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Last Chance Books

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  • Author：Kelsey Rodkey
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Summary

You've Got Mail meets Morgan Matson in this smart， banter-filled romcom with a bookish twist。

Nothing will stop Madeline Moore from taking over her family's independent bookstore after college。 Nothing， that is--until a chain bookstore called Prologue opens across the street and threatens to shut them down。

Madeline sets out to demolish the competition， but the guy who works over at Prologue seems intent on ruining her life。 Not only is he taking her customers， he has the unbelievable audacity to be。。。 extremely cute。

But that doesn't matter。 Jasper is the enemy and he will be destroyed。 After all--all's fair in love and （book） war。

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Reviews

Kris Mauna ，

Really enjoyed this one！ <3

Josh Newhouse ，

This was a solid 3。5 stars！ I wanted to love it but I liked it。 The main character was mildly sympathetic but unlikable and the ending made me a little sad…

Bujo_bellel ，

I really enjoyed reading this book， I liked that once they're together then something happens to weaken/destroy the relationship until the very end， and I think I say a few song references（maybe） in the book and I really liked the concept of the book and learning about how much effort is put into managing a bookstore。 I really enjoyed reading this book， I liked that once they're together then something happens to weaken/destroy the relationship until the very end， and I think I say a few song references（maybe） in the book and I really liked the concept of the book and learning about how much effort is put into managing a bookstore。 。。。more

Samantha ，

DNF （P。105/368）。。。。。。 I just cant get into the book。。。。 The characters are sucky。。。 And dont get me started on the plot line。。。。 8 chapters with nothing going on and the main male character is in what maybe 4 chapter or just mention which is kindda sad。。。。。

belle ☆ﾐ （thisbellereadstoo） ，

actual rating: 3。5 starswell， this was simply adorable。 madeline is desperate to save books & moore， her aunt’s indie bookstore， from closing。 after college， she has plan to take over the store， the second home that brought her great comfort when she was younger。 however， prologue， a chained bookstore， opened across the street and the manager of the store is jasper。 while jasper is cute and all， once madeline knew that he’s the enemy， she tried to keep her distance and focused on rescuing the dy actual rating: 3。5 starswell， this was simply adorable。 madeline is desperate to save books & moore， her aunt’s indie bookstore， from closing。 after college， she has plan to take over the store， the second home that brought her great comfort when she was younger。 however， prologue， a chained bookstore， opened across the street and the manager of the store is jasper。 while jasper is cute and all， once madeline knew that he’s the enemy， she tried to keep her distance and focused on rescuing the dying store。 in the meantime， her absent mother has returned。 madeline has no idea on how she can deal with this feeling。 meeting her biological mother again， knowing that dahlia isn’t here to stay， and experiencing dahlia as a mother is confusing。 overall， the book was a book about books， love， and the complicated mother-daughter dynamic。 i enjoyed it。 madeline and jasper are easy people to read about。 i did think that her desperation to save the bookstore overshadowed what should be the priority and blinded her from everyone else’s feelings。 but madeline has something dear to her that she wants to protect so i wasn’t that bothered by it。 。。。more

Chels ，

3 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️

Maisha ，

I had accidently stumbled on the book and the cover was something that made me read the book。 The book is fun to read， good beginning although the female lead is little hyper and can't take a no and takes time to understand things but the book is a really nice read。 A little rom-com， romance and banter always works。 I had accidently stumbled on the book and the cover was something that made me read the book。 The book is fun to read， good beginning although the female lead is little hyper and can't take a no and takes time to understand things but the book is a really nice read。 A little rom-com， romance and banter always works。 。。。more

beforlee ，

3。25⭐️It felt slow at times and I didn’t really like madeleine’s character all that much， but I like the “universe” they where in and Jasper was a good love interest。 At the end of the day， I wouldn’t recommend it， but at the same time it’s a book that I feel like some people could enjoy more Thant I did。

Ivusha （Tenebien） ，

The main characters were pretty annoying and no， it has nothing in common with You've Got Mail。 :D The main characters were pretty annoying and no， it has nothing in common with You've Got Mail。 :D 。。。more

