I LOVED Lovelight Farms and the whole series was just TOP TIER. Absolute Gilmore Girls vibes with weird quirky gossipy town citizens (more so in the second and third book) and a SENSE OF COMMUNITY that I think is the real hallmark of GG. I don't even really like small town romances because I am from a small town and did NOT find it something to be romanticized. I wept warmhearted tears in each of the books and I LOVED the heroes being objectively good men, not at all problematic and like ideal female gaze material. No toxic masculinity to be seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
_When in Rome_ was the Luke x Lorelai romance I needed. Adorable small town vibes, curmudgeonly _bakery_ owner with hermit inclination, sunshine-y heroine with pop culture references and high energy.
I’m so happy you loved Lovelight Farms! I read it last Christmas and ADORED it. Plan to reread it this year. The other books in the series are also fantastic ❤
I picked up and read Morning Glory Milking Farm after seeing you talk about it and I loved it! I'm so glad you talked about it. Because I bought it though I got recommended a Kindle Unlimited holiday book called a 'Christmas Like No Otter' which I find hilarious. I always wanted to read a holiday romance but haven't picked one up.
I feel you on the Christmas decor thing! I have huge stack of Christmas romances I want to read but I have a ton of spooky books I should be reading for Halloween.
The city bakers guide to country living by Louisa miller gave me all the GG vibes. She has another book that did a little bit as well. 10 blind dates by Ashley Elston was a really cute Christmas read - it’s YA but really cute.
I don’t have a problem with age, gaps in general, but I do have some things that I think are dealbreakers, and I think if one of the people in the couple cannot purchase alcohol, then they don’t need to be dating somebody 10 years older than them. There are just different stages of life, and if you are not in the same stage of life, it just won’t work out. I have friends who are dating people 15 years older than them, and it’s working out great, but it’s because they’re both in the career stage, and the older person isn’t gearing up for retirement anytime soon. Her being in college and him being ready to turn 30 are VERY different stages.
For me, I think you raise completely valid points-buut, at the same time, age alone isn't always a direct indicator is exactly where someone's life is or isn't. People can be in a college/study stage, rather than a career stage, even when they are older...and some people, depending in the exact career, can actually get into certain careers fairly young. Retirement age, similarly, isn't always the same exact bracket for every person either. And just because someone is old enough to purchase alcohol, doesn't automatically mean that they are an alcohol drinker-much like how not being old enough to legally purchase, for better or for worse, doesn't guarantee that someone always _isn't_ an alcohol drinker either(not to mention how the legal age to purchase alcohol I don't think is actually the same in every country either). So, while I believe you raise an excellent guideline, I think it could also potentially depend quite a lot on the individuals and/or on their individual situations sometimes too. ((But, like Chandler said, in fiction I think the rules can safely be a little blurrier than might be advisable in reality sometimes too. ^^))
I just read The Inn on Sweetbriar Lane by Jeannie Chin and it kind of gave GG vibes. Small town (and very good small town vibes), heroine runs the family B&B, hero just moved to town to open a bar and he's super unfriendly and unwilling to participate in the small town's norms. It reminded me of the push and pull between Luke and Lorelei and their feelings around Stars Hollow.
After hearing about how much you loved Lovelight Farms, I really want to read it now. I love the friends to lovers trope and I love Christmas. And in one of your previous videos you recommended me Blurred Lines by Lauren Layne, which became one of my favorite books of all time. So I trust your taste in friends to lovers stories. And I hope I love this one as much as you did. 😊
I am also always looking for books that give me all the GG vibes, sadly I haven’t found one yet. Lovelight Farms was on my radar, will now pick it up really soon. If you’re ever up to read a small town cozy mystery (set in the UK) that has a lot of Stars Hollow vibes (mixed with Bridget Jones and the British TV show Gavin & Stacey) you could try the Claire’s Candles series by Agatha Frost. It has a little romance but not much, the focus is def the mystery. You can technically read all of them as standalones (some side story lines will get spoiled but I feel like that would be fine?) and I would recommend the newest one, Toffee Apple Torment, for all the fall and Halloween vibes. This series isn’t much different from other cozies, but I love the small town and all the kooky residents and their side stories so much.
