ARC Review: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

I received an ARC on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review (Thanks!)

I was really loving this book while I was reading the first half but then the second half happened... This book is about Tate, the daughter of a famous movie star who has been in hiding with her mother and grandmother since she was little. At the beginning of the book, she goes on a vacation to London with her grandmother and meets a boy. The other half of the book takes place in the present day when she is reunited with the boy after they had a falling out. Now, Tate is a movie star and working with her dad on a movie.

The first half of the book was really cute because you get to see Tate and Sam fall in love. The beginning of the book also feels like a fun travel book since Tate is exploring the tourist sites of London. Then once you get to the second half of the book, it feels like a separate book. Now you're on the set of a movie and there's all this drama because Sam hurt Tate and he's on the movie set. I did find the movie setting interesting and I loved how much this book dug into Tate's relationship with her father. But I just hated the resolution of the romance and since it's a romance book, it coloured my opinion of the book.

It was a fun read but it's not my favourite Christina Lauren book because I didn't like the idea of Sam and Tate together by the end.

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