Lunar Love
Ratings12
Average rating2.9
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Ratings12
Average rating2.9
This sweet, enemies-to-lovers debut rom-com filled with Chinese astrology will undoubtedly prove to be a perfect match with readers of Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory, and Sarah Adams. Always a matchmaker, never a match... Olivia Huang Christenson is excited-slash-terrified to be taking over her grandmother’s matchmaking business. But when she learns that a new dating app has made her Pó Po’s traditional Chinese zodiac approach all about “animal attraction,” her emotions skew more toward furious-slash-outraged. Especially when L.A.’s most-eligible bachelor Bennett O’Brien is behind the app that could destroy her family’s legacy . . . Liv knows better than to fall for any guy, let alone an infuriatingly handsome one who believes that traditions are meant to be broken. As the two businesses go head to head, Bennett and Liv make a deal: they’ll find a match for each other—and whoever falls in love loses. But Liv is dealing with someone who’s already adept at stealing business ideas . . . so what’s stopping him from stealing her heart too?
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I'm never going to be a fan when the book starts off with unlikable characters. Olivia is selfish and conniving and Bennet doesn't actually have a personality outside of taking Olivia's bs over and over and still showing up. It was never an issue of zodiac incompatibility, she was just dumb. I wasn't rooting for their pairing until the last couple of chapters. This book has one of my least favorite tropes. The MC that is pretty terrible to everyone, but it's all a “misunderstanding” and the other characters flock around and make them feel better about whatever they did. I wish this book had more zodiac history or facts. Olivia talked constantly about the compatibility of certain zodiacs, but we didn't actually get to see her do much pairing except with Harper. I liked all of the older characters and the cultural aspects with the funeral and making the moon cakes and swiss rolls. I love the enemies to lovers trope, but the enemies still have to be likable. This was just a miss for me.
This book was one of my biggest let-downs of the year NGL (2.75 ⭐️'s)