I'm going to add all these books to my list! I'm also currently reading A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, and loving it, which has gotten me into an unexpected holiday mood.
Omgoodness this video speaks to my GG LOVING HEART! And I love that your adored Lovelight Farm, because it is top romances I’ve ever read. 💕💕💕 One GG feeling book is Well Met!
You should totally read In A Jam by Kate Canterbary! Noah (the hero) gives me hardcore Luke from GG vibes and it is set in a small(er) town. It is definitely a grumpy sunshine and there is a hilarious, loveable child in the mix. Not to mention the STEAM omg Kate Canterbary never disappoints on the steam. It sounds like it has VERY similar tropes as Lovelight farms (some fake dating, farm life, best friends as kids, etc.) so I am planning to read that next!
Gilmore Girls vibe? Definitely the Romance in Sheet Cake series by Emma St. Clair. This series is the spin-off (do book series have spin-offs?) of the Love Clichés series which takes place in another town. All cute, but the stories in the town of Sheet Cake are the Gilmore Girls-esque ones.
I just finished the Lovelight Farms series! I would give the series five stars overall for how they tie into each other and the world BK Borison created but officially I did give Lovelight Farms and In The Weeds 4 stars but Mixed Signals was absolutely 5 stars! I did also see that a fourth book is coming soon which I’m SO excited about! 😍 definitely recommend adding the rest of the series to your TBR.
In The Weeds is even better...And that's saying something. I read it first and adored it and fell sooo hard for Beckett. You'll love the rest of the series though...I promise.
YESS, this is the exact vibe I was looking for! 😍I'll save Lovelight Farms for December. If you do end up reading more good holiday romances we would love a list 😊
I know you’re not having this problem any more but Lulus is a good wedding dress solution. They even have sections designated on their website to sort by what they would consider to be bridesmaid/wedding guest dresses.
Other Christmas romances I've heard a lot about are 📚The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese 📚Christmas in Quincy (The Edens #0.5) by Devney Perry 📚Taste (Cloverleigh Farms #7) by Melanie Harlow 📚The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart in case you want to read them 🤭😍 and of course 📚 Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison 💕
love that idea! i need to just be better in general about including books by BIPOC authors in these vlogs. not that i wouldn't do a separate vlog, just something i need to do additionally :)
I recently read Bittersweet by Sarina Bowen and I think it might be what you’re looking for. I would describe the dynamic as It Happened One Summer but make it fall! Was it as good as IHOS? No. But did it get me into the fall spirit? Absolutely!
I found B.K. Borison recently and inhaled her three books. I'm 99% sure Lovelight Farms was a debut which is all the more impressive. I love that series and she is working on Charlie's book to be released next year. I can't wait to see what else she does. I'm also a Devney Perry stan. Love her. I've read almost all her books (I think I'm only missing two of her early ones). I really love The Edens series (which Junpier Hill is a part of) and the Calamity Montana series that she releases under the pen name Willa Nash. I would suggest Catherine Cowles for another small town writer who I feel has a similar style to Devney Perry. Catherine Cowles isn't in KU however.
i've been really wanting to check out Catherine Cowles but the no KU thing is such a deal breaker for me this year ugh. hoping to read some of her stuff next year
@@chandlerainsley Completely understand. Luckily I've had good luck getting her books at the library. I know the Austin library has most of them (I know because I've used that library ever since you mentioned Texas residents could sign up for $25 a year...best thing ever because the Houston libraries leave something to be desired. Ha.) I've only read her latest series Tattered & Torn but I've really enjoyed it. I hope whenever you do pick them up you enjoy them! Thanks for all the great videos (and cat content...love those furry beings!).
