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Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren is a modern love story about what happens when your first love renters your life when you least expect it.......Does love happen to the same person after being separated after 14 years? This is what happens to Sam and Tate. It was a light romance novel. A well-organized plot. Tate tried to connect with her estranged father but he was only concerned with his acting career. Will it last this time around?

A very sweet story of first love and hopefully coming back to it someday. Can it work?

Sam and Tate meet as teens while both traveling in London. They fall in love, but are not destined to be together and their romance is cut very short. Fast forward years later and they are thrown together again, as adults. However, things don't go smoothly.

While the book does have somewhat of a YA vibe, don't let that stop you from savoring a cute, sweet story, that you know how its going to turn out. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

The tale that unfolds at its heart is a second chance romance, but it also deals with an absentee father, secrets and abandonment issues. The first twenty-five percent is spent in London when Tate is eighteen we don't meet Sam again until about the forty-four percent mark. Which is all fine and good, but it made the novel feel more women's fiction or chick-lit and that vibe remained.

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I love Christina Lauren's books, but this one was not the duo's best. The writing was great as usual overall, but I kept feeling like there was something missing throughout the book. This was partly because I couldn't connect to the characters at all, which made me knock off a star, but there was something else missing that I can't quite pin down. The plot was intriguing-a lighthearted overall story with some dark elements-although somewhat easy to predict, which made me knock off another star. I'm still really excited for the duo's next book, but I hope it's up to par with their previous novels, unlike Twice in a Blue Moon.

Thank you very much to Netgalley and the publisher for a free advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

Twice in a Blue Moon had so much promise to be a great novel, but for me it fell short. It had great characters that I felt connected to, but it seemed like there were whole parts of the plot missing. I thought there were events in the book that should have been elaborated on, but they were skimmed over. 3 stars

As always, this is such a FUN read, and Christina Lauren creates the perfect combo of authors to write a lighthearted read. I have been seeing this book all over Bookstagram, and I thank the publisher for allowing me the opportunity to read this book! I will for sure be sharing it with all my followers.

If you’ve ever felt like you’ve lost your way, or had your heart brutally ripped out, or been betrayed by someone you loved....this book will resonate with you on the deepest level. Tate faced the most awful betrayal of her life and turned it around to a very successful career. I highly enjoyed the “movie biz” aspect of this book. I enjoyed all the script additions, it really made you connect with the characters and let you step into their own roles.

I LOVE CHRISTIAN & LAUREN. I've been a fan for years, and with each book it gets better and better!!!! There's just something about their writing that makes me smile from ear to ear. Not to mention their covers are so beautiful. I love a good second chance romance and LC killed it with this one. The writing duo does such an amazing job book after book there's no denying that they bring new aspects and light to every novel. As always they keep me wanting more, cannot wait to see what their next book is.

Twice in a Blue Moon is Christina Lauren at their absolute best. What I thought would be a light romance read turned out to have so much depth and heartache that it made me tear up a few times. The chemistry between Sam and Tate in the past and in the present was spot on. This book is very well written and should be added to the top of your wish list.


I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.

My first Christina Lauren book was when I read The Unhoneymooners this summer and I liked this almost as much!!! It is a beautiful (and in some places sexy) story of how love can bloom so quickly and how one choice can change the course of so many peoples’ lives. It gives you hope that love can withstand time and conquer all, and it’s just all around a great story. Excellent pacing, complex characters, and romance... what more can a gal ask for?

As usual, Christina Lauren have hit it out of the park. I loved this! Tate and Sam were great characters. I wish Ian had more growth but I suppose some people don’t? Eugh he was irritating (as he was written to be). I just really enjoyed this. It was generally sweet and sappy and had a good ending. I was pleased.

This is a story of firsts.
First love.
First time.
First heartbreak.

It is also a story of seconds.
Second chances
Second loves.
It explores whether it is possible to have your second love be the same as your first (which is where the title comes to play).

Tate Jones has lived a sheltered life. It takes some time to understand why. During a 2-week vacation with her Nana in London, she meets Sam Brandis, and is so smitten with him, that she finds someone worth sharing her family secrets.

I loved these early moments of this book, as these two young adults connect on the lawn of the Marriott, they are both staying at. Their moments are sweet in their innocence, that is until neither character can hold back. I thought Sam was exactly what Tate needed - a man to convince her to take chances, to step out of her shell and explore life.

"Do you want to live in the sun?" he asked quietly. "Or do you want to go back in the shadows?"

However, that all goes very wrong one day and I wanted to nut punch him.

I won't give away the time from this couple's high, to their low, but as its been made clear, they reunite and are forced to be in each other's space. For me, it wasn't a matter of if they would reconcile, but how. I think Tate may have gone a bit too easy on him, but I think ultimately, she understood his reasons and would have done the same if in his shoes.

