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Another gem from Courtney Milan. Wonderful characters, great cultural context from so many perspectives. Loved the structure - set up a lot of potential conflicts to walk the traditional romance arcs, and delightfully subverted the resolutions.

ritabriar's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Wedgeford continues to be delightful, full of well-developed, unique characters, all with family from Asia. It seems like Wedgeford is a real place you could go and meet these people. (Well, their descendants anyway.)

Kai and Naomi both have injuries that

conflict with each other and gradually heal

as the plot progresses. Kai's reserve perfectly compliments Naomi's outgoing nature, and their chemistry is spicy-hot.

In any Milan story, there are characters who are friends and those who aren't. I love the way those who aren't friends are simply allowed to live their own lives. If they refuse to be ignored, then the other characters handle the situation accordingly. For instance, in this book

Kai's father

is handled beautifully. I also love when reveals are handled with aplomb, such as the resolution of

Kai's fraud

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piratenami's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

webbsusa's review

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5.0

So grateful that Courtney Milan is back with another book—and this book in particular. At a time when everything feels hard and awful and devastating, this books feels like an escape into a softer, kinder, better world—a place where there is true community made of people who care about each other and lift each other up. While I loved the romance of this book, I loved the story it told about forgiveness and community even more. Grateful to the author for sharing this story with us.

I received an eARC from the author. All opinions are my own.

allierose2's review

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Courtney Milan is so good at internal character conflicts and building compelling character development arcs it is UNREAL. Started out really skeptical with this one that Kai was going to make sense as a character but his build up and then growth arc was really satisfying. And Naomi was just so lovely and the relationship with her mom felt so important.

Also: misunderstood “interesting looking” potter is now my ideal MMC thanks Courtney!!!