Lauren Asher
3.5โ
With the release of Love Arranged on the horizon this month, I had been saving these first two books so I could read the series together as a whole. I found it a bit difficult to stay hooked in the beginning of the story.
Love Redesigned follows childhood rivals Julian and Dahlia, forced together on a house renovation project. Dahlia, the interior designer is met with an undeniable opportunity to help CEO Julian restore a monumental home, while tripling their profits and keeping the historic district intact. Some moments felt a little out of touch - throwing the ring in the concrete mixer, buying a house to spite the ex.. oh to be rich. ๐ I did think these books are overly long, and there were a few cringe worthy moments. I like how Lauren incorporated a crossover with her Dreamland Billionaires series, and iโm excited to continue on and read Ellie and single dad, Rafaelโs story. ๐คญ
โ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐โ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.โ
3.5โ
With the release of Love Arranged on the horizon this month, I had been saving these first two books so I could read the series together as a whole. I found it a bit difficult to stay hooked in the beginning of the story.
Love Redesigned follows childhood rivals Julian and Dahlia, forced together on a house renovation project. Dahlia, the interior designer is met with an undeniable opportunity to help CEO Julian restore a monumental home, while tripling their profits and keeping the historic district intact. Some moments felt a little out of touch - throwing the ring in the concrete mixer, buying a house to spite the ex.. oh to be rich. ๐ I did think these books are overly long, and there were a few cringe worthy moments. I like how Lauren incorporated a crossover with her Dreamland Billionaires series, and iโm excited to continue on and read Ellie and single dad, Rafaelโs story. ๐คญ
โ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐โ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.โ
okay LISTEN... I really tried to love this book. I TRIED! Was it a good book? Oh 100%. This is my first Lauren Asher book but I have high hopes for the rest of her books.
Going into this one, all I knew was that the FMC was an Interior Designer and the dedication was "To those whose love language is words of affirmation. Your praise kink is safe with me (and Julian Lopez)." SO I WAS PUMPED.
But then disappointed... 1- I'm a professional interior designer. It's what I went to college for, it's what I do now for a living. But every single book I pick up with a character that is a designer, they ALWAYS have some sort of TV show... LIKE UGH majority of us are just normal people with normal lives lol so I think that took me out of the book more than I would have hoped.
2- I don't think the spice lived up to the dedication lol... like okay yes loved the banter, absolutely love Julian and Dahlia together, but where was the praise????
OVERALL- I did enjoy this book and I would recommend it because the tropes were everything and I really loved the childhood friends to enemies to lovers storyline. Literally from the second Julian paid Dahlia for her engagement ring and then threw it in cement, I was in love with him.
So excited for Rafa's book because I did really love learning his story too.
Going into this one, all I knew was that the FMC was an Interior Designer and the dedication was "To those whose love language is words of affirmation. Your praise kink is safe with me (and Julian Lopez)." SO I WAS PUMPED.
But then disappointed... 1- I'm a professional interior designer. It's what I went to college for, it's what I do now for a living. But every single book I pick up with a character that is a designer, they ALWAYS have some sort of TV show... LIKE UGH majority of us are just normal people with normal lives lol so I think that took me out of the book more than I would have hoped.
2- I don't think the spice lived up to the dedication lol... like okay yes loved the banter, absolutely love Julian and Dahlia together, but where was the praise????
OVERALL- I did enjoy this book and I would recommend it because the tropes were everything and I really loved the childhood friends to enemies to lovers storyline. Literally from the second Julian paid Dahlia for her engagement ring and then threw it in cement, I was in love with him.
So excited for Rafa's book because I did really love learning his story too.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Infertility
funny
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