This was such a great, adorable, sapphic read that completed the Written in the Stars trilogy so perfectly. I read all 3 books back to back and I loved getting to read about all of the characters as each of the books progressed! This story follows Margot, self-proclaimed fifth wheel that finally had the chance to get her own story of love in this universe! Margot stumbles upon a long lost friend, or, more than friend, Olivia unexpectedly. The close proximity trope begins when Margot invites Olivia to stay in her extra room in her apartment, and from there everything blossoms so beautifully (and steam-ily?) They have a serious discussion to resolve conflict from their childhood, but one thing leads to another and, well you know where it will go when it comes to an Alexandria Bellefleur book! I loved the theme of second chances and the added story of family and trust. I also loved the astrology themes throughout the series and it continued into this book as well!

I liked this simple read a lot, and the rest of the series. Lots of laughs, and lots of steamy moments!

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Avon Publishing for the ARC!

After gushing over 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 and 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 I was grateful (and giddy) to avon haper voyager for early access to 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 (pub 02.22)

This queer second chance rom-com comes with a fair share of baggage including nearly a decade of miscommunication. Adults not being able to talk to each other is usually a deal breaker for me, BUT with Margot and Olivia it actually worked. They are vulnerable and emotionally stunted so it was fun watching them grow and build a relationship together.

It's tender and lighthearted with some serious spice. ((Fans herself)). It's cranky and cute. It's full of tension and trepidation. It's queer and romantic. It has a stellar supporting cast of friends. It's an absolute delight.

While this can be a stand alone book, the character background I gained by reading the first two books enhanced my enjoyment of the third. Pus- you have time between now and Feb. Get on it!

Count Your Lucky Stars is the perfect happy ending to Alexandria Bellefleur's contemporary romance trilogy. Margot, who we've seen nurture best friends Elle and Brendon through their own HEAs, finally gets a second chance with her first love, and it is both steamy and dreamy.

Back in highschool, childhood friends Margot and Olivia had one beautiful week together before things went terribly wrong between the two of them. Fast forward eleven years, and now-divorced Olivia has finally made headway into the wedding planning industry. Her first big wedding, however, just happens to be one in which Margot (yes, her Margot) is the best woman. As the wedding draws near and circumstances have Margot and Olivia living together as roommates, it's a battle to see who will break the stalemate of unspoken feelings and past hurts.

While I struggle with romances where the main characters simply refuse to talk about their clearly mutual attraction, I think Bellefleur handled the situation beautifully. She gives her characters true and honest feelings that they work through as the plot progresses instead of writing an endless stream of "but what if she doesn't want me back???" While the sex scenes are truly *chef's kiss*, what I enjoyed most about this book were the scenes where the characters worked through their sh*t, both with each other and on their own. I love romances that can do both, and this one does it in spectacular fashion.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I really loved this book! I found this author by first reading "written in the stars" and this book didn't disappoint at all. The writer is great at writing both funny and emotionally touching moments, and she has a great sense of pacing and building momentum. She also writes sex scenes very well. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking to read a queer women's love story, but also anyone who is interested in a very contemporary romcom style book, with lots of references to the internet, astrology, fanfiction, and that sort of "nerd" culture of today.

This book was so great! The characters were excellent and refreshing. I haven’t read the first two installments so I was a little wary just jumping straight into this book but it was fantastic. Easy to read and the pacing is wonderful.

This book is honestly so funny. I caught myself laughing out loud quite a few times.

‘Count Your Lucky Stars’ is so excellent and I’m glad I took the change to request this ARC. I definitely plan on reading the other two books in this series!

ARC provided by NetGalley.

After reading Written in the Stars and an arc of Hang the Moon, when I saw Count Your Lucky Stars was also avaible for request I jumped on the occasion. I already loved these two first books and this third one didn't disappointed!

Count Your Lucky Stars occurs a few years after Written In the Stars and Hang the Moon!
We get to know more of Margot and meet a special Olivia. It can be read as a standalone but it's better to read the other two books before, since you'll already know all the characters!
I love love LOVE this group of friends and when I was reading this last book I really felt like I was a part of it!
Margot is the only single one in her group of close friends and sometimes she feels left out... she's passionate and so caring!
I didn't think I would be so attached to her but Alexandria Bellefleur did that!!!
Olivia is also such a lovely character and I was so happy to meet her!
This last book was a real comfort to read, just like the two others books! It's funny, really sweet, sapphic and really steamy!!!!!

