Review
Thank you to Berkley for an ARC of this book!
Becs always leaves me emotionally devastated after reading her books. Like, just, lay me on the ground and stomp on me with the feelings. I don’t know HOW she does it, but she somehow manages to convey so many emotions and feelings. She also makes things absolutely resonate with me.
Like, I am not that similar to Lucie, but we do have some of the same feelings and just UGHHH. As I was reading this I was like highlighting so many amazing quotes. Just…honestly iconic. I don’t have the words.
This is a feel good romance, and I just loved every moment of it. It was adorable, and affirming and just — soft. I don’t know how else to describe it. It was like being wrapped in a warm hug. I just adored all the relationships between the characters, again, words escape me.
I loved the combination of an old style radio station love story mixed with our modern times, it felt…wonderful.
I do believe I’m not making a lot of sense, but this book left me a mess. Lots of feelings. I think it’s because Borison makes the world real — she makes it feel as if you’re there with these characters. Even the side characters have dimension to them; including the ones that only have a few pages of airtime. (Hah, see what I did there?)
Aiden is likeable and relatable because of his fears, and Lucie is because of hers. In some ways Borison delves deep into the human psyche because she is able to bring up things that resonate deeply with us. But not only that, she does it in a way that is positive. She puts a positive spin on it, she shows that no, wanting magic in romance isn’t a bad thing. It’s not a lost cause.
And honestly, I love that hope. The hope that this story gives us. And for me, that is one of the foundations of this book. Not only that, the idea of loneliness, and even when we’re surrounded by people we can still be lonely. We all need different things from life, and I love that this is acknowledged in the book. Of what we are told to do, and what we should do for ourselves.
This book definitely left me with a lot of thoughts, and I’m still digesting some of them.
I will scream this from the rooftops but this book is AMAZING and I will recommend it to anyone who loves romance. This *is* a romance.