Count Your Lucky Stars is another warm hearted queer romance from author Alexandria Belledleur.

Really enjoyed the best friends second chance romance! I know the feeling of falling in love with your straight best friend, so this take where said friend not be so straight was a joy to read!

The chemistry and banter between Margot and Olivia is spot on, and the humor was laugh out loud!

Highly recommend this queer romance!

Such a great read, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Alexandria has a way of creating great characters. So much heart and humor!

This book has me sitting here with a goofy smile on my face! There's something about these books that make me feel so good. I can't recommend this series enough if you're looking for steamy rom-coms surrounding a group of (nearly all) lgbt+ characters.

I loved the characters, their banter, and the romance as a whole. Each book has been so refreshing! I only wish there was more of an emotional and introspective conclusion drawn by the MCs, as I wished for in all the books, but this is only a minor complaint.

I can't wait to see what Alexandria has in store for us next!

I blew through this book in a day and now I’m just bummed that there isn’t any more of it.

I enjoyed the characters and the themes centered around communication (which I’m tired of being treated as a deeply unsexy topic) for both friends and significant others, but in a nonpreachy way and sans high horse. It’s a fun read that goes exactly where you expect it to, and manages to hit on the perfect amount of smut without crossing over into something that would be entirely too horrifying in audiobook form.

Absolutely enjoyed it, absolutely would read again.

Writing is engaging, even if there was some tired phrasing, for example "really feeling the love here..." is overused and boring. DNF because the hints of longing and sexual tension started way too early in the narrative for me. I'm sure others who read sapphic tales will certainly enjoy this one.

Alexandria Bellefleur can do no wrong. Count Your Lucky Stars is so stinking cute. I was so excited for Margot's story and this book did not disappoint. I generally don't like friends to lovers and I also usually hate second chance stories and this book is both of those tropes in one. BUT the conflict between Olivia and Margot that caused them to fall out of contact is based on a series of misunderstandings that are super believable and grounded in both of them as characters. And while their reconciliation is a bit fast (and based on somewhat unbelievable circumstances as they become roommate through a weird twist of fate) I liked them both as characters too much to be mad. And like holy hell is this book HOT. The steam is real here folks!! I loved the first two books in this series and this one is no exception!

Alexandria Bellefleur knocked its out of the park again!!

Margo and Olivia spent a magic week together in High School and then went their separate ways because of a lack of communication. 11 years later they are reunited when Olivia is made the wedding planner for Margo’s best friend Brendan. What will they make of their second chance?

First I’ll say for those that have read the series that she really upped the steam level in this book so be ready! I absolutely loved getting more of the friendships in this book. They’re what really make this great in terms of characters as you can feel the depth of their personalities and love they have for each other. I loved how she showed Margot and Olivia trying to figure out together how a relationship works just like in a real life romance! The pining, being surprise roommates, sexting, all of it worked so well.

Highly recommend for everyone!

Thank you Netgalley and Avon/Harper Collins for the advanced reader copy of this book.

Staci McIntyre

This book is the standout star of its series. I honestly didn't enjoy Written In the Stars and Hang the Moon was fun but not much more, but I stuck with it to get to Margot and it was worth it. Her painful vulnerability is so relatable and makes the romance ache in the best way. Olivia's uncertainty and budding self-confidence are also heartstring-pullers and make you root even harder for them. Her relationship with her ex, too, is wildly relatable and true to life to those of us who have ever sacrificed ourselves for undeserving, emotionally abusive men and found the strength to leave and finally prioritize ourselves. This final book in the trilogy has the emotional weight and tight pacing its predecessors we're missing and makes it a fun, engaging romance.

This may have been my favorite of Alexandria Bellefleur's series. I really enjoyed the first two. This ones features Margo and another female character, and the two of them together are wonderful. I enjoy stories of lost love interests reunited. It liked seeing them overcome some relationship fears that they have and work through some baggage from the past. As well, this was steamy, but not overly so. I liked seeing the way characters like Elle, Darcy, Brandon and Annie were worked in from previous books - this series feels like an ongoing saga of friends and siblings' relationships. I hope Alexandria Bellefleur writes more books like this soon!

I was excited when I got the NetGalley approval for Count Your Lucky Stars! I really enjoyed the first two books and couldn’t wait to to see how the series wrapped up with Margot’s story. This was such a sweet, character driven, steamy romance. It was well written, and perfectly paced. I am not overly into astrology, but enjoyed reading about it, and loved that it was an ongoing theme. I have loved the unique mix of characters throughout the series. They’re relatable, well developed and I enjoyed getting a chance to catch up with them. Olivia was instantly lovable, and the perfect addition to the group. All in all, I really enjoyed reading CYLS. It was lol funny, a quick read, and a great conclusion to the series. Although… I wouldn’t be upset if Bellefleur gave us one more book. 😉😉

4/5⭐️
What I enjoyed;
💫 Childhood friends to lovers
💫 Second chance queer rom-com
💫 Astrology theme
💫 Cat

I would definitely recommend reading Count Your Lucky Stars! If you haven’t read the first two books in the Written in the Stars series, I personally would say to start from the beginning.

