hannah ೀ.ᐟ⭒'s Reviews > Picking Daisies on Sundays

⭑ ˖ 4.75 stars .ᐟ ⋆౨ৎ˚˖
⤿ this is one of the cutest romance books i've ever read and i will be thinking about it for the rest of my life 🌸

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "for the hopeless, and hopeful, romantics who don't know they're noticed in a crowded room." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

⊹ ₊ »- thoughts ⟢
i have been so excited to read this book ever since i saw a tiktok of the first page containing a lyric from lover. from the moment i read the dedication, i knew i was going to love this. it was cute and fast paced and i loved nearly everything about it. i fell in love, giggled, blushed, laughed, and even cried. i realize my rating sounds stingy but there's a reason i took away .25 from the rating and that was the main character, dani. i loved her a lot, but she was so insecure and in denial, it was almost impossible to read her thoughts without getting annoyed at least once. besides that, everything else about this book was perfect. the writing was so pretty and easy to read and i loved the characters and the connections they had. and of course, i loved the fake dating trope. it's one of my favorites and this book did it so well!

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "the happiness that flooded my chest was enough for me to ignore the lingering crack in my heart. but it wasn't enough for me to ignore how he held onto the pieces that were missing." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

⊹ ₊ »- plot ⟢
daniella daisy maria and levi coldwell are the best of friends. bonding and finding comfort in each other over their shared grief of losing their dads, they create a connection like no other, one that eventually leads to something more. however, it all ends when daniella confesses her love for levi and he doesn't feel the same. old feelings begin to resurface four years later when dani runs into levi and he asks her to be his fake girlfriend for his sister's wedding.

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "the lover and the archer, they'd call it. the girl who kept falling in love, and the boy who could receive love from whomever he aimed his heart at." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

⊹ ₊ »- characters ⟢

꒰ ⁺˖ daniella daisy maria ۫ ‧ 🌼 ₊˚. ꒱
first of all, this is such a beautiful name. second, even though i have my complaints, she was extremely relatable (so maybe i was just projecting at first). dani is a hopeless romantic who assumed the worst and didn't see the best parts of herself. sounds familiar. i connected with her character so deeply and even more so when she spoke about how much she wanted love. her character development was amazing and at the end of the day, i love her more than not because she is just like me.

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "i then entered my romantic-comedy and love-storyland hibernation, where i tried to remind myself that if love stories existed in films and books, then those stories must've been inspired by real loves stories too. right?" ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "could i live like that forever? waiting for my heart to catch up to reality?" ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "i was always nervous that if i shared the unkind words people threw at me, then that's all they'd associate me with." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

꒰ ⁺˖ levi coldwell ۫ ‧ 📖 ₊˚. ꒱
LEVI COLDWELL, THE MAN THAT YOU ARE. dani move it's my turn. i don't think there's enough words in the english language to describe my love for levi because omg. all i can say is thank you liana cincotti for creating the perfect man. first of all, he's hot. he's tall, wears glasses, has great style and blushes easily??? I NEED HIM. that's just the beginning though. he's sweet, cares for his family so much 🥹, kind, protective, romantic, remembers the little things, speaks french AND WROTE A WHOLE FRENCH POETRY BOOK ABOUT DANI. of course he's too good to be true and i'm currently sobbing because he's not real. the way he spoke about dani and held her, i teared up SO many times. as if my standards weren't high already, he just had to raise them even more.

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "it was as if the moon followed him everywhere he went simply because he was more beautiful than the sun." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "i knew how much he loved the way words strung together into a sentence could sound like a song without the music." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "they're my entire life. if they need me, i want them to know that i'll always be there for them. i don't want them to ever feel like they have less of a family because they don't have a dad." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

꒰ ⁺˖ daisy + vi ۫ ‧ 💐 ₊˚. ꒱
their romance actually means everything to me and it makes me want to cry. this was all my favorite tropes in one and it was done so wonderfully. the longing, stolen glances, lingering touches, the love, desire, and trust they have for each other, - i loved it all. they had a beautifully developed relationship and i will be thinking about them forever.

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "you intoxicate me, daisy. the scent of flowers lingers on you everywhere you go, and i always want to follow." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "i'd get on my knees and worship her if i could have this every day. her hips my altar and her lips my religion." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "i love you. i love the sound of your voice when you're worried. and i love the way your hair always looks so stupidly perfect, even when it's messy. and i love the way you make me feel; like my heart is about to take off down a runway before catching air. i love it all." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "in truth, levi was the king of my heart." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

⊹ ₊ »- more favorite quotes ⟢
and now my favorite part, the poems. not only is this one of the most romantic, beautiful things i have ever read, but it's even better because they're all actually in french (i'm giggling and kicking my feet while simultaneously screaming and sobbing)!

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "the whole book, every poem in there is about you. everything i wrote came back to you." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "do you hear that? that's my heart knocking against my chest at the sight of you / i've never heard anything more terrifying / how could you provide me air and suffocate me at the same time?" ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "don't worry if the flowers pass, i'll be right there to plant you more / and when the soil grows old, i'll comfort it in the chaos of the storm" ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "burden me with your secrets / so i can carry the weight you're so fearful of letting go" ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "i tried to stop loving you, but along the way, you found your way into the sound of my laugh, the style of my writing, and the threads of my clothes / i would've gone down on my knees just to hear you say yes" ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "she lives in between the pinks and yellows of the world / where a beautiful color is unknown to others / and when she speaks, i become a bee enthralled in a field of daisies" ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

this last quote is literally everything to me because my favorite colors are pink and yellow. 🥹🩷💛

⊹ ₊ »- final thoughts ⟢
i'm going to need a couple of days to process this book and bask in my endless love for levi. he is absolutely in my top 5 book bfs and the standard for all men. anyways, please go read this book. it's so perfect for the spring and summer time and a great read if you need something cute and easy!

— ⊹ ࣪ ˖ "ready to go home?"
"with you, always." ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

happy reading!
love, hannah 🩷