Awww you read B.K. Borison!!! 5⭐ 😍 it was so so so cute 💋🤭 I hope you LOVE Mixed Signals 💕 (it's the 3rd book in the series 🙉🙊. I personally didn't like the 2nd book In the Weeds 😶😔; but the 1st and 3rd are totally 5 ⭐)
I read Juniper hill last week, and maaaan Memphis cries in every fucking scene in the book. There is cero character development and they go from nothing to living together in 0.5 seconds. Really hated it. The conflicts have no sense at all, like mafia but no, child abduction but no. Glad you liked it, tho
I like friends-to-lovers when they're basically, like, already married-they just need to wise up and make it official already. But if they are legit just friends, then it's just weird to me-let friends just be friends already, whether they are opposite genders or not! idkk maybe that's just me ? 😅😅 Lolll ^--^ I think, I used to like it more than I do now, though. I guess I just grew out of it, or something. I dunno. (It doesn't bother me that other people like it more than I do, at all, though-I get it[ & even if you weren't friends beforehand you definitely need to become friends too sooner or later for a relationship to ever truly last I think], and honestly I just like seeing people get those warm fuzzy happies that people get when they find what they really like, whether the same thing would do the same for me or not^^) 🤭😁🤍💜😊
I LOVED Lovelight Farms and the whole series was just TOP TIER. Absolute Gilmore Girls vibes with weird quirky gossipy town citizens (more so in the second and third book) and a SENSE OF COMMUNITY that I think is the real hallmark of GG. I don't even really like small town romances because I am from a small town and did NOT find it something to be romanticized. I wept warmhearted tears in each of the books and I LOVED the heroes being objectively good men, not at all problematic and like ideal female gaze material. No toxic masculinity to be seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
part of your world has small town vibes while also taking place in a big city and this world colliding makes it a perfect cozy autumn read
as a Gilmore Girls fan, I AM HYPED
Chandler really is one of those youtubers who always remind me of how much I love books
_When in Rome_ was the Luke x Lorelai romance I needed.
Adorable small town vibes, curmudgeonly _bakery_ owner with hermit inclination, sunshine-y heroine with pop culture references and high energy.
I’m so happy you loved Lovelight Farms! I read it last Christmas and ADORED it. Plan to reread it this year. The other books in the series are also fantastic ❤
i'm excited to read the rest!
yes love lightfarms was so good!!
I picked up and read Morning Glory Milking Farm after seeing you talk about it and I loved it! I'm so glad you talked about it. Because I bought it though I got recommended a Kindle Unlimited holiday book called a 'Christmas Like No Otter' which I find hilarious. I always wanted to read a holiday romance but haven't picked one up.
I feel you on the Christmas decor thing! I have huge stack of Christmas romances I want to read but I have a ton of spooky books I should be reading for Halloween.
The city bakers guide to country living by Louisa miller gave me all the GG vibes. She has another book that did a little bit as well. 10 blind dates by Ashley Elston was a really cute Christmas read - it’s YA but really cute.
this is the cutest thumbnail i've ever seen
I don’t have a problem with age, gaps in general, but I do have some things that I think are dealbreakers, and I think if one of the people in the couple cannot purchase alcohol, then they don’t need to be dating somebody 10 years older than them. There are just different stages of life, and if you are not in the same stage of life, it just won’t work out. I have friends who are dating people 15 years older than them, and it’s working out great, but it’s because they’re both in the career stage, and the older person isn’t gearing up for retirement anytime soon. Her being in college and him being ready to turn 30 are VERY different stages.
that's fair! i DEFINITELY feel that way in real life. with fiction, i don't have super hard and fast rules but in this book i just didn't like it
For me, I think you raise completely valid points-buut, at the same time, age alone isn't always a direct indicator is exactly where someone's life is or isn't. People can be in a college/study stage, rather than a career stage, even when they are older...and some people, depending in the exact career, can actually get into certain careers fairly young. Retirement age, similarly, isn't always the same exact bracket for every person either. And just because someone is old enough to purchase alcohol, doesn't automatically mean that they are an alcohol drinker-much like how not being old enough to legally purchase, for better or for worse, doesn't guarantee that someone always _isn't_ an alcohol drinker either(not to mention how the legal age to purchase alcohol I don't think is actually the same in every country either). So, while I believe you raise an excellent guideline, I think it could also potentially depend quite a lot on the individuals and/or on their individual situations sometimes too. ((But, like Chandler said, in fiction I think the rules can safely be a little blurrier than might be advisable in reality sometimes too. ^^))
these are giving me hallmark movie vibes and I love that
my fav youtuber recommending books based on my fav show? the perfect video does exist and it’s this one 😌🫶
I just read The Inn on Sweetbriar Lane by Jeannie Chin and it kind of gave GG vibes. Small town (and very good small town vibes), heroine runs the family B&B, hero just moved to town to open a bar and he's super unfriendly and unwilling to participate in the small town's norms. It reminded me of the push and pull between Luke and Lorelei and their feelings around Stars Hollow.