Thank you NetGalley, Avon Books, and Alexandria Bellefleur for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review. My review will be posted on Instagram and Goodreads.

Count Your Lucky Stars is the perfect finale to a delightful romance trilogy. Olivia and Margot gave me all the feels. There's so much pining, and flirting, and um, HELLO, it's a saphhic romance?! It was refreshing to have a sapphic book/romance that wasn't filled to the brim with tragedy.

If you love Sapphic romance, second chance romance, grumpy/sunshine romance, or friends-to-lovers romance, then this book is definitely for you!

Margot has always been the cynical, no-nonsense friend in this group and watching her go gooey for Liv was adorable. Margot is also one of the most likeable characters for me so I loved seeing her get a happily ever after instead of just being delegated to best friend.

Thanks NetGalley and Avon for this E-ARC. I cannot wait to have this on audio.

Just like the first two books in the series Count Your Lucky Stars is a funny, fast-paced romance full of pop culture references, magnetic queer characters, and a cat named Cat. The 3rd book in the series follows Margot’s love story, Elle’s friend and business partner from Written in the Stars.

Margot loves her friends, but while she isn’t in any rush to jump into a relationship, she would maybe like to stop feeling like the perpetual 5th wheel. When Brendan and Annie’s wedding venue is wrecked, and they bring in a wedding planner 3 weeks before the big day, Margot comes face to face with Olivia. Her ex best friend and teenage love she hasn’t spoken to in a decade.

Olivia and Margot’s dynamic is really interesting because even though they had a falling out they don’t seem to have any real animosity for each other. Their dialogue and mannerisms are really well written, and it does a great job showing their years of friendship.

While I don’t like miscommunication typically as a plot device it makes sense here because their issues are based on choices they made as teenagers, and an unwillingness to dredge up the past. The only part of the book that falls flat for me is the end, It feels a little abrupt, and I wish we had one or two more chapters before the epilogue.

Overall this last book really wraps up the series nicely, giving each couple their own happily ever after. You could read this as a standalone, but reading the whole series definitely enhances the story.

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This was such a cute read! The ending did feel a bit abrupt and like I wanted a bit more. Would definitely recommend though!

This was my first time reading a book by Alexandria Bellefleur, and with how much I enjoyed Count Your Lucky Stars, I will definitely be coming back for more. Not only did this book have some of my favourite tropes in romance (second chance romance, forced proximity), it just felt right. The chemistry was apparent, and I couldn’t have asked for a better HEA to wrap it all up. Really my only issue was that it felt as if some supporting characters fell a little flat at times, though that may be because this is the only book I’ve read in the Written in the Stars trilogy.
Like any good romance book, my absolute favourite part of this was the romance. The chemistry, the yearning, those moments when the characters almost go for it and don’t, and then when they finally do. But even further, I loved how even though the main relationship was sapphic, there was never a point where the characters were having to deal with any homophobia. There were some very subtle undertones of the way the pressures to conform to a heterosexual relationship can affect a sapphic couple, but it was never a main point of the story. And I’m glad for it. Margot and Olivia’s obstacles have nothing to do with that, and it was nice to enjoy a sapphic romance without having to constantly worry about the homophobic trauma that could be inflicted upon the characters.
Second, I really did enjoy the character development within this book. Margot and Olivia are a great example of a couple that’s fairly different from one another but still work together really well. Despite their differences, there’s never some ugly moment in which one of the characters is almost insinuating that because they’re more or less feminine, or some other trait, they’re better than the other. There are some communication issues, but they’re understandable when you realise that a. both the characters were teenagers when it originally happened, and b. no one wants to rehash every detail of a painful experience after eleven years of being apart.
Ultimately, I really enjoyed this book. There were moments I worried that the HEA was coming too soon, but Bellefleur beautifully weaved together all these character’s stories, and past relationships into one beautiful romance. COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS was hard to put down, but wholly satisfying when I finally turned to that last page, and I couldn’t recommend more.

"I'm pretty sure a part of me has been waiting for you for eleven years."

I dub Alexandria Bellefleur the queen of romantic comedy. This book had spice, witty banter, and the emotional heartbeat. This was a delightful read that left me feeling ooey and gooey. I was swooning over Margot and Liv's love declarations. Tropes include second chance romance, sunshine & grumpy, jealously, and a vibrator scene involving a cat!