This was a surprisingly wonderful entry point into this series for me, someone who has not read the previous installments. I liked the tight-knit group of friends, and the second-chance romance is believable and fun.

A wonderful novel! Full of sweet romance and well written characters. I have more and more appreciation for the romance genre the more I pick up. Plus I adore the wlw rep! Now I have to check out the author's other books. Definitely recommend this read.

Bellefleur once again has knocked it right out of the solar system with this one. She’s a totally top-tier romcom writer. This entire series is on my list of favorites for 2021.

This book made me laugh out loud, cry, and absolutely swoon for Margot and Olivia. It’s been such fun watching Margot from Written In The Stars, to Hang The Moon, and finally her own happily-ever-after. This one is for the friends-to-lovers fans! And the found family vibes? Phenomenal! I love this friend group that we’ve gotten to watch grow throughout these three books.

I loved this book so much. It lit my heart up. I feel like I’ll have much more to say as I process my thoughts and feelings, but I’m so excited for this to get published so I can share the joy with everyone!

I can't believe I was lucky enough to get approved for this, so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am delighted to say that I loved this just as much as I hoped I would. HOW GORGEOUS IS THAT COVER?? Alexandria Bellefleur and Rachel Lynn Solomon are ensuring Seattle remains in the top most romantic cities moreso than Meg Ryan. [SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE IS A STALKER FLICK, CHANGE MY MIND.] Found family goodness from the first two books but Margot is finally flying her pansexual flag as the RL here when we meet her childhood best friend and one time lover Olivia.
Since Olivia last had sex with her best friend, she went to college, got married to a guy, got divorced, and became an event planner. Now with her life falling apart around her biggest professional opportunity yet, she ends up moving in with Margot.

1. I AM SUCH A MARGOT. WOW. I FEEL CALLED OUT.
2. Yessss I LOVE a wacky pet. A 🐈 named CAT.
3. I think this one felt particularly relatable because romantic feelings aside, we've all shed friendships and had misunderstandings and worried about what ifs.

Overall I loved it, even if I did feel like THE BIG FIGHT was low stakes and kinda dumb. Olivia made a wonderful addition to the group, who all make appearances.
The chemistry was 🔥 🔥 🔥
The sex was banging. The friendships were brighter than anything else.

I enjoyed this sweet follow up to Written in the Stars/Hang the Moon. It was well-paced, with just the right amount of miscommunication to be believable and not incredibly frustrating (a hangup of many romance novels, I find). The characters were imperfect but willing to learn and some excellent sex scenes (somewhere between "fade to black" and steamy). Highly recommend.

Listen, it’s no doubt Alexandria Bellefleur created this little island of love with her books and we all want to be on it. It also seems like she didn’t do seamlessly, my GOD!

I loved Margot story. I don’t think I loved it more than the other too but I wanted to hear about her life and I got it. I think this book more so than the other two is more character driven but I didn’t mind that at all.

My only thing reading this book was that the emojis used by the characters were not translating into the kindle version of the book so a couple of times I had to kind of guess what the character actually sent there haha So if there is one edit I would make is that for the ebook text to be kindle for emoji comparable.

Thank you so much to Net Galley and Avon for this ARC!

I loved Written In The Stars so much and I was thrilled having the opportunity to read this book. The relationship between Margot and Olivia is so adorable (and steamy). I was 100% here for the romance, the plot, and the will-they or won'-they tension.

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

5/5 stars

Yes! I was so excited to read Margot’s story… that may or may not be because she reminds me a lot of myself. Is that a tad self-centered? Pshh, who cares? I’m a millennial, at this point it’s basically expected. 😂

I really enjoy this rag-tag bunch of friends that Bellefleur has created and I love reading each subsequent book and getting a little peek to check in on the adventures of friends from the previous book. Margot is such an interesting and complicated character that has really developed throughout this series. She’s snarky with a tough exterior, but inside she is a marshmallow. She might gripe and tease about it, but she would do anything for those she loves.

