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Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher

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hapalyn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Like the first book in this series, it is LONG. I think that’s part of what took my enjoyment away. It was like some scenes felt repetitive (“I’m sorry I said this super hurtful thing”, cold shoulder turned to “I forgive you!”, repeat). The ending was satisfying, and I like the setting and atmosphere of this town, but I felt like the length could be minimized. I also noticed a shift in focus from Nico to Rafael, which was expected, yet I felt sad seeing less of Nico when he started the relationship to begin with.

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

As much as I am a dark romance junkie, there is something about these billionaire Lauren Asher books that has me hooked and swooning.

This story was a sweet, slow burn, single dad & nanny romance. I have pretty much the same notes as my other reads from this author; lovable leads with great character development, just a toe dipping of steamy scenes, and interconnected cameos from her previous books. While this wasn’t anything groundbreaking, it serves as a tried and true formula and I’ll be anxiously waiting for the next in the series to drop next year.

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I wanted to read this book because I love Lauren Asher’s work. The Billionaire Brothers series is still my favourite series and I still think about those brothers daily. I was so excited to read this book, and my god, it was worth the wait. Ellie, Rafa and Nico will have my heart. I adore them.

This book has two points of view. The first is Rafael, he is a struggling workaholic and has hired a nanny named Ellie who is a hopeless romantic who writes love songs. Rafael could inspire a hundred breakup albums. On paper, they have nothing in common except for his son’s wellbeing. For eight months, Rafael has avoided Ellie until the summer trip. Fourteen days. Two islands. And one nanny that Rafael shouldn’t be attracted to. Spending time with Ellie is expected, but enjoying her company? That isn’t part of the travel plans. After the divorce, he swore to protect his heart at all costs. Even if it means breaking Ellie’s in the process. The second point of view is Ellie, she used to have a secret crush on her boss in high school. But now he is a grumpy single day and had walls as high as the sky. Thankfully, Rafael and her have changed since they graduated high school. He is a billionaire with a company to run and a child to take care of. Ellie is an unemployed songwriter he hired to watch his son and teach music. They coexist without any issues until a holiday change everything. Lines blur and old feelings for Rafael return with vengeance as she faces a new dilemma. Being his son’s nanny is one thing, but wishing for more? Sounds like a heartbreak song waiting for written.

I adore this book. I love Rafe and Ellie and how they both saw themselves as broken, but both saw each other as the sun and moon. The slow burn between these two and the fact that they didn’t want to pursue anything because trust wasn’t there, and work was involved showed a bit of reality compared to other workplace romances. I love that Rafe was like you are fired and you’ll get a settlement pay and then made out with her like his life depended on it. I loved that Rafe went from walls and wouldn’t like anyone in, not even his own son, to constantly telling everyone why he acts the way he acts and what happened to him in the past and that’s he is determined not to have a son that is toxic and will communicate. I loved Ellie, I just wanted to hug her the whole time. The way she got screwed over but was still trying to be positive and being afraid of making it again but then smashed it. I just adored her. I loved the vulnerability between the two of them and how was the dam opened, they were able to get over it and work together to fix the issues at hand. I am really glad, that it wasn’t focused on Hillary being a bad mother and going back and forth. Even though Rafa doesn’t like her for what she did, he never bad-mouthed Nico’s mother in front of him. I just loved him for that and wanted to cry. My mother and father got divorced when I was like 3 and I grew up hearing my dad’s side of the family bad-mouthing my mother in front of me and there is just a lasting effect.

I love the tropes in this book being workplace romance, boss/employee and my personal favourite grumpy x sunshine. This story worked so well and blended so well from the previous novel, and I loved seeing the previous couple of Deliah and Julian show up and tell them how to be in love and things. I cannot wait to see more of Lily and Lorenzo, I want more of this storyline and I cannot wait for his book to come out. The tension I saw between them in the first book and the fake marriage is going on. The banter between Lorenzo and Julian and Rafe and the sassiness he gives everyone and how powerful he is - I just know his book is going to be good.

I don’t have anything bad to say about this book, this book could have been 8000 pages long and I wouldn’t have complained, I want more. Lauren Asher has me in a chokehold.

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5.0

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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sarahsbookss's review against another edition

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Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I loved this book a surprising amount!!!!

As someone who usually hates single dad romances, I actually really enjoyed this book. I loved Nico, the kid in this book (shocking) and I really enjoyed the scenes with him. I also just really appreciated the things this book delved into as well and how it handled them with such grace, Ellie's self-harm especially.

Rafa and Ellie are so fucking cute and I loved their love. I could feel how much he loved her and I have no doubts about their relationship or bond. There was a scene at towards the end where Rafa REALLY frustrated me, but he redeemed himself in the end. I also loved the overarching storylines in this book. I thought they added so much to the characters and it's always nice when it doesn't feel like the fmc only has the mmc (or their kid) to live for. She had a life, friends, family, adn her own problems.

Overall, I thought this book was really well done and I read it in two sittings lol.

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My summary:

Ellie Sinclair is a live-in nanny taking care of Nico, the eight-year-old son of billionaire Rafael Lopez. She moved back to her small hometown of Lake Wisteria after being betrayed by her best friend who made it big as a singer without crediting Ellie for being her songwriter. Rafael is a billionaire after designing a popular real estate app with his cousin years ago. After being badly hurt by his ex-wife, Rafael swore off getting close to anyone again. As both Ellie and Rafael struggle with past trauma, they can’t help but be drawn to each other.

My thoughts:

Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher is the second book of the Lakefront Billionaire series. The books are interconnected but this could be read as a standalone book.

Nico has my heart. This adorable 8-year old was introduced in Love Redesigned as the godson of rivals-to-lovers Julian and Dahlia. My heart just breaks for his eye condition, his POS mom, and his strained relationship with his dad. Thank goodness for Ellie and her music!

This is a slow burn romance with small town vibes. I enjoyed aspects of the story and the overall ending, but it just moved a little too slow and was a little too long for me to really love it. I absolutely adored Love Redesigned and I had extremely high expectations for this second book of the series. And it was fine—just not as great as I was expecting and hoping it to be. I didn’t feel much chemistry between Ellie and Rafa. I found myself annoyed with their lack of communication. But I did love Ellie’s songwriting storyline and I got literal goosebumps at one point when one of her songs was played!

It is absolutely worth the hassle to download the extended epilogue from BookFunnel. I really enjoyed it and it left me with a smile and feeling good at the end of it.

I feel like I must be a bit burnt out on romance and I’m probably overdue for a genre switch for a bit. This is one of those books where I am left wondering if I would have had a better perception of it if I’d been less stuck in a rut of the same genre leading up to reading it.

Overall, I do enjoy Lauren Asher’s books and this series enough to [im]patiently wait for the third installment of the series with Lorenzo and Lily’s story!

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