I love the way that Bellefleur crafts her characters. I deeply related to Margot. She is one of my all-time favorite characters. I love her whit and banter with her friends. Margot's strength and vulnerability were showcased through talking about her fears. It was an emotional journey for Margot, and I loved loved reading about it. I did find the 3rd act to be slightly frustrating. But, the ending wrapped up the story so beautifully. I hope she writes more books in this world.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Eleven years ago, Margot and Olivia were inseparable. Now, it's been over a decade since they last spoke, until Olivia is enlisted to plan Margot's best friend's wedding. Before they know it, they're living together and growing close again, but are they destined to end this time too?

Alexandria Bellefleur has become one of my must-read authors, and this book just cements that. Every book in the Written in the Stars series has been just as good as the one before, all easily earning 5* ratings. Count Your Lucky Stars provides the same funny and heartfelt banter, the same lovable characters, an assortment of everyone's favorite tropes, all wrapped up in a perfectly bingeable package. I feel like I'm constantly on the hunt for great sapphic romances, and I know Bellefleur will never let me down.

My favorite part about this book is how easy it is to relate to both Olivia and Margot. It's something Bellefleur does incredibly well--somehow every character is relatable, easy to see yourself in and easy to root for. The way Margot's feelings about being the last single person in her friend group are portrayed felt so real and natural to me--how even when you know it's irrational, even when you don't particularly want a serious relationship, it's hard not to feel like you're getting left behind. She's such a strong character throughout both this book and the previous two, and I loved getting to see her vulnerabilities. Olivia was a new character, but no less lovable. My heart broke for her, and I cheered for her with every step forward.

Count Your Lucky Stars will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, but it goes so much deeper than that. Reading this--binging it, really--my emotions ran the whole gambit. I laughed, I cried, I had to take a break because I was getting almost TOO invested. The epilogue made me sob happy tears, and the spice made me sweat. Margot and Olivia's romance was just so wonderful, and all the crumbs from the other two couples were endearing. I just loved everything about this book, and I can't recommend it highly enough.

I absolutely adored Olivia. She is literally like sugar and spice and then Margot is black coffee but these two somehow work so well together. I really enjoyed getting to see a more vulnerable side to Margot because she's known to be a straight shooter and now she's getting all flustered with her words every time she is around Olivia. The romance can be frustrating at times because both Margot and Olivia struggle with communicating how they feel because they fear that it might push the other away. But there is no denying the chemistry between these two! I would probably say that Count Your Lucky Stars is the sexiest book in this series and it's all due to Margot's dirty talking skills.

Margot and Olivia – two, inseparable best friends for the longest time. That is, until they have a hot Spring Break fling while Olivia was on a break from her boyfriend and she decides to reunite with him when he gets back into town.

Margot, heartbroken that Olivia would go back to Brad, doesn’t fight for their relationship and fades away from Olivia through college and their twenties. Olivia, unsure about where she stands with Margot, falls back into what she’s always known – she can’t afford to pay for an expensive college, Brad wants to be with her, and she ultimately makes the safe, logical choice.

Fast forward just over ten years. Olivia’s an event coordinator, and Margot is an app developer. They delightfully, blusteringly stumble into each other as Margot’s best friend is getting married and Olivia is running the event. Olivia’s apartment floods, and oh no! It looks like Margot better offer her guest bedroom. Because, you know, she’s a good friend. (Goodness – I am a sucker for forced proximity is all I’m saying)

They are off to the races, both with their feelings, their fallout over relationship statuses, and their steamy make out (and you know, ahem, and more) sessions. Not having read the first two of this series, I know I missed some relationship updates (and quite possibly, why there was a wedding for Olivia to event plan in the first place). That said, it did not detract from the story one iota. Olivia and Margot’s chemistry was electric, but their emotional honesty and willingness to work through their issues is what kept me glued.

I would happily recommend this book (sunshine and a loveable curmudgeon? Friends to lovers?! Emotional honesty?!). It was all excellent, and now I’m racing backwards to read the other titles!

This book was absolutely adorable and really helped me read when i didn’t have the time and was in a little bit of a slump. it’s technically the third book in the written in the stars series but can be read as a stand-alone. it’s a second chance, childhood friends to lovers romance and it’s so so good!

I adored the characters and I loved seeing the relationship between Margot and Olivia develop through the book. I also loved seeing the couples from the previous books and seeing where they’ve come and how they’ve grown and how their friendships have grown. the angst and tension between Margot and Olivia was palpable and I could not stop reading, I needed to know what they were thinking and how they were feeling and I wanted to just keep reading it. it was adorable and I would definitely recommend it. it had me smiling and laughing and a little bit hurting (third act conflict). it made me feel all the things and it was one of the first books I read for myself during school! definitely check it out if you’ve read the first two books.