Honestly, I don’t think Alexandria Bellefluer has the ability to write a bad book, and this was yet another wonderful addition to the Written In the Stars series.

Margot and Olivia, former best friends and first loves, cross paths accidentally when she fifth wheels it while her friends are looking at wedding venues. Not having spoken with each other in over 10 years after a falling out (I hate the miscommunication trope, btw), the two rekindle a hesitant friendship when Margot offers to help Olivia when in a bind. Despite how drastically they’ve changed and all the years between, the chemistry between Margot and Olivia is hooooottttt

Who doesn’t love a good (spicy) second chance romance?!

thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to read this book!!

where do i begin?? this book was FANTASTIC and SEXY and WHOLESOME!! liv and margot are such a good pairing. bellefleur’s dialogue is eloquently written and had me laughing each and every page. i have searched high and low for a series with LGBTQ+ representation in this way and she hits all the right marks in this series. bisexual, pansexual, and queer rep!

the new character of liv is extremely relatable, especially if you’re someone who tends to care more about others than yourself. and margot is just a sexy yet awkward woman who just wants to be loved and i would give anything to be that woman for her.

her first book had me fall in love with darcy and elle, where enemies become fake girlfriends to lovers. her second book had me fall in love with brendon and annie, where sometimes the little things matter more than movie worthy moments. and in her last book had me dying over a second-chance romance with chemistry out the freaking wazoo!

also if you’re looking for a steamy WLW romance?? this is IT!! who knew margot enjoyed dirty talk?

this whole series is a 5/5 ⭐️‘a for me!!

Cute but also SPICY. I enjoyed reading Count Your Lucky Stars. I don’t read much contemporary because it tends to border on cheesy and overdone, but because this is LGBTQ+ I really wanted to give it a try!

Olivia and Margot are easy to like as a couple. Separately I wasn’t too fond of them - especially Olivia who had a little too much of a weepy back-story for my liking.

Some of the book was still cheesy and cringey, but it certainly wasn’t anywhere near other romances I’ve read.

The character development was one of the best parts of the story and I truly enjoyed how vulnerable the characters allowed themselves to be with one another.

Alexandria Bellefleur is one of my new favorites. Earlier this year, I first picked up Hang the Moon and very promptly realized I should have been reading Bellefleur from the start. Some romance authors are good at tension and some are great. It’s the difference between Lisa Kleypas and everyone else. That stretching a moment, making it seem like that hand touch and that searing look could burn a house down. Alexandria Bellefleur takes notes from the greats in the genre but completely makes her world distinctly Alexandria Bellefleur.

Her world is Seattle, cake tastings, ferris wheels, snow lodges, and romantic Hollywood classics. I’m in a romcom of funny real-life situations in a world reminding me of.bright colors, wonderful weather, and movie nights with friends.

I’ve always loved romance. It’s my comfort place, my de-stresser, and the place I enter when I want to reassure myself of happy healthy relationships. As a queer woman, it hasn’t actually been that long since the big publishers realized queer romances are worthy and needed. I want them along with every other HEA/HFN I read in this genre. I want those hate-to-love, enemies-to-lovers, historical rakes between LGBTQIA characters too. I don’t want to see those being exclusive to heterosexual people.

I want tension, grumpy/sunshine, horny cake tasting scenes between women (most excellent). Alexandria Bellefleur gives me such quality romances.

Margot and Olivia get a second chance at romance when Brendon and Annie hire a wedding planner for their celebrations. Margot hasn’t seen Olivia since their summer fling went down the drainpipe. That whole dynamic of a summer fling between two best friends already has me screaming but the fact that it’s sapphic (bi/pan)? Lay me to rest because the sapphics ruin me every time.

Secondary-characters in this one are so much fun for me. It’s expected that romance readers are going to see previous book couples in the companion novels. It’s a catnip we all love and appreciate. Pretty much a genre staple at this point. Brendan is a meddling mama bear as always. His role in life is convince everyone he loves and caress about that their perfect someone is out there. Brendan’s antics put a goofy grin on my face every time.

Olivia and Margot have that perfect gay disaster/found family vibe. If you love gays with cats, messy situations, and ‘the way you look at me i burn i pine’ in your romance? Absolutely pre-order.

Alexandria Bellefleur gifted the pastel romantic gays with Count Your Lucky Stars. Highly recommended.

Counting my lucky stars that NetGalley and Harper Collins gave me this advanced readers copy!

4.5 stars*

All bad jokes aside, this book was absolutely swoon worthy! Bellefleur really knows how to tug at her readers heart strings and I’m not sure anyone does the grumpy sunshine trope better.

If you’ve read the first book, Count Your Lucky Stars centers around Elle’s roommate, Margot and her former childhood best friend, Olivia. The two of them had a falling out 11 years earlier but are suddenly thrown back together when Olivia is Brendan’s (Darcy’s brother and the star of book two) wedding planner. The tension starts of strong when Olivia’s apartment floods and Margot is cornered by her well-meaning nosy asshole friends bring up that she has a second bedroom. What follows unbelievable amounts of sexual tension, bad jokes, and cute notes left in pockets.

