Layne Young-Farmer’s Reviews > Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed > Status Update

The Surprise Match (The Matchmaker) by Sandhya Menon - 4 stars - the prom thing was kinda fun

Liberty (The Makeover) by Anna-Marie McLemore - 3.5 stars - a bit too much drama, almost a sense of insta-love. Don’t get some of the cheer stuff

In A Blink Of The Eye (Trapped in a Confined Space) by Elizabeth Eulberg - 3.5 stars - a bit too jealousy and insta-love for me

Zora In The Spotlight (The Grand Romantic Gesture) by Elise Bryant - 3.5 stars - Kinda felt all over the place? Rushed? Sudden love/forgiveness? And I felt like I didn’t get a good enough read on characters. Still enjoyable enough though.

Keagan’s Heaven on Earth (The Secret Admirer) by Sarah Winifred Searle - 4 stars - Cool this was a graphic novel! I definitely wanted to explore the aliens and event thing a lot more

Shooting Stars (One Bed) by Marissa Meyer - 5 stars - Cutee. I love that the One Bed was a slow burn to earn. And the two main characters were easy to like.

Auld Acquaintance (The Best Friend Love Epiphany) by Caleb Roehrig - 4 Stars - Liked the two main guys! Felt Layla could’ve had more character. Also felt like Kieran just kinda stopped existing? Overall happy/feel good read

Anyone Else But You (Stranded Together) by Leah Johnson - 3 stars - Kinda felt like nothing much happened? Rushed, not enough backstory, not enough time to fall in love with the characters or really care what was going on

Bye Bye, Piper Berry (Fake Relationship) Julie Murphy - 4.5 stars - For how short this was, I really liked it! I would’ve loved to delve farther into these characters and the backstories, or see what happened over these pages throughout a full novel or novella