Count Your Lucky Stars
Ratings24
Average rating3.8
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Ratings24
Average rating3.8
Bellefleur has a droll, distinct voice, and her one-liners zing off the page, striking both the heart and funny bone... There's a sparkling quality here, one that mirrors the starry title. Bellefleur writes as if she's captured fairy lights in a mason jar, twinkly and lovely within something solid yet fragile. - Entertainment Weekly Following Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon, Lambda Literary Award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur pens another steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might be each other's second chance at love... Margot Cooper doesn't do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so she'll stick with casual hookups, thank you very much. But now her entire crew has found the one and she's beginning to feel like a fifth wheel. And then fate (the heartless bitch) intervenes. While touring a wedding venue with her engaged friends, Margot comes face-to-face with Olivia Grant--her childhood friend, her first love, her first... well, everything. It's been ten years, but the moment they lock eyes, Margot's cold, dead heart thumps in her chest. Olivia must be hallucinating. In the decade since she last saw Margot, her life hasn't gone exactly as planned. At almost thirty, she's been married... and divorced. However, a wedding planner job in Seattle means a fresh start and a chance to follow her dreams. Never in a million years did she expect her important new client's Best Woman would be the one that got away. When a series of unfortunate events leaves Olivia without a place to stay, Margot offers up her spare room because she's a Very Good Person. Obviously. It has nothing to do with the fact that Olivia is as beautiful as ever and the sparks between them still make Margot tingle. As they spend time in close quarters, Margot starts to question her no-strings stance. Olivia is everything she's ever wanted, but Margot let her in once and it ended in disaster. Will history repeat itself or should she count her lucky stars that she gets a second chance with her first love?
Series
3 primary booksWritten in the Stars is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Alexandria Bellefleur.
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Second chance isn't my favorite romance trope, but considering the “first chance” in this book is more along the lines of high school BBFs/sweethearts, I liked it in this one a lot. This was a lot of fun and funny, so I might even call it a rom-com. This entire series is just chill and sweet and I can't recommend it enough.
i didn't even want to finish it and then i didn't wanna put it down! such an amazing and heartwarming read. can't wait to read more of her work.
In this third installment to the trilogy, we follow Elle's best friend, Margot, as she runs into her childhood best friend. In high school, they had hooked up, which cause their friendship to fall apart. Both of them have different ideas of what made their friendship dissolve like this, and they haven't spoken in 11 years. When Olivia becomes the wedding planner for Brendan's wedding, where Margot is the Best Man, their paths collide. Through a twist of fate, Margot and Olivia become roommates. They must confront what happened 11 years ago. What follows is a cute romance!
I love Alexandria Bellefleur. I think her characters are always adorably written, and the steamy scenes are STEAMY. I love that she doesn't fall into the miscommunication trope too hard. While there was hardcore miscommunication in the past, we don't fall into that too hard in this book. I really connected with Margot's otherness feeling in her group of friends. I felt like it was really relatable. The romance itself was cute, steamy, and mature.
I love Alexandria Bellefleur and will read all of her romance books.
TW: alcohol, sexual content, toxic relationship (past)