I’d say the spice level is pretty high in this book. To be fair I don’t read many spicy books so my bar may be a little lower but I’m certain Count Your Lucky Stars will have what you lovely smut readers are looking for ;p

Bellefleur’s writing style is quick and fast paced. I love the incorporation of the zodiac signs and bits of text conversations, it’s adorable!

This book was completely character driven, the plot kind of fell by the wayside. I would have loved to see more of Olivia planning the wedding and Margot working on Oh My Stars. Olivia’s work friends were basically forgotten about. I do read more for characters than plot generally so I still adored the book but the plot could have been stronger.

But that is in to way a reason not to read Count Your Lucky Stars. This incredible wlw relationship is something you need in your life! Go pick up Written in the Stars and binge thru the series before this one releases February 1st!!

This book was a very cute and sweet romance, with a side a very well written spicy scenes. I’m appreciative of the fact that this had even more complex layers to the story and romance. The way the characters truly grow and develop through the story instead of staying static made this story so much better. I love how their conversations were addressed and furthered their development. It adds extra worthwhile layers to the story.

My only real issue must be the lack of further diversity. As a queer woman of color, it was incredibly disappointing to see no people of color or further LGBTQ+ rep. I would’ve been much happier if I could actually see myself or other people in this world.

Thank you to Avon Books for this NetGalley ebook ARC! What an incredible conclusion to a heart stompingly beautiful series. It is so easy to slip back into this romantic world of astrology and messy women falling in love, almost like coming home. Alexandria's books make me want to be best friends with all the characters, Margot especially. Seeing Margot and Olivia's story feels like such a natural extension of this world because every member of this actual family/ found family friend group felt whole from the very beginning, so of course we needed to see Margot get her happily ever after! Count Your Lucky Stars is every bit as sexy as the rest of the series. It is make you blush, it is take a walk around the block to cool off kind of sexy which is such a lovely treat. And the romance feels real and Earned, all the mess and needing to learn to grow together makes it feel so real, it keeps you invested the whole time. I've never felt so satisfied by a series of books, knowing I can go back and start from the beginning and fall in love all over again.

4.5 Stars

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for an arc of this one!

While Brendan and Annie are preparing for their wedding, and Elle and Darcy are getting engaged, Margot is busy feeling like the odd one out in her group of friends--no partner, no roommate, worried she's losing the friends she has. Until Olivia, Margot's ex-best-friend/ex-lover from High School ends up taking over wedding planning for Brendan and Annie. And needs a place to stay.

Ah this is my fave of the Written in the Stars books so far! First of all...I kind of identify with Margot, in a weird way. I love the new character of Olivia and the adorable and heartbreaking backstory between the two. It was so cute to see Annie and Brendan and Elle and Darcy and I'm so glad they were in this book a lot as well.

I'm not a huge fan of epilogues, so that's probably my biggest complaint here, but it wasn't bad. It was cute and cheesy and hopeful. Mostly, I absolutely love the writing, and the character building, and the hilarious narration! Great book and I can't wait to have a physical copy.

CW: sexual content, gaslighting, abandonment, heart attack, injury detail

The pacing seemed a little quick and I wished it didn't rely so much on the miscommunication aspect so much, but it still was a romance novel.

This book was amazing! Margo has had my attention from book one and I love her even more.

This is truly one of the best Sapphic books I have ever read. The plot line was phenomenal, the banter, the relationship growth, the character growth. Everything.

Alexandria Bellefleur has quickly become one of my favorite authors and I can't wait to read more from her

This book was quick paced, with relatable characters and a cute plot. The characters were well-written, and I enjoyed seeing into both of their heads. The plot was also well-done, despite being cliche at times (though the cliche moments fit the plot well, and didn't detract from the story at all). Overall, it was a cute quick-read, and I highly recommend it for a sapphic romance!

Wonderful continuation of the series. I love it when authors continue developing others in a friend group and you get to see glimpses of past character's future happily ever afters.

[All thoughts are my own] I love this series and thoroughly enjoyed the final installment.. I've been waiting to spend more time with Margot and "Count Your Lucky Stars" did not disappoint! Highly recommend CYLS and the rest of Bellefleur's wonderful trilogy.

An adorable rom-com about ex-friends turned lovers who get into a mess of misunderstandings because neither will communicate their true feelings. Margot and Olivia were best friends before a brief fling in high school and a series of miscommunications ended their friendship. Now they've been thrust back into each other's lives as Olivia is tasked with taking over event planning for the wedding of one of Margot's best friends. All the sparks are still there and things quickly get physical, but both women think the other doesn't like them as much as they do. I'll be honest, that aspect definitely got annoying at times (I mean, just talk to each other already!) but I am a sucker for the 'grumpy person falls for sunshiney person and is really soft for them and them alone' trope so I still really enjoyed it.

