Estimated Reading Time🕒 4 minutes
𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Jennifer Hartmann✍🏻 | 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 344📖
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲:🌶️🌶️.5
𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 545
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Standalone
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 5/5
𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁: 5/5
𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5
𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5
𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 4/5
💞 “𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑺𝒚𝒅. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒂𝒚.” 💞
🪷Childhood friends to lovers
🦝Slow burn
🪷Cinnamon roll MMC
🦝Virgin MMC
🪷Second chance-ish
🦝Pet Racoon
Jennifer Hartmann has a knack for keeping me in an emotional chokehold like no other. Lotus was my first dive into her books, and ever since then, I’ve willingly subjected myself to emotional damage by romance novel. This has been my second (or third?) time reading it, and my first experience with the audiobook.
For the uninitiated, JH specializes in angsty romance tales that tear your heart out, run it through the spin cycle, and then put it back, slightly askew. Despite this emotional rollercoaster, her stories are worth every penny you might spend on therapy afterward.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒔”
I’m a sucker for Syd and Oliver’s story, and Jen did a fantastic job with Oliver’s journey into his new life. His development didn’t feel rushed, yet the pacing kept the story engaging.
And that plot twist? Totally blindsided me on the first read! Well done, Mrs. Hartmann.
I highly recommend Lotus as a perfect entry point into JH’s work. It’s beautifully written and strikes a perfect balance between heartbreak and hope.
“𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅”
🎧📗𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄📗🎧
I enjoyed listening to the audiobook, though the male narrator didn’t quite hit the mark for me. His delivery often felt dry and choppy. Despite this, I don’t think it’s a major deterrent if you’re considering giving it a listen.
✨Im Literary Anxious✨ 
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