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Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey6/30/2023 Madeline is immediately compelling and, as a book lover, very relatable. Things then go really downhill from Madeline as the mother who abandoned her returns, she discovers the cute guy she's been crushing on for weeks is actually stealing her ideas and using them to run the bookshop across the street and she actually has no idea whether she wants to go to college or what she wants to do. Understandably, Madeline is extremely mad when a rival chain bookshop opens up across the street from her indie store and begins taking customers. It's where she was raised by her aunt since her mom basically abandoned her and her half-brother when they were young. She's intelligent, quirky and passionate about her bookshop. She's 17 years old, working at her family-owned bookshop, and dreaming of running the store herself when she's older and finished with college. After pestering Harper360YA (#sorrynotsorry) they graciously sent out an ARC copy for me to read and review. Okay, so, I saw this advertised as an enemies-to-lovers style YA set in rival bookshops and just knew I had to read it. TW: Absentee parent (child abandonment), fatfobia (internalized), underage drinking, car accident (no permanent injury)
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