Name: The Exception to the Rule
ISBN: 9781662519895

Christina Lauren

The Exception to the Rule

Ashlyn Barrett

"Do you ever have a feeling about someone? Like they're your safe space and, I don't know, like someday it could be more?"

He walks around the hood and sees me at the same time I see the cupcake box in his hand.

Forget flowers; give me a cupcake and it's a perfect date.

Yulez

This was SO adorable! Immediate five star from me. An accidental email on Valentine’s Day between a boy and girl leads to a chain of email correspondence on Valentine’s Day that span several years where no personal information ever gets shared. Until years later they start a “what if” we were to meet and the events that follow will have you giggling and kicking your feet. I loved the intimacy of the email correspondence to create a quick connection to our MC’s but also the fact that the whole story wasn’t in that format. Definitely had the perfect amount of slow burn and witty banter as well. Definitely recommend.

This was a cute and short read. I actually would've loved this in a longer format! 

Sarah Campbell

Li rapidinho, coisa de 2 horas, com muita risadinha e um momento que passou gostoso, de maneira divertida e leve, um romancezinho.

Larissa Campos

People will say “WHEN WILL THIS BE MY TURN” but tbh if this happens to me, i’ll probably NOT think of it as a love encounter, but more of a STRANGER ALERT.  

Buuuuuuutttttt i’m not gonna deny how cute thiss book is. Andd the way they emailed each otherrrr. AAAAAAA!!!!!

tiffany 

People will say “WHEN WILL THIS BE MY TURN” but tbh if this happens to me, i’ll probably NOT think of it as a love encounter, but more of a STRANGER ALERT.  

Buuuuuuutttttt i’m not gonna deny how cute thiss book is. Andd the way they emailed each otherrrr. AAAAAAA!!!!!

ang 

Rebecca Hurd

Super cute short story that truly proves that emotional connection really is the best way to create a loving relationship!!

Might have a new obsession with novellas - swoooon 

Brittany Peterson

Bethany Williamson

aleksandra

4/5

ME WHEN?
ME WHENN??
ME WHENNNNN????

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Aims

Mieka Estrada

✨I like a lot of things, but I don’t LOVE any one thing. It feels scary, you know? To worry I might commit to something because I have to but not because I love it.

✨No matter how fantastical it sounds, it feels like we were destined to run into each other in some truly unbelievable way.

✨“We get soup dumplings when we’re thinking about each other.” She was thinking about me.

✨He walks around the hood and sees me at the same time I see the cupcake box in his hand. Forget flowers; give me a cupcake and it’s a perfect date.

✨Are we still going to be emailing each other from the same couch on Valentine’s Day in fifty years?

Mariaaa

✨I like a lot of things, but I don’t LOVE any one thing. It feels scary, you know? To worry I might commit to something because I have to but not because I love it.

✨No matter how fantastical it sounds, it feels like we were destined to run into each other in some truly unbelievable way.

✨“We get soup dumplings when we’re thinking about each other.” She was thinking about me.

✨He walks around the hood and sees me at the same time I see the cupcake box in his hand. Forget flowers; give me a cupcake and it’s a perfect date.

✨Are we still going to be emailing each other from the same couch on Valentine’s Day in fifty years?

Without question. 

For a short story, this had everything I would have wanted! It’s cute, it’s fast paced, the characters are so loveable and it has a few funny moments !

Robyn Harley

This reminded me so much of You’ve Got Mail and that remains one of my most favorite movies of all time! 10 years of email Valentines. 💌 The only thing that took away from it was the “good dick” line that carried over more than I thought you’d be able to given that it’s a novella. Other than that though it’s pretty darn cute and now I want soup dumplings. 🥟

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