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Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

15 reviews

princessdana36's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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lavenderbluestories's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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ittywitty's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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redpollrory's review against another edition

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emotional relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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infusionofviolets's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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_mya_'s review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

never a boring moment. 

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greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

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

4.0


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shannasbooksnhooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

"No matter what happened, I'd keep searching until every piece had been found. Olive had always been good at that."
It feels like this book took me longer than it should have to read. I know it took only around 5 days (Aug. 3-8), but it felt like a long time. I feel like it's mostly due to the fact that I breezed through my 6 most recent reads - Carly Spade's Contemporary Mothos series - within a 5-6 day period.
But I really enjoyed this book. It was a sweet read. Honestly, I feel like the story encompassed many a child's dreams (inner child's dreams as well). Indiana Jones was one of my major film crushes as a child. This was another fantastic coming-of-age story from Jenna Evans Welch, and I felt like it was a great ending to the Love & series. I was half expecting to see Lina and/or Addie - or other supporting characters - from Love & Gelato and Love & Luck. I wasn't disappointed not seeing any of them, but, if I'm honest, it was still a bit of a letdown. I think Olive, "Liv," went through so much emotional turmoil in this book, and it was so well-represented.

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sabrinaxlim's review against another edition

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

4.25

wonderful, fizzy, slow burn romance about how stories evolve and priorities change. It touches on mental health, immigration, bipolar disorder, coping mechanisms, absent fathers and of course, The Lost City of Atlantis. This lovely book was set in Santorini, Greece, a place I’ve always wanted to visit. I think this is my favorite Jenna Welsh Book. 

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kallio08's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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