In this book we meet Olivia, a newbie to (most of) the friend group. Like Margot, she has also faced her share of struggles, but now she’s moved to Seattle and she is starting fresh. Unfortunately, the universe giveth and the universe taketh away. Of course the day she gets great news of a huge opportunity at work is also the day she gets an awful call leaving her and Cat *literally* without a roof over their heads. Good thing Margot is such a gooood friend… 😉

Alexandria Bellefleur has done it again. I was so happy to see more of Margot in this WITS universe. I loved olivia. I loved how much love she had even though she endured heartbreak. The only reason I had a hard time finishing this book was because I didn’t want it to end

Super steamy sapphic friends to lovers romance! Loved it more than the first installment of the series, but it still just wasn't for me, as I didn't feel connected to the characters or the story. Love that there was more spice than the first book with Elle & Darcy, but the plot still felt very contrived and stunted. I like how you can read it as a standalone and don't necessarily have to read the previous two books to understand the gist of the series. Just didn't find it super special & it didn't blow me away, but it was a fun summer read nonetheless!

Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

Count Your Lucky Stars was such a good read. Margot and Olivia were best friends in high school until their relationship fell apart. Fast forward 11 years and they are reunited, and so are their feelings for each other. I love the relationship between Margot and Olivia. I found this story to be beautifully written and I really enjoyed it.

I generally don't read my ARCs this far in advance, but I finished book two of this series earlier this week and I was so excited for this one! Unfortunately, this didn't live up to my expectations and I didn't like it nearly as much as the other two.

This felt like the author needed a third book for Margot so she just threw something together. Margo and Olivia's relationship wasn't as realistic and relatable as the previous books. Things between them moved incredibly fast and there should have been more difficult conversations between them to get them through their past, but that never happened. There were more sex scenes between them than actual relationship stuff and while that felt realistic, they were carried away in lust, it didn't make sense that they'd reconcile everything so quickly to be in love and trusting each other.

I still loved Margot in this book and the side characters and there was some great humor, but the story felt thrown together. Olivia is a complicated character and we didn't get enough of her motivations for me to root for her.

Overall this was a quick, entertaining read and I recommend it for readers of this series. I don't think it would work well as a stand alone.

This book was a charming mix between a really sweet romance and a very steamy romance; it bounced back and forth between the two so naturally. For the sweet side, we're seeing a second-chance romance play out: two past best friends who once had a fling that ended due to a big miscommunication finally meet up a whopping eleven years later and, due to unforeseen circumstances, end up rooming together. For the steamy side, well... let's just say they still have the chemistry they had together eleven years ago. Also, it's the "they were roommates!" trope. You can connect the dots.

Since we as the reader see both Olivia and Margot's point of view throughout the story, we know that what happened in their past was blown out of proportion and extremely misunderstood, but they don't for the longest time, and you just wish you could reach into the pages of the book and shake some sense into them both. "Communicate! Talk to each other! You both want the same thing!" you wish you could yell, but even knowing that they're sort of just barely missing each other, you can't help but root for them. There's just something about a second chance romance that really, really makes you want it to work out this time, huh? And Olivia and Margot were clearly so good for each other.

That's the main takeaway for me from this book: The way the two of them supported each other throughout the whole thing. There is so much conversation throughout the whole story about knowing when to stand up for yourself, knowing when you deserve better, and not giving too much of yourself away for the sake of other people. Knowing when to trust the people around you and when to set firm boundaries with them. It honestly was such good advice that the two girls were constantly giving each other, and I think it's things that a lot of people need to hear. I think that readers will get a lot more than just a cute romance from this book - there's some real, straight-to-the-point, no nonsense relationship (and friendship!) advice that part of me wishes I could shout from the rooftops.

So if you're wanting a cute, fast, steamy romance, this is definitely a great one to pick up, but you're also getting more than you bargained for. It's just genuinely a book that feels like it could be important for a lot of people to hear, and I'm really glad that I read it, honestly.

My gosh I love this so much! I loved the first two books in the series and this one did not disappoint! It's sweet and sexy and funny and cute as hell and I love Margot and Olivia so much. Second chances? Childhood best friends to lovers? New roommates? All while planning a wedding?! This was catnip for me. And don't even get me started on the gorgeous cover.

Childhood best friends Margot and Olivia both had feelings for the other but a simple miscommunication leads to awkwardness and estrangement. Now, eleven years later Olivia and Margot are back in each other's lives and those feelings have come rushing back.

In CYLS, we get to see all our favorite characters from previous books and how their relationships have grown. I love that even though this is a romance, we still get the relationships between friends here and they are made to be just as important as the romantic relationships. The cast of characters is just wonderful and I love them all so much. Especially Cat. I love a book with a sassy cat.