Series: None
Author: Kelsey Rodkey
Published May 18th 2021 by HarperTeen
Goodreads Synopsis
Don’t you just love the smell of old books in the morning?
Madeline Moore does. Books & Moore, the musty bookstore her family has owned for generations, is where she feels most herself. Nothing is going to stop her from coming back after college to take over the store from her beloved aunt.
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 Jasper, 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) wars.
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Review
For Madeline Moore, her family's bookstore, Books and Moore, is her whole life. When her mother abandoned her and younger brother, Benny, with their aunt, who took over the shop when their grandma passed, Madeline was almost raised in the store. Now about to start college, she hopes her aunt will trust her enough with the store to make her manager after graduation, but another book store, Prologue, opens up across the street, and with rising rents, it looks like Books and Moore may not have that long. And to make matters worse, the rival store is owned by the parents of Jasper, a handsome guy Madeline liked, until she realised he was the enemy. Adamant it is all Prologue, and Jasper's fault, she's out for revenge, and soon the petty fighting and squabbling makes ways for an even stronger emotion - love. How will Madeline deal with the stress of her mother's return, the potential loss of her family's store, and her frustrated feelings over Jasper?
I've had this book on my wishlist as soon as it was announced, and sent off review request after request for it, but was never lucky enough to be approved. When my pre-order arrived, I neigh on dropped everything to read it, and really enjoyed it. Last Chance Books is a book that takes you somewhere else, and it was a perfect read this summer. I honestly felt like I was spending time in the two different book stores, with Madeline and Jasper, and really felt for Madeline throughout the book. She went through so many different emotions, and really looked at her demons, especially over her mother's reappearance in her life, and came out the other side stronger. The romance was really cute too, and I loved the fighting via notice boards that they did. All in all, a really good YA contemporary, perfect to read over the summer.
Dates Read:
August 22-23, 2021
Rating
4 Stars
