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A review by goatsrsexy
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Thank you Simon&Schuster Canada for the advanced copy of this book!
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie was a super cute romcom, and just what I needed honestly to get me out of the reading slump I've been in. The main character, Emily, is a writer and I always find it interesting to get insight into the publishing industry through stuff like that.
I also found Emily extremely relatable, she's in her early 30s and in some ways she feels on the verge of elderly while in other ways she feels like she's behind or not a 'real adult'. She even has a judgmental sister, and honestly the resolution of the conflict with her sister helped me understand my own sister a little better. So like I said, very relatable.
The book is about Emily getting set up to date Mark by her mom, who seems absolutely obsessed to get them together so they decide to just tell their parents they went on a few dates to get them off their backs, but in j as you can imagine it quickly becomes more complicated and as they spend time together they actually start to fall for each other.
This book was sweet and had a lot of charm and relatability that I think people will love! My only real issue with it was when Marks POV randomly came in near the end of the book. I've said before I'm not a fan of dual POV romances, but especially in this book it felt super unnecessary and one of his chapters even kinda recounted what already happened in the book as if we didn't already read about it from Emily's perspective.
Marks POV aside, this was still a well written and super engaging romcom. Of course I also love that it was Canadian. If you're a fan of the genre I can't imagine you not enjoying it, so I would definitely recommend!
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie was a super cute romcom, and just what I needed honestly to get me out of the reading slump I've been in. The main character, Emily, is a writer and I always find it interesting to get insight into the publishing industry through stuff like that.
I also found Emily extremely relatable, she's in her early 30s and in some ways she feels on the verge of elderly while in other ways she feels like she's behind or not a 'real adult'. She even has a judgmental sister, and honestly the resolution of the conflict with her sister helped me understand my own sister a little better. So like I said, very relatable.
The book is about Emily getting set up to date Mark by her mom, who seems absolutely obsessed to get them together so they decide to just tell their parents they went on a few dates to get them off their backs, but in j as you can imagine it quickly becomes more complicated and as they spend time together they actually start to fall for each other.
This book was sweet and had a lot of charm and relatability that I think people will love! My only real issue with it was when Marks POV randomly came in near the end of the book. I've said before I'm not a fan of dual POV romances, but especially in this book it felt super unnecessary and one of his chapters even kinda recounted what already happened in the book as if we didn't already read about it from Emily's perspective.
Marks POV aside, this was still a well written and super engaging romcom. Of course I also love that it was Canadian. If you're a fan of the genre I can't imagine you not enjoying it, so I would definitely recommend!