Alexandria Bellefleur is so consistent in delivering sweet, cookie-cutter romances. She's easily a go-to author if I'm looking for a straight-forward spicy sapphic romance. (Her spicy scenes are good good.) I also love the complexity of the growth the characters go through over the course of the novel and it is shown so well through their conversations and the way they approach their relationships with others.

However, I think her works painfully lack diversity (besides the queer rep of course). I would kill for some POC/trans/disabled/Jewish/mentally ill rep in this world. It feels a little too "picture perfect" cis white able-bodied Hallmark movie for me.

I absolutely loved this follow up to WRITTEN IN THE STARS, and I think anyone who enjoyed the first two books will love this just as much!

COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS follows Margot as she reconnects with the childhood best friend and first love. Olivia is Brendon and Annie's last minute wedding planner, and after a disaster at her apartment, Margot's newest roommate. The couple have a second chance at love, but will history repeat itself?

Everyone loves a good enemies to lovers book, but I'd argue that friends to lovers is even better and this book delivered! I feel like the pacing was a little quick, and I would have loved a bit more tension and awkwardness between Margot and Olivia before they got together, but I still loved their chemistry. And as always, Alexandria Bellefleur writes excellent spice. I wish the plot relied a bit less on miscommunication, but I like that their arguments always came from a place of truly caring about the other, which I think redeems this for me. Overall, this was a great follow up to WRITTEN IN THE STARS, and I think it will become another beloved book by sapphic readers.

The perfect salve for anyone currently nursing a heart with some jagged edges.

Olivia is an event planner who's taking on her first big wedding and determined to have everything go perfectly. Margot is the "Best Woman" of the wedding and Olivia's former best friend from childhood. Running into one another after 11 years of not speaking sends all of the same sparks flying and more.
This may be one of the best romance novels I've ever read. The writing is beautiful and the thing that stood out to me the most is the conversations throughout. They are realistic, it didn't feel thrown in to move the book along and add substance. I've had these exact conversations with my friends, we've expressed the same fears of abandonment as our lives are changing with age and marriage. It's impossible to not love Margot and Olivia and I think a large part of that is being able to see yourself or someone you love reflected in those characters and in their friends. The timeline moved smoothly and there were no outlandish tropes that pushed it along. It felt natural, like a friend telling me a story about how they met their partner. There are a couple *spicy* scenes in this book and the only way to describe them is with a chefs kiss.

This was my first book from Alexandria Bellefleur, but it surely will not be the last.

5/5
🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

This book was a total vibe (iykyk) and of the three in the series was probably my favorite. Margot and Olivia were childhood best friends and also each other’s firsts. First what? First everything’s apparently, and after eleven years apart those feelings are still there at a second chance reunion of fates.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱:
• Margot is my spirit animal. She’s cynical and stubborn and badass. I adore her.
• Olivia is an event planner and I got totally relate to the wedding planning parts having served four years in that industry.
• This book was just funny. There are scenes I laughed so hard.
• I related hardcore to Margot’s frustrations of being the last single friend standing. The scene when she explains to Elle that “I was your person, and now Darcy is”… y’all I almost cried. It hit in the feels.

I’d definitely recommend finishing the series with Count Your Lucky Stars even if one of the first two didn’t knock your socks off. It was a great way to end.

I have loved the other two books in this series, and Count Your Lucky Stars was right up my alley. The combo of sunshine/grump and second chance friends-to-lovers tugged at all my heartstrings. Plus, this wlw romance was spicy. Definitely a level above Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon. Liv and Margot's chemistry was undeniable! The standard romance formula was in play, so miscommunication was part of the big break, but it felt earnest instead of annoying. Our leading ladies were trying, and I felt it. If you enjoyed the other two books in this series, or are looking for more pan/bi contemporary romances in your life, Count Your Lucky Stars is a great choice.

Alexandria Bellefleur definitely deserves the highest of fives for creating this super cute and hilarious novel! Count Your Lucky Stars ticked all the right boxes on my romantic checklist because this story is tender, lighthearted, steamy and laugh-out-loud funny. I will always have a soft spot for second-chance romances and this book will go down in herstory as one of my favorite reads because I adored the pansexual representation and the strong emphasis on the importance of friendship. Olivia, Margot and her friends were so adorable and easy to love and I couldn’t get enough of the witty banter between them. Plus, I love how the author portrayed the mutual pining and sexual tension between Margot and Olivia. Wicked wink!

Even though Count Your Lucky Stars is the third book in the series, it can be read as a stand-alone because the author has done a fabulous job with filling in all the important bits of information from the previous books. But if you would like to get more character background about Margot, Darcy, Elle, Brendon and Annie, then I’d suggest that you start with the first book.

Thank you Netgalley and Avon Books for the ARC copy of this wonderful and heartwarming story!