The part I struggled the most with in this story is Tate's relationship with her dad. She gives him so many chances, but Ian Butler is a shit dad. All he cares about his himself and his career. I kept waiting for Tate to blow up at him and demand his genuine attention. Instead, she lets him use her over and over for his own advancement.

Aside from those frustrating parts, I enjoyed this story. I liked how Sam honored his family's past and how Tate embraced that personal history and made it her own. Despite being taken advantage of twice in this book, she managed to rise above her own pain, which is admirable. If you enjoy second chance love stories, check this one out.

Tate first fell in love on a trip to London, where she met the mysterious Sam Brandis. They shared all their deepest secrets and dreams together every night in their hotel's garden. It was a whirlwind, beautiful romance. Sam was the only person that Tate told her biggest secret: she is the daughter of one of Hollywood's biggest film stars. But their brief love story ended abruptly when Sam betrayed Tate, revealing her secret and outing her to the world. Now, fourteen years later, Tate is a famous actress herself. She's on set on her biggest project to date. The last person she's expecting to see is Sam Brandis. But here he is. Now Tate is forced to confront what happened fourteen years ago--and how it has affected her all these years later.

"What would you do if you got a second chance with your first love?"

Well, I was totally caught up in this captivating romance. I'm a real sucker for Hollywood drama, so this was right up my alley. The daughter of a Hollywood star, who abandoned her and her Mom after a messy divorce? Said daughter grows up and decides to be a film star after being outed by her first love? I'm so in.

This Christina Lauren novel is told just from Tate's point of view, so we don't get some of the back-and-forth POV that we see in some of the duo's other books. There is more drama, less witty banter, than we might see in other books. But there's still plenty of the usual lies, longing, and misunderstandings. There are also lots of sexy moments and romantic interludes, too.

Tate is a fun character; I liked the divide between young Tate and Sam and then cutting to them fourteen years later. Honestly, older Tate is a little clueless at times. It takes her a while to catch on to things that seem pretty obvious to the rest of us. As usual, some things are rather predictable and other moments are a bit overblown, but it didn't diminish my enjoyment of the book. While Sam and Tate might not have had a constant humorous dialogue going, I liked the seriousness that the book brought to their relationship, as well as the funny moments it dropped in too. Tate's family, friends, and co-stars add a lighthearted touch, too.

Overall, this is a sweet, engaging romance. I loved the Hollywood aspect and the changing dynamic between Tate and Sam. 4 stars.

Christina Lauren is always a must read for me so I jumped at the chance to read their newest book, Twice in a Blue Moon. ⁣
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Did you know this was a writing duo? Yep! Blew my mind too! How hard that must be to co-write a novel but this team pulls it together so seamlessly. ⁣
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This was a lighter romance with characters who may be getting a second chance at love. Sometimes you just need a feel good storyline and after a slew of serial killer novels this was just what I needed! At times a little too predictable and obvious, this was not my favorite book of theirs. However, it was an enjoyable read with likable characters and an interesting plot. I found this to be a light, fresh, fun read to shake up my reading life! 3.5/5 stars. Thank you @gallerybooks for this advance reader in exchange for my honest review.

Christina Lauren is one of those #bookstagrammademedoit author finds and have recently read all of their standalones. I'm a huge fan and my favorites are The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words. I was sooo excited for Twice in a Blue Moon, but very sad to say, it just wasn't for me. I didn't love the overall story, character development, and it felt like this could be improved by alternating timelines or a second POV. I did love that most of this book was set on a movie set and that felt very unique to have this background and really loved the first section of the story. It fell a little flat for me after that point. But, I'm still a ride or die CLo fan and super excited for The Honey Don't List next year.

Twice in a Blue Moon is a novel that I was generously provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I always expect that I’m going to like Christina Lauren’s books more than I do. That’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy this one, because did. I just didn’t love it.
I really enjoyed the first half of Tate’s story when she was young. I felt like this was a good way for the reader to get to know her. I liked that we saw her younger and then flashing forward to her present. I think we got to know less about Tate in the second half, aside from her issues with her father.
I also really liked Sam. But he felt kind of generic. I feel this way about most of the characters. They have like one or two personal details, unless they’re Tate or her family.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. It was quick and fun to read, but didn’t blow me away.
Keep on reading lovelies, Amanda.

"Twice in a Blue Moon" is following all of Christina Lauren's other books to my favorites shelf.
Interesting and unique love story that only they can do.

Everything about this book filled me with absolute joy and giddiness. I love, well, love. Especially second chance love. This is 100% a book I'd recommend to people who want a story that will tear their heart out, rip it to shreds, and then put it back together with a bow on it. Magical and real. I will be re-reading this one many times over.

It starts off slow and kind of dense, but once the action begins, it's hard to resist the story as it drives forward. It reads as a true epic, one that makes you feel the world really has been reshaped as you read it. Would recommend.