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. They were childhood best friends, and then over spring break senior year, they became more than friends. 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.
COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS BOOK SERIES
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.They have similar vibes and after Count Your Lucky Stars you’ll want to keep hanging out with these characters. If you haven’t had a chance, definitely check out the first two in the series as well. I sympathized with her feeling like the odd single person out in her group and losing her best friend to a romantic relationship, but those feelings felt more developed than her reasoning for not wanting to be in a relationship with Olivia.Īll in all, I would recommend Count Your Lucky Stars. My one complaint is that I had a hard time understanding Margot’s motivation at times. I feel like we don’t see a ton of divorced characters in romance, but this is not an uncommon situation, and it’s nice to see it represented on-page. She’s divorced from her high school sweetheart, and just moved to Seattle after spending time living at home after her aging father had a heart attack. I found Olivia’s character to be especially realistic.
Additionally, it’s always fun to see couples from prior books, and of course, Elle and Darcy and Brendon and Annie make appearances (as the group is literally in the midst of getting ready for Brendon and Annie’s wedding). They all feel like real people, and that’s just so enjoyable in a romance, to have such a well-rounded set of characters. The cultural references make sense and it feels like I could just step into the book and be friends with these characters. One of the things about Bellefleur’s writing is that it feels so accurate to our pre-pandemic times.
(Margot is a dirty talker extraordinaire.) Though I think Hang the Moon has more focus on the location (Seattle) and the friend group, both still shine in Count Your Lucky Stars and make for a well-rounded story. Margot isn’t really sold on love and is content to be single until her childhood friend (who she hooked up with for a week in high school) Olivia shows up as the wedding planner for Brendon and Annie’s wedding. Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria BellefleurĬount Your Lucky Stars is an excellent follow-up to Bellefleur’s previous books, Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon.Ĭount Your Lucky Stars follows Margot, best friend/business partner of Elle and Brendon, main characters of the first and second books, respectively.
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