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Love in Focus

By: Lyla Lee
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus, Catherine Ho
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Delilah Green Doesn't Care meets The Bold Type in this sapphic rom-com where two exes are given a second chance at love.

When her boyfriend of seven years suddenly breaks up with her, relationship advice columnist Gemma Cho is convinced that real love doesn’t exist. As a bisexual woman who’s had zero luck with both men and women, she’s ready to give up on her own romantic prospects. That is, until she's paired up with world-renowned photographer Celeste Min on a potentially career-saving piece on modern love.

Celeste is extremely talented and sexy, and would be the perfect collaborator and rebound for Gemma—if it weren’t for the fact that she’s Gemma’s ex, the one that broke her heart in college and moved to a whole other country before Gemma could even make sense of what went wrong between them. Heightened by the unmistakable sparks that still fly between them, Gemma and Celeste struggle to keep their relationship strictly professional. For the sake of her career, Gemma needs this piece to do well. And for the sake of what’s left of her beaten up hopeless romantic heart, she wants to fall head over heels for Celeste again.

But can she trust Celeste to feel the same this time around?

©2025 Lyla Lee (P)2025 Forever
Romance Romantic Comedy United States World Literature Heartfelt

Critic reviews

“Lee finds a spot alongside Jenny Han and Stacey Lee in representing the diversity of Asian American experiences. A joyful protagonist who speaks to Generation Z."—School Library Journal

"Those who appreciate imperfect but endearing heroines will be happy to pick this up.”—Publishers Weekly

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This story was super cute!

Former roommates to lovers
Second chance
Workplace romance
Tattooed FMC
Casual situationship

All of this wrapped up in the love story of Gemma and Celeste. It's sweet, it's heartwarming, it's sexy... a great read!
The narration was absolutely fantastic! 👏👏👏

Love in Focus

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I’ve read about 35 sapphic books this year and this is on my top 3! Even we deserve our cheesy predictable romances🥺

One of my favorites of the year!

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I liked this book but there were two glaring things that kept it from a better rating.
First, there’s spice but the spice edges close to dubious consent territory. Gemma often has lots of alcohol in her system when the spice happens. Which comes across as…icky and questionable.
Second, this is another book that suffers too much from talking about the LGBTQ community in a way that makes it too explanatory. At times it felt like a “how queer people exist 101.” It doesn’t feel like a natural and lived in experience. Especially since Gemma tells the story in first person.
Otherwise the story is good. The first hour is slow and spends probably a bit too much time on Gemma’s attempts to sleep with men. Otherwise it’s an easy, short read.
The characters are fun. Gemma though, is pretty contradictory at times. For instance, she’s upset at how quickly her ex moves on despite moving on remarkably fast herself. Celeste feels more put together and rounded out.
Narration is great. 5/5 for that.

Almost

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Love the interwoven themes of love, culture, bi sexuality and friendship. Great writing and wonderful performances. thank you!

Life's Love

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this story would. are such a perfect kdrama. and I ate up every second of it. I was really impressed

2nd chance exs to lovers romance

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