A review by aotora
Ostani by Allie Larkin, Allie Larkin, Allison Larkin

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

 One of the challenges this year is to read more positive books and more sappy, romantic books - and knock a bit more of my TBR down. This one has been on my TBR for a while and it has a dog on the cover so it should obviously be great right?

Well the story is ok, the characters are ok but it's nothing special.

Van is a young woman that has been in love with her crush Peter for years. But he doesn't return her feelings and instead marries her richer best friend. She sulks around and drinks and during one of those drunken evenings she orders a dog from Slovakia leading to a new found love between her and the veterinarian taking care of her dog. There are some ups and downs, a missunderstanding that almost has to happen in these books and everything is wrapped up all nice and tight at the end with a beautiful bow. She is happy with the new love of her life, Alex, makes up with the meddling mother of her best friend that initially paid her money to leave her childhood crush alone and stop talking to her, she reconnects with her best friend and her ex crush and they are all friends by the end.

The story is predictable, everything just happens to sort out for the main character, even when she has to leave her current home because the HOA doesn't allow big dogs she just happens to get the money from her best friend's mom and a ridiculously cheap house so she has no trouble there. The characters were mediocre and I couldn't find myself rooting for any of them and the dog on the cover is barely important aside from being the reason she finds Alex. it's just all right and I am just happy that it was a nice fast read I could push through in a couple of hours.