Lunar Love
Ratings14
Average rating2.8
I'm never going to be a fan when the book starts off with unlikable characters. Olivia is selfish and conniving and Bennet doesn't actually have a personality outside of taking Olivia's bs over and over and still showing up. It was never an issue of zodiac incompatibility, she was just dumb. I wasn't rooting for their pairing until the last couple of chapters. This book has one of my least favorite tropes. The MC that is pretty terrible to everyone, but it's all a “misunderstanding” and the other characters flock around and make them feel better about whatever they did. I wish this book had more zodiac history or facts. Olivia talked constantly about the compatibility of certain zodiacs, but we didn't actually get to see her do much pairing except with Harper. I liked all of the older characters and the cultural aspects with the funeral and making the moon cakes and swiss rolls. I love the enemies to lovers trope, but the enemies still have to be likable. This was just a miss for me.
DNF at 17%. The first nearly 90 minutes of this audiobook were dominated by a diatribe against online dating that was repetitive and did nothing for the plot or characters, save to establish Olivia as annoying and unwilling to change or reconsider her positions. She also spends a lot of time talking about how certain animal signs are compatible or not compatible, but doesn't go into any detail as to why. I was hoping to get a glimpse into the Chinese zodiac, given that it's the whole point of both in-universe dating services, but it could have been replaced with any generic personality test and had the exact same meaning to the reader.
