2.5 stars?I don't really know what to feel about this, it was just kinda disappointing and meh :(Full RTC

*2.4 Stars*Summary: Overall, I didn’t enjoy many of the stories here. I really only enjoyed 2, and the rest ranged from 1-3 stars, with only one 3 star (which you can read more about below).Many of the stories either didn’t utilize their trope well, weren’t well written or didn’t have well developed relationships, or had ridiculous narratives or characters. Bye Bye, Piper Berry (The Fake Relationship):2 starsThis story’s pacing was rushed, even for a short story, and I didn’t feel any of the ro...

looked forward to serendipity since it’s a collection of stories based on different romance tropes in books. as a huge romance reader myself, this was absolutely perfect. i’ve read from most of the authors except elizabeth eulberg, julie murphy, caleb roehrig, and sarah winifred searle. i liked every story in this anthology. there’s even a graphic novel!my favorite is probably shooting stars by marissa meyer since it’s the one bed trope, and the characters were awkward around each other the whol...

When I tallied up the good and the bad stories, there was exactly 5 good ones and 5 bad ones - but the good stories were so good I feel that they more than made up for the barely memorable bad stories.Stories like Anyone Else But You, about two teens trapped in a party store overnight together and In The Blink Of The Eye, about a girl trapped in the London Eye with her best friend's boyfriend, I would dearly love to read full books about.The bad stories largely suffered from being unmemorable, t...

What a delightful way to spend an afternoon! Filled with our favorite romantic tropes, this anthology collects the classic rom-com situations that we all love and wraps them in a delightful YA bow! Each story has a unique and beautiful message, and of course a happily ever after.

This review was originally posted on Books of My HeartReview copy was received from . This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Like most compilations, I liked some of the stories and then others just weren't really for me.  I love romantic tropes, like most readers I totally have my favorites like friends to lovers, marrying a stranger and then falling in love, enemies to lovers...and the list goes on.  I was hoping for ten different romantics tropes told in a uni...

Well this didn't work for me. It says ten romantic tropes transformed and I didn't get the transformation part myself. Per usual, here are my ratings of the following short stories. As a collection I gave this a three because some of the stories dragged a lot and my attention started to wander.Bye Bye, Piper Berry (The Fake Relationship) by Julie Murphy (5 stars)-Told from the point of view of Piper Berry and one of her best friends, Gabe. Piper finds out that her boyfriend has been cheating on

This was a lot better than I expected it to be 🥰

10 Romantic Tropes (Individual Ratings)(The Fake Relationship) Bye Bye, Piper Berry, by Julie Murphy - 3 stars(Stranded Together) Anyone Else But You, by Leah Johnson - 1 star(The Idiom Algorithm) Class Warfare, by Abigail Hing Wen - 2 stars(The Bestfriend Love Epiphany) Auld Acquaintance, by Caleb Roehrig -1 star(One Bed) Shooting Stars, by Marissa Meyer - 3 stars(The Secret Admirer) Keagan's Heaven on Earth, by Sarah Winifred Searle - 2 stars(The Grand Romantic Gesture) Zora in the Spotlight,

AVERAGE RATING: 3.3 STARSSerendipity is an anthology that takes on nine classic romance tropes and reinvents them with diverse representation and hilarious twists. There were a couple of stories that stood out (like the queen herself Marissa Meyer's) and one that I was disappointed by, but for the most part, these stories were pretty average.I know it is difficult to pack in character development in such a short story, but I still felt disconnected from the characters. Not in a bad way, but not

This better have the nursing back to health trope 😭

This is a DNF for me. Some of the stories felt like it had been done before (haven't I seen this on Netflix?). One story just made me very mad. Another story just made me roll my eyes.Simply put, I'm not the target audience for this book. It's YA, and I read a lot of YA, but this was maybe a bit too young for my liking. Perhaps 13 year olds might like it, but as an adult, this was just not for me. I am not going to rate this, because it would be unkind and unfair to those who participated in cre...

Serendipity is a collection of ten short YA stories by ten different writers. The blurb promises that ten of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favorite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. I am a sucker for short-story collections as it gives a chance to sample different writers' work and a variety of stories in one book is always a good thing but the latter didn't turn out to be true in this read as all the stories were rea...

FOR ALL THE INCORRIGIBLE ROMANTICS.—M.M. 3.8/5.0 stars ★★★★☆Serendipity was one of my anticipated releases of 2022 and well, it didn't entirely disappoint. The novel is a collection of 10 romantic short stories written by 10 authors. Each one of them tackles a well-known trope and presents it in their own way.────────────Bye Bye, Piper Berry by Julie MurphyTrope: The Fake RelationshipRating: 2.5 stars I shouldn’t have said yes to begin with, but it turns out it’s impossible to say no to the

*an ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review*Ouch. I was so excited for this and it was so disappointing. I will say I think the paperback copy of this is much better marketed, as nearly half of the stories feature LGBTQ characters and romances and the paperback with the yellow back, rainbow colored flowers, and tagline about "all sorts of falling in love" is more indicative of that. Of the stories that I read completely through, they weren't v...

coming back to edit later lol.Rankings of favorite to least favorite short story/ why, below. Sometimes short stories can feel like switching povs when it comes to a new story. Almost unfinished in a way. I don't think this book had that problem. However it is to be expected that because of how short the stories were, there are time jumps. skipping a week, weeks plural, or just a few days, which kind of contributes to the fast pace-ness and also might contribute to the insta love quality most

actual rating: 4.75this was really cute and used up a shit ton of my tabs but i loved it. marissa meyer and gang slaying so hard with this gay/straight love collection. although i didn't get all of the tropes, the stories were definitely well written and its definitely a good read, just not my fav Marissa Meyer work or collection

If you’re looking for a gift for the YA romance lover in your life, you’ve found it: Serendipity , edited by Marissa Meyer!Romance and rom-com lovers, we all talk about our favorite and least favorite tropes. (Mine are fake dating, enemies to lovers, and friends to lovers, BTW.) In this new story collection, 10 YA authors each write a story using a particular trope—the fake relationship, stranded together, class warfare, the best friend love epiphany, one bed, the secret admirer, the grand ro...

Okay well. This is harsh, but I have to.I want to make it clear I didn't hate any of these stories. But they were all extremely bland and underdeveloped. Which, I read and write fanfiction, I know you can do a lot more with a lot fewer words.On top of that, the promise of "romantic tropes reimagined" is not exactly fulfilled. The closest we get to reimagined is that the trope is actually barely featured at all (e.g. the makeover story has the entire romance happen before the makeover, which, pro...