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Count Your Lucky Stars

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Every book in this series is adorable. Alexandria Bellefleur is unmatched in adorable adult sapphic romance. I can’t wait to read more from her!

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This was such an amazing finished to Written in the Stars series. I loved how Olivia and Margot’s relationship is portrayed. Especially since I loved Margot in the other books and was so excited to have her story. I highly recommend to anyone wanting an adorable story!

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I love this universe and thoroughly enjoyed this most recent installment. We have second-chance love, and Bellefleur skillfully weaves in character development with romantic tension and steam. I didn't like this book as much as Written in the Stars, but I'm always happy to jump back in with these characters in this world.

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Okay, this is quite possibly my favorite of the series!! I loved the communication these two had and the struggles each went through. Normally I’m not a fan of second chance, but I just loved everything about this story I could look past that trope. Would recommend this book (and whole series) to everyone!

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“I’m a whole person. And the idea of needing to find someone to make you complete seems like bullshit to me. The right person shouldn’t complete you, they should love you the way you are. And it’s cool if they make you want to be better, but they should never make you feel like you’re too much or not enough exactly as you are.”
— 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨, Alexandria Bellefleur

Okay I adored this. It was funny and sweet and spicy, and I loved getting more of Brendon and Annie!

The relationship between Olivia and Margot was TENSE, mostly because they had a week of passion when they were teenagers and haven’t seen each other in eleven years. When they come back together, it’s totally on accident, and then they wind up as ROOMMATES. Forced proximity, anyone? 👀

I loved Olivia’s character. She’s struggles a lot with duty. Feeling a duty to her father, who she left in her hometown. A duty to her ex-husband, who she didn’t owe shit because all he ever did was take advantage of her. She really struggled with boundaries, but in the end I felt like she really found it within herself to draw a line in the sand on certain things.

And then there’s Margot. It’s funny that the quote I chose was from her because I didn’t particularly like her. She gave great dirty talk, sure, but I also generally got the vibe from her that she felt like the world OWED her something, but she never went out and took it. She had a woe-is-me attitude about her friends and their relationships with their significant others taking time away from her. But in reality, Margot was the master of her own fate and she easily could’ve changed things for herself 🤷🏼‍♀️ I suppose she did with Olivia, so she sort of grew on me by the end.

All in all, such a cute, spicy, sapphic addition to the 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 universe.

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I have adored this whole series and this one was definitely no different. I love the fact that there is minimal drama and that problems are solved quickly instead of dragging on and on. The chemistry and steam are perfect for this book.

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Alexandria Bellefleur is becoming a tour de force in the sapphic romance sphere. Count Your Lucky Stars delivers again with swoon-worthy romance and hilarious wit.

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I really enjoyed this book! I loved the characters and the plot but I do think that this book didn’t focus on the main couple as much as the rest of the series as there were a lot of plot things happening with the group. Definitely a quick fun romance!

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I liked the first two books in this series and was really looking forward to reading Margot’s story. Unfortunately, I think I may have raised my expectations a bit too high so it wasn’t quite what I was hoping for. I really love Margot’s character and her hilarious commentary didn’t disappoint, but I found myself not quite as enthralled compared to the other novels in this series. I really think a lot of people will enjoy this one as I did like reading about her and Olivia’s love story. I’ll definitely still be reading more from this author in the future.

I was provided a free copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

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I absolutely loved this book in the series. I adored both of the main characters, and they felt like the most fleshed-out of all of the characters in the series. They both had legitimate concerns and fears that guide the plot. I did not want to put it down, and can not wait to read it again.

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i love a good lgbtq+ romance and this didn’t disappoint! i’ve enjoyed this series overall and was so happy to read this one! as always, love the characters so much!

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a sad ending to a trilogy i thought i was going to love.
i LOVED the first book in this series (5 stars and one i will reread every holiday season), but disliked the second book (2 stars), and unfortunately this one didn't work out for me either.
this did help me realize one of my least favorite tropes of all time - when two characters have feelings for each other but they both think the other person doesn't like them.
i did not like the sex scenes at all - i found a lot of them pretty cringe-y and way too long.

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This was a let down for me, unfortunately. I was really looking forward to reading a second chance sapphic romance, but every character except Margot annoyed me to no end. I didn't know this was part of a series, where couples from earlier novels would pop up. Unfortunately, what I saw of those characters in this book made me not want to go back and read the first two in the series.

This wasn't a badly written book or anything, its execution just fell short of what it could have been. I really loved the emphasis Margot put on the importance of platonic love and not viewing as lesser than romantic love, that was super refreshing to see. But I didn't really care about her love interest/other POV character Olivia, and it's hard to enjoy a romance when you mildly dislike one of the characters involved in it. Overall, I don't regret picking it up, but I definitely didn't end up loving it as much as I hoped I would.

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A sweet queer romance with the perfect amount of spice! I liked the first book in their series well enough, but there wasn't quite enough spice for my taste, this one however was spot on in that department. I also loved the humor element in this one a lot. If you like humor, spice and sweetness this is a good pick! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

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This series is amazing and this companion novel is even better! I absolutely loved all for the tropey goodness and the romance just made me so happy! The constant miscommunication was probably the thing I disliked the most! I totally understood where it was coming from but it didn't endear me to the plot.

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Thank you for this copy! I forgot to give a feedback back when i finished it in January! It was such a fun read!

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After reading the first in this series, I've not been thrilled with the follow up stories - they don't have the fresh take feeling that I had with the first in this romance series.

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I knew that I loved Alexandria Bellefleur's writing from Written in the Stars and Count Your Lucky Stars was no different. There really is nothing better than a friends to lovers second chance romance. This particular story hit hard for me, as like Olivia, I am a caregiver and chronic worrier who puts everyone first. It was beautiful to see Margot and Olivia open up to one another and call one another on their crap. Relationships take work and showing a fight and the resolution was fantastic. This week my parents settled on the sale of my childhood home. I swear, this book was meant for me and at this exact time of my life. I won't even start on the heat levels because the spice is done so well. It's not gratuitous but man, when it's there, it's GOOD. I've never been so turned on by a bite of cake or a sliding bead of water in all my life. Absolutely loved this book and plan to recommend it to everyone who loves sapphic rom coms.

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I really enjoyed reading this. Olivia and Margot were such great characters and I really enjoyed following their romance. I don’t tend to read a lot of second chance romance but I really enjoyed it in this romance! There were some great moments and I would definitely recommend this to romance readers! It is part of a series but can be read as a standalone.

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I was really excited about this book and it was really a miss for me. The premise is a second-chance romance with the grumpy/sunshine trope, which is generally right up my alley. Unfortunately the whole plot hinged on constant miscommunication. I can get on board with teenager miscommunication in the past, especially in a friends-to-lovers situation, but in the present, between two adults who are hooking up? No, thank you.

I also found the ending to be lacking of any sort of tension because of the timeline of the two POVs. The one shining star in this book was the spice. Holy cow, was that bit well-written!

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