LIVING for this thumbnail 💕
There are scenes In the Weeds( the second book in the Lovelight Farm Series )that really gave me Star Hallows vibes. I loved all three in
Yesss love this video so much, GG rewatcher forever. 🥰💚 Oooh so excited for Lovelight Farms! That cover is so cute.
After hearing about how much you loved Lovelight Farms, I really want to read it now. I love the friends to lovers trope and I love Christmas. And in one of your previous videos you recommended me Blurred Lines by Lauren Layne, which became one of my favorite books of all time. So I trust your taste in friends to lovers stories. And I hope I love this one as much as you did. 😊
I am also always looking for books that give me all the GG vibes, sadly I haven’t found one yet. Lovelight Farms was on my radar, will now pick it up really soon. If you’re ever up to read a small town cozy mystery (set in the UK) that has a lot of Stars Hollow vibes (mixed with Bridget Jones and the British TV show Gavin & Stacey) you could try the Claire’s Candles series by Agatha Frost. It has a little romance but not much, the focus is def the mystery. You can technically read all of them as standalones (some side story lines will get spoiled but I feel like that would be fine?) and I would recommend the newest one, Toffee Apple Torment, for all the fall and Halloween vibes. This series isn’t much different from other cozies, but I love the small town and all the kooky residents and their side stories so much.
i'm always on the hunt for a good cozy mystery so i will DEFINITELY be adding that to my tbr, thank you friend
I recommend When in Rome by Sarah Adams. I read it in December and it was very Luke x Lorelai to me.
Oh my god! This is exactly the reading I want to do this week!!
I'm going to add all these books to my list! I'm also currently reading A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, and loving it, which has gotten me into an unexpected holiday mood.
Omgoodness this video speaks to my GG LOVING HEART! And I love that your adored Lovelight Farm, because it is top romances I’ve ever read. 💕💕💕 One GG feeling book is Well Met!
the first book reminded me of the movie Notebook if the plot of the first and the second parts of it were mashed together all at once!
You should totally read In A Jam by Kate Canterbary! Noah (the hero) gives me hardcore Luke from GG vibes and it is set in a small(er) town. It is definitely a grumpy sunshine and there is a hilarious, loveable child in the mix. Not to mention the STEAM omg Kate Canterbary never disappoints on the steam. It sounds like it has VERY similar tropes as Lovelight farms (some fake dating, farm life, best friends as kids, etc.) so I am planning to read that next!
Gilmore Girls vibe? Definitely the Romance in Sheet Cake series by Emma St. Clair.
This series is the spin-off (do book series have spin-offs?) of the Love Clichés series which takes place in another town. All cute, but the stories in the town of Sheet Cake are the Gilmore Girls-esque ones.
I love the cover of Lovelight farms 🥰
Having never watched Gilmore Girls I'm still exceptionally excited for this vlog 🤣🥰
I just finished the Lovelight Farms series! I would give the series five stars overall for how they tie into each other and the world BK Borison created but officially I did give Lovelight Farms and In The Weeds 4 stars but Mixed Signals was absolutely 5 stars! I did also see that a fourth book is coming soon which I’m SO excited about! 😍 definitely recommend adding the rest of the series to your TBR.
I lovedddd the thumbnail of this video!!
What a coincidence, I finished Lovelight Farms yesterday and LOVED it! 🥰 Excited to pick up the rest of the series 😁
In The Weeds is even better...And that's saying something. I read it first and adored it and fell sooo hard for Beckett. You'll love the rest of the series though...I promise.
YESS, this is the exact vibe I was looking for! 😍I'll save Lovelight Farms for December. If you do end up reading more good holiday romances we would love a list 😊
Love this idea!! Super excited for this video :)
I know you’re not having this problem any more but Lulus is a good wedding dress solution. They even have sections designated on their website to sort by what they would consider to be bridesmaid/wedding guest dresses.
