Olivia is everything she’s ever wanted, but Margot let her in once and it ended in disaster. As they spend time in close quarters, Margot starts to question her no-strings stance. It has nothing to do with the fact that Olivia is as beautiful as ever and the sparks between them still make Margot tingle. Count Your Lucky Stars is a second chance romance between two former best friends when fate decides: hey, you two should work this wedding together Margot is Pan and has given up on relationships, but she is beginning to feel left out of her group of friends who have found the one.
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When a series of unfortunate events leaves Olivia without a place to stay, Margot offers up her spare room because she’s a Very Good Person. Never in a million years did she expect her important new client’s Best Woman would be the one that got away. However, a wedding planner job in Seattle means a fresh start and a chance to follow her dreams. In the decade since she last saw Margot, her life hasn’t gone exactly as planned. It’s been ten years, but the moment they lock eyes, Margot’s cold, dead heart thumps in her chest. While touring a wedding venue with her engaged friends, Margot comes face-to-face with Olivia Grant-her childhood friend, her first love, her first… well, everything. And then fate (the heartless bitch) intervenes. But now her entire crew has found "the one " and she’s beginning to feel like a fifth wheel. She tried and it blew up in her face, so she’ll stick with casual hookups, thank you very much. For readers looking for a fairly lighthearted romcom, Count Your Lucky Stars is worth the read.Margot Cooper doesn’t do relationships. The story isn’t overly shocking, but it hits all the expected notes of a romantic comedy. Overall, Count Your Lucky Stars is a nice read for those who enjoy those sweet friends-to-lovers stories. I mean, who doesn’t want to see first love work out? Bellefleur’s descriptions of the young Margot and Olivia relationship shows lots of youthful miscommunications that led to heartbreak. I found myself rooting for them from page 1. Yes, Olivia is dealing with the fallout of a recent divorce, and Margot’s got her own issues to work through, but overall the story falls into the category of “cute”. I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of heaviness here, but the book stays fairly lighthearted content-wise.
This story has so many things to love from the wedding planning backdrop to the funny award tension-filled roommate scenes. Is it possible for your first love to be your best? When surprising circumstances cause Olivia and Margot to become roommates, old feelings (and old heartbreaks) come back to the surface. After a recent divorce from that once high school boyfriend, she moved to settle and became a wedding planner. But now she’s serving at the “Best Woman” at the upcoming wedding of her good friends, so she’s trying to be more cheerful on the subject. Olivia got back with her boyfriend and the girls went off to separate colleges.Īt 29, Margot has given up on love. But shortly after, everything fell apart. Count Your Lucky Stars is the story of two girls who fell out of love doing their best to find each other again, and Im counting my own lucky stars for having the pleasure of enjoying this story and these characters across an entire trilogy. They were childhood best friends, and then over spring break senior year, they became more than friends. Their intimate scenes are rather spicy, so dont expect anything closed door about their romance. It has been over a decade since Margot and Olivia have spoken. This book can very much be enjoyed without reading the first two installments.
Even though I slightly spoiled some plot points of the series for myself, I was glad to read Margot’s story first. There are actually two other books in this series, depicting relationships of other couples in this universe, but I ended up reading the third one first! Whoops. Genre: Romance, fiction, contemporary, LGBTQ+ fictionĪlexandria Bellefleur’s take on the second-chance love story is a heartwarming look at how much joy can be found in rekindling youthful connections later in life.
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