Lynnie 
contemporary romance
I really wanted to like this book. Kylie Scott's The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck has a cute premise and is initially entertaining, and then, sadly, the book just gets... boring. When Lilah Goodluck saves the Good Witch Willow, Lilah is given five predictions about her future as a reward. When the predictions begin to come true in rapid succession, Lilah must confront prediction number five: that she will die next Sunday.
I initially liked both main characters, but soon grew very tired of Lilah needing to talk everything to death and Alistair never wanting to talk at all. They would be cute and supportive for a few pages and then things would get weird and awkward and controlling.
My favorite parts of the book were when they were around other people -Alistair's mother, the Lady Helena, Lilah's parents, Alistair's friends... The dialogue was zingy and entertaining when it wasn't just the two of them. That tells you all you need to know about them as a fictional couple, I think.
Also, rarely have I read a book and thought, "this would be better without these sex scenes," but here we are. There were a few times that things were described that I don't think are physically possible and I would stare at the page thinking that, no matter how flexible you may be, bodies don't bend that way. The sex scenes generally made me laugh out loud or cringe at their awkwardness, which is not great (& surprising as I see that Scott generally writes steamy fiction).
It was easy to figure out how Lilah's upcoming death would be dealt with, so that did not surprise me at all. This is a quick and easy read if you're looking for something that doesn't require much from you.
I initially liked both main characters, but soon grew very tired of Lilah needing to talk everything to death and Alistair never wanting to talk at all. They would be cute and supportive for a few pages and then things would get weird and awkward and controlling.
My favorite parts of the book were when they were around other people -Alistair's mother, the Lady Helena, Lilah's parents, Alistair's friends... The dialogue was zingy and entertaining when it wasn't just the two of them. That tells you all you need to know about them as a fictional couple, I think.
Also, rarely have I read a book and thought, "this would be better without these sex scenes," but here we are. There were a few times that things were described that I don't think are physically possible and I would stare at the page thinking that, no matter how flexible you may be, bodies don't bend that way. The sex scenes generally made me laugh out loud or cringe at their awkwardness, which is not great (& surprising as I see that Scott generally writes steamy fiction).
It was easy to figure out how Lilah's upcoming death would be dealt with, so that did not surprise me at all. This is a quick and easy read if you're looking for something that doesn't require much from you.
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