The House on Mulberry Street (Blue Cedar Falls #3)

                                                                                                                                          

Author: Jeannie Chin
Title: The House on Mulberry Street (Blue Cedar Falls #3)
Publisher: Forever
Date Published: 03/07/2023

Read Dates: 01/18/2023- 01/21/2023
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

I think I found a new auto-buy author! I usually don’t like starting with a book that’s part of a series I haven’t read, but this one worked. There were hints towards previous stories but it wasn’t enough to make me feel like I was missing out on too much to enjoy this one. It feels like this was an inter-connected stand-alone which is my favorite!

What I loved:
✔️ diversity and representation
✔️ small town romance
✔️ friends to lovers
✔️ opposites attract
✔️ found family(ish)

I like that Elizabeth and Graham’s main challenge was an obstacle they were facing as a team, because I hate growing attached to characters and then watching them self-sabotage for the majority of a book!

This was, all around, just a delight to read!

In this charming small-town romance, two best friends sharing a kiss might have made the worst mistake of their lives—or found the best thing that's ever happened to them.

Between helping at her family’s inn and teaching painting, Elizabeth Wu has put her dream of being an artist on the back burner. But her plan to launch an arts festival will boost the local Blue Cedar Falls arts scene and give her a showcase for her own work. If only she can get the town council on board. At least she can rely on her dependable best friend Graham to support her. Except lately, he hasn’t been acting like his old self, and she has no idea why.

Graham Lewis has been secretly in love with Elizabeth forever, but it’s past time that he faces the cold, hard truth: vivacious, amazing Elizabeth will never see him as anything but a platonic pal. He’s going to help her get the festival off the ground, but after that he needs to forget his one-sided crush. Until one impulsive kiss changes everything. Can they really rebuild their entire relationship—and the festival—from the ground up? Or will it all come crashing down?