Phuong ✯'s Reviews > An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

– 2.75 stars

i’m not particularly fond of Jennifer Hartmann’s romances, but i keep trying, because i like that that she at least tries to be more original than the run of the mill ‘fake dating alpha ceo billionaire marriage of convenience’ books that keep getting spit out. not saying that An Optimist Guide to Heartbreak is the most unique story, it’s really not, but i liked that i didn’t read this story 300 times before. yes, the bar is that low.

Things that make us sad aren’t all bad.
Sometimes, sad things serve as a gentle reminder that we still feel.

begging authors to stop making ‘sunshine’-characters only loving the color yellow like it’s their only personality trait and word vomiting. Lucy Hope (yes that’s her last name i’m not kidding) was a bit too QuIrKy. i like sunshine characters, but moderate sunshine characters that have an optimistic outlook of the world, not whatever Lucy tried to portray. my theory for why Lucy is dying is that it’s just karma getting back at her for naming her dogs Key Lime Pie and Lemon Meringue 💀💀💀



all in all not very memorable cuz i read this in january and now i don't remember all that much about it