Mishari Zambrano ，

the main character has zero redeeming qualities。 I've never felt so old reading this。。。 the main character has zero redeeming qualities。 I've never felt so old reading this。。。 。。。more

lavender ，

3。5 🌟 ！！

Heidi N。 Anderson ，

First things first I absolutely love that 75% or more of this book takes place in a bookstore。 Now onto Madeline she seemed so real with her selfishness， tantrums and just trying to learn how to deal with her life changing because she growing up。 Then add in that dash of Jasper with a quintessential love hate relationship。 I gobbled up this book with a spoon。

stella:） ，

2。5

Kit Whelan ，

Nice idea （who doesn’t want to read more about bookstores？） but I found myself frustrated with Madeline， confused as to why these two are together （except teenage crushes I guess）， and I did not buy the mother-daughter reconciliation at all。 There was almost nothing here to suggest the mother has earned a spot in the lives of the children she abandoned。 Also content warning for internalized fatphobia。

Audrey Pigott ，

2。5/5 stars。 Not the greatest book I’ve read， but it was light， it was airy。 I could see why I lot of people like this book。 But idk it wasn’t a favorite of mine🤷‍♀️。 I do like books where books make an appearance， so that’s a plus。 Don’t regret reading but it wouldn’t be one that I would jump at the chance to recommend to others。

Reagan Faith ，

3/5⭐️

Isabella ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 3。5 starsWas it amazing？ No。 Was it really fun and cute？ Yes。 this was a ya rivals to lovers that was delightful at times， and downright annoying at others。 i excused the annoying parts because， hey， what can you do？ it's YA， not the great american novel。 the ending was not expected。。。 because hey， I was expecting that the bookstore would be saved from closing， but i guess not， lads。 3。5 starsWas it amazing？ No。 Was it really fun and cute？ Yes。 this was a ya rivals to lovers that was delightful at times， and downright annoying at others。 i excused the annoying parts because， hey， what can you do？ it's YA， not the great american novel。 the ending was not expected。。。 because hey， I was expecting that the bookstore would be saved from closing， but i guess not， lads。 。。。more

Annika Lof ，

Cute but ultimately kinda forgettable

Lucy ，

so so cute！！！ it’s an enemies to lovers set in rival bookstores with a prank war… what’s not to love？？ 🎵 gorgeous- taylor swift

Sam ，

I don’t really know what to say about this book。 It just kinda *was*。 It was neither good nor bad， but I also can’t remember rly anything that happened。There wasn’t rly any plot， it was there but wasn’t quite formed The characters were annoying and felt under developed and the relationship between Madeleine and Jasper felt forced at mostThe story also took me far too long to get into and I almost DNF’d it but I soldiered through。 I was disappointed because I was rly looking forward to reading th I don’t really know what to say about this book。 It just kinda *was*。 It was neither good nor bad， but I also can’t remember rly anything that happened。There wasn’t rly any plot， it was there but wasn’t quite formed The characters were annoying and felt under developed and the relationship between Madeleine and Jasper felt forced at mostThe story also took me far too long to get into and I almost DNF’d it but I soldiered through。 I was disappointed because I was rly looking forward to reading this。 I guess that’s all their rly is to say about Last Chance Books 。。。more

Celina ，

***Spoiler Alert ***There were times I wanted to put this book down， however I did finish it as I was very sympathetic to the situations Madeline was in and I found many of them quite compelling - from her lack of support by her family to her issues with abandonment as a child。 She is filled with rage （and rightfully so）， her family and their lack of support is infuriating。 Yes she rarely explains her frustrations to her family and infrequently asks for help but probably because they’re incredib ***Spoiler Alert ***There were times I wanted to put this book down， however I did finish it as I was very sympathetic to the situations Madeline was in and I found many of them quite compelling - from her lack of support by her family to her issues with abandonment as a child。 She is filled with rage （and rightfully so）， her family and their lack of support is infuriating。 Yes she rarely explains her frustrations to her family and infrequently asks for help but probably because they’re incredibly dismissive and insensitive。 When she does vent， it’s in the form of an emotional outburst or acting out with poor judgement。 I desperately wish we had more insight into what drove her behavior。 Is her fierce independence because she basically had to raise herself？ Is her poor judgement and temper the only way she ever gets heard？ Regarding Madeline and her Aunt Astrid- there was such a lack of warmth， honesty and trust。 I never understood their relationship。 Astrid raised her but often comes off as emotionally detached given the disregard for how Madeline feels about the bookstore and her general absence from most of the story action。 Astrid is her apparent guardian and savior， yet the book spends the majority of the family time trying to push her absent birth-mother Dahlia。 She has two mothers and yet neither of them is her “Mom”。 Neither of them have fully claimed her as their daughter。 I feel like between these three characters – there is so much left unsaid。 Don’t even get me started on the complete lack of support by her half-brother who basically distances himself from Madeline the whole book when she’s having an incredibly hard time and writes off all her genuine concern as a guilt trip。 Her family and work life is so complicated that the romance， if you could call it that， felt like a subplot。 Like is this a romance or is it a coming-of-age story？ The only chemistry Madeline and Jasper was completely sexual – yet somehow not sexy at all。 Banter is one thing， but there is nothing cute about actively trying to sabotage each other’s family businesses。 After everything they did to each other， I don’t understand why they ended up together。 We need to get away from the trope of “he/she is mean to me so they must like me。” I lost count of how many times the MC says she hates Jasper， yet everyone keeps pushing him on her。 She claims to be an advocate of consent but it just feels like everyone is gas lighting the s*** outta her until she decides he’s too attractive to not like。It wasn’t what I would call pleasant read- the reader has to fill in a lot。 It just felt like there was so much missing and it was just a rush to get to the next bit of dialogue。 In the end， the conflict is “resolved” so quickly that it barely seems justified。I was ready to give it a 2 or possibly a 3 because it had me feeling some feeling， but I don’t think I could recommend this one as a romance so unfortunately I lowered my rating。 。。。more