Other Christmas romances I've heard a lot about are 📚The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese 📚Christmas in Quincy (The Edens #0.5) by Devney Perry 📚Taste (Cloverleigh Farms #7) by Melanie Harlow 📚The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart in case you want to read them 🤭😍 and of course 📚 Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison 💕
oo love these recs! hoping to read more of melanie harlow's cloverleigh farms series soon
@@chandlerainsley You're welcome 😇 I hope you enjoy it 🤭🤗. Love your videos & reviews 😘👌
Loved this video so much!! I was wondering if you’d ever consider doing an entire vlog reading indie romances entirely by BIPOC authors?
love that idea! i need to just be better in general about including books by BIPOC authors in these vlogs. not that i wouldn't do a separate vlog, just something i need to do additionally :)
What Light by Jay Asher is a small town romance you might like!
Loved this video! Will definitely be adding lovelight farms to my holiday reading TBR! Will you be doing Chanmas this year?
i will! but i will not be posting daily (it'll be 3 vids a week, trying to focus on quality over quantity this time haha)
@@chandlerainsley can’t wait, Your holiday aesthetic is chef’s kiss.
please read the mistletoe motive by chloe liese it’s my favourite christmas romance !
I recently read Bittersweet by Sarina Bowen and I think it might be what you’re looking for. I would describe the dynamic as It Happened One Summer but make it fall! Was it as good as IHOS? No. But did it get me into the fall spirit? Absolutely!
oooo that sounds fun
I found B.K. Borison recently and inhaled her three books. I'm 99% sure Lovelight Farms was a debut which is all the more impressive. I love that series and she is working on Charlie's book to be released next year. I can't wait to see what else she does.
I'm also a Devney Perry stan. Love her. I've read almost all her books (I think I'm only missing two of her early ones). I really love The Edens series (which Junpier Hill is a part of) and the Calamity Montana series that she releases under the pen name Willa Nash. I would suggest Catherine Cowles for another small town writer who I feel has a similar style to Devney Perry. Catherine Cowles isn't in KU however.
i've been really wanting to check out Catherine Cowles but the no KU thing is such a deal breaker for me this year ugh. hoping to read some of her stuff next year
@@chandlerainsley Completely understand. Luckily I've had good luck getting her books at the library. I know the Austin library has most of them (I know because I've used that library ever since you mentioned Texas residents could sign up for $25 a year...best thing ever because the Houston libraries leave something to be desired. Ha.) I've only read her latest series Tattered & Torn but I've really enjoyed it. I hope whenever you do pick them up you enjoy them! Thanks for all the great videos (and cat content...love those furry beings!).
Christmas Kitsch by Amy Lane is great. It's a gay romance
Love Gilmore Girls 👧 👧! 🥰
I clicked so fast, I love this video idea!
Awww you read B.K. Borison!!! 5⭐ 😍 it was so so so cute 💋🤭 I hope you LOVE Mixed Signals 💕 (it's the 3rd book in the series 🙉🙊. I personally didn't like the 2nd book In the Weeds 😶😔; but the 1st and 3rd are totally 5 ⭐)
love on the rocks was more Notebook than GG for me. it was alright. not good enough for me to continue the series.
I read Juniper hill last week, and maaaan Memphis cries in every fucking scene in the book. There is cero character development and they go from nothing to living together in 0.5 seconds. Really hated it. The conflicts have no sense at all, like mafia but no, child abduction but no. Glad you liked it, tho
LMAO valid critiques, i think i was just in a good mood when reading these
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I’ll def be adding love light farms to my holiday reading list
I didn't like On the Rocks :P she "read" really young and i didn't feel the romance at all.
I like friends-to-lovers when they're basically, like, already married-they just need to wise up and make it official already.
But if they are legit just friends, then it's just weird to me-let friends just be friends already, whether they are opposite genders or not! idkk maybe that's just me ? 😅😅 Lolll ^--^
I think, I used to like it more than I do now, though. I guess I just grew out of it, or something. I dunno. (It doesn't bother me that other people like it more than I do, at all, though-I get it[ & even if you weren't friends beforehand you definitely need to become friends too sooner or later for a relationship to ever truly last I think], and honestly I just like seeing people get those warm fuzzy happies that people get when they find what they really like, whether the same thing would do the same for me or not^^) 🤭😁🤍💜😊
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