Shira ☾’s Reviews > Lost and Lassoed > Status Update

I love her books so much, the characters are not stereotypes of people but rather feel like real humans with complex emotions, that hold multitudes (even some things that seem contradictory can be in one).

Even though teddy is not the FMC I relate to the most I still feel like I took so much from this book, about friends and family and feeling behind, and so much fun just being in this world with all of them.

Amos Ryder is the best man and father ever. Fight me

"And, Cam—if you don't want to get married, I don't think you should get married."
Cam smiled at me, but she looked sad. "I'll be okay, Gus," she said. "Not everyone is built for love the way you are."

Feeling like you’re not built for love? Yeah I get it

‘I saw that my siblings' and my friends' mouths were wide open, except for Ada's. She slapped Wes on the arm, and I couldn't tell for sure, but I think I heard her say, "You owe me fifty dollars."

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

I fucking love Wes
(And Ada and Emmy and Brooks and Cam and Amos)

one thing i really like about lyla sage's FMC's is that they are kind and lovely but also strong.

reminds me that there is no one way of being strong. you can be feminine and kind while also being strong and fierce.
you are allowed to struggle, that doesn't make you weak.

for example teddy is fun, light and bubbly but she's also fearless and stnds up for herself and others.

one thing i love about her books is that they feel so real- the characters, feelings, connection, subject matters, random little anecdotes in the books... it feels so real and human

‘I wasn't used to this—to somebody caring for me this way.
I didn't know until right now how nice it felt to be taken care of how badly I craved it, to just relax and let go.’

"You think that it's okay for people to depend on you, but you don't want anyone else to have the pressure of you depending on them."

‘Emmy was a bottler—she would hold everything close to her chest and try to work through it without inconveniencing anyone.’

I felt that