Olivia's Reviews > Lily Bennett’s Bucket List

Thank you so much to HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter, Katherine Dyson and NetGalley for granting me an ARC for 'Lily Bennett’s Bucket List'
Overall rating: ⭐⭐⭐.5

I wanted to like this book so bad, it had all the right ingredients for an amazing feel-good finding yourself love story, but it just didn't meet the mark for me.
I will say that by no means am I the perfect person with incredibly high morals (I mean who is?? 👀) but, the fact that Lydia or should I say Lily, let the lie about her name go on for so long, frankly had me feeling annoyed and left a sour taste in my mouth. I get that the whole moral of the story is that she found who she was, and that she didnt need to use a fake name to achieve that, but this whole plot point could have been left out entirely in my opinion. I also refuse to believe an almost 40 year old woman could be that clueless and naive about her marriage. But also, Adam was a real piece of work, which I'm truly glad she figured out in the end.
Jake was a super fun, interesting and charming love interest who really brought out the best in her and the ending was truly satisfying as endings go.
I'd recommend this book for a light, fun, feel-good (kinda?) read, if you can get over the lying.

Included in this book:
- Fake dating
- Coming of age / Finding yourself
- Alcohol/drunk driver mentions
- Clean romance with implied sexual scenes