Lucky Charm

rating- 2.5/5

it took off really well and i was super excited that a book i picked randomly (let's be fair we all picked it for the Travis kelce and Taylor Swift dedication) was going that well. However, it all just went down post the 40-50% mark. I felt like the author tried to fit in too much in about 200 pages. The first half went well because it seemed like a slowburn. Post that, it just seemed liked the author was trying to write an essay and had to finish it within a certain number of words.

For instance, the fake dating was introduced at like the 60% mark and the 'anonymous person' subplot was all over the place. I was so confused throughout about Brett not connecting the dots that Stone Walker (the NFL player Stone Walker) was the same guy she was hanging out with, throughout. Like Brett and him had multiple run ins and he still didn't recognise him??

Overall, it felt like the author was too ambitious. if she'd stuck with the brother's best friend, fall-out-in-the-past tropes and the lucky charms . This would have been a much better read. There were also a lot of loose ends; for example I would have loved for her to explore the family dynamic a little more. Maybe an HEA with the brother and the family would've been great.

Not a bad read but was just not feeling it towards the end and wanted to get it over with.