Sristi ，

I loved this book so much！！Jasper and Madeline have my heart！

Mackenzie Leece ，

I loved the book all the way until the ending。 I felt as if the ending was underwhelming， like I feel like you expected it to end that way but in a bigger way。

clary （maybeclary） ，

pretty ok， loved all the rep & there was lots of enthusiastic consent but it just didn't have the spark for mewould've loved if the author described the characters appearance in a little more detail （like please give me hair color or eye color at least and ethnicity you never told me if madeleine was white）also since the author wrote the main character as fat I felt like that should've been given more attention？？ don't know if this is ownvoices but I think the story would've worked better with s pretty ok， loved all the rep & there was lots of enthusiastic consent but it just didn't have the spark for mewould've loved if the author described the characters appearance in a little more detail （like please give me hair color or eye color at least and ethnicity you never told me if madeleine was white）also since the author wrote the main character as fat I felt like that should've been given more attention？？ don't know if this is ownvoices but I think the story would've worked better with some insecurity and backstory instead of just glossing over it quickly。bottom line this was a quick cute read， kind of bland I guess 。。。more

Brenda Anshanslin ，

Everyone is unlikable， immature and inappropriate。

Jessica ，

2，75

Sara ，

I really enjoyed this book， I enjoyed how competitive they were - their banter， how they got each other to buy books from each other。 A good book overall！ There were some relatable things mentioned such as “I imagine you read multiple books at once because you can’t ever take a minute to just breathe。” Or “was I just someone fun to tease when he was drunk？ The only person to reply to him from a long list of people he called or texted that night？ Was the library a test I somehow failed？ Stop cari I really enjoyed this book， I enjoyed how competitive they were - their banter， how they got each other to buy books from each other。 A good book overall！ There were some relatable things mentioned such as “I imagine you read multiple books at once because you can’t ever take a minute to just breathe。” Or “was I just someone fun to tease when he was drunk？ The only person to reply to him from a long list of people he called or texted that night？ Was the library a test I somehow failed？ Stop caring”I loved the parallel of “Should we seal it with a kiss？” “It’s the only way to make things official， I hear。” I love a good enemies to lover story and this is one。 💗💗 。。。more

yisha ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 review:alright， this was actually so damn cute MABDOAHSOSJSBDOS。 the way this was written seemed a bit outdated for some reason though- like if i didn’t know about this being published back in 2021， i would’ve thought that this was actually written & published in the late 2010’s。 the plot did feel new to me， which is a good thing。 however， i’d like to point out some of the problems i have with this book:1。 it’s not the kind of story that’ll get you hooked with the romance between madeline and ja review:alright， this was actually so damn cute MABDOAHSOSJSBDOS。 the way this was written seemed a bit outdated for some reason though- like if i didn’t know about this being published back in 2021， i would’ve thought that this was actually written & published in the late 2010’s。 the plot did feel new to me， which is a good thing。 however， i’d like to point out some of the problems i have with this book:1。 it’s not the kind of story that’ll get you hooked with the romance between madeline and jasper real quick， it’ll take some time cuz … even i didn’t get a good first impression with both of the characters。2。 i don’t like how a lot of people are practically involved in their lives， or how the same people are constantly just … there。3。 the story got really boring as it progressed。but overall， i’m giving this book 3 stars ^^ 。。。more

Julianna Wagar ，

3。5*

Ella Tsang ，

i don’t think i’ve ever disliked a main character more in my life

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