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3.09 AVERAGE
3.09 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Piper really wants to feel like she fits in her extended family, each of whom finds their one true love and sticks with them. But Piper's parents are divorced and she wants her best friend Leo to be her Fated one (but he isn't). She already feels different due to her physical differences. So she squeezes herself into the role her aunts want for her, even if it doesn't make her happy. There are some good messages her about being true to yourself, but overall I didn't really care for Piper. She was pretty selfish in the way she manipulated the people around her. For grades 7 & up.
eARC provided by publisher via NetGalley and Edelweiss
eARC provided by publisher via NetGalley and Edelweiss
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book is a really cute YA love triangle with a fun dash of magic. I thought that the premise and the characters were really compelling and the family dynamic was interesting. I would have loved a little more of the small town energy and information about the blessing itself since those were the aspects that caught my attention in the description. I had a lot of fun reading this book and I really loved the magic and romance of the ending!
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
A beautiful story about fate and choosing your own path.
I wanted the choice to be a little less obvious and Piper to be a little less oblivious, but overall, solid.
I wanted the choice to be a little less obvious and Piper to be a little less oblivious, but overall, solid.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If I ever have to read the words “family”, “Fate” or “the Blessing” again it will be too soon. Seriously the word “family” was on one page 4 times. That’s 3 too many. And it’s almost every single page. We get it, piper feels like an outsider to her family. I originally had this at 2 stars but the more I think about the overuse of those 4 words, the more I’m getting annoyed. While I liked Piper, her mom and her dad, her aunts (who are somehow the only family our dear Piper cares to “belong to”) are controlling, egotistical jackasses. Bless Diana for putting up with the whole mess. I received this E-ARC from NetGalley for free and any opinions are my own.
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Wanted to love it, but I just did not. Sigh.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
This book is for all the people who need to know that your fate is in your own hands.
Piper has been told her whole life that all the women in her family have been blessed with the ability to know when they have found their one true love. With the divorce of her parents Piper starts questioning how accurate this can be.
Piper realizes she doesn’t know how reliable fate is anymore and if she truly wants this love. Or, if she is just trying to please everyone else.
Piper has been told her whole life that all the women in her family have been blessed with the ability to know when they have found their one true love. With the divorce of her parents Piper starts questioning how accurate this can be.
Piper realizes she doesn’t know how reliable fate is anymore and if she truly wants this love. Or, if she is just trying to please everyone else.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I received this ARC as a Goodreads Giveaway.
The story was an interesting concept of fate vs choice and what role do we have in either. I don't think more than a page went by without Fate or Blessing being written. That got monotonous. I'm unsure if that was the author's goal to make the reader feel the same exasperation as Piper's friends with the whole Blessing concept.
Piper is disabled (written words on the page describing her) but, unless I missed it, it wasn't specified at first. The information kind of trickled in. At first when she discussed her parents arguing when she was in the hospital for surgeries and the statistics regarding divorce with disabled children, I wasn't quite sure exactly what the issue was. It felt like more emphasis was placed on having "blessing" and "fate" on every page. Which if the book didn't use Piper's different-abledness as a basis for her concerns or reasoning for her actions, then I wouldn't care as much that the information trickles. It was hard to understand her need to please her aunts for probably the first 60% of the book.
I wish there was a piece about adults putting pressure on children to fix situations that they should absolutely not have to handle but I like that it does bring up boundaries.
This book is geared for YA audiences, which I am certainly not in the age range for anymore. I think it is a nice book for tween-teenagers. It wraps up nicely and overall, has good messaging.
The story was an interesting concept of fate vs choice and what role do we have in either. I don't think more than a page went by without Fate or Blessing being written. That got monotonous. I'm unsure if that was the author's goal to make the reader feel the same exasperation as Piper's friends with the whole Blessing concept.
Piper is disabled (written words on the page describing her) but, unless I missed it, it wasn't specified at first. The information kind of trickled in. At first when she discussed her parents arguing when she was in the hospital for surgeries and the statistics regarding divorce with disabled children, I wasn't quite sure exactly what the issue was. It felt like more emphasis was placed on having "blessing" and "fate" on every page. Which if the book didn't use Piper's different-abledness as a basis for her concerns or reasoning for her actions, then I wouldn't care as much that the information trickles. It was hard to understand her need to please her aunts for probably the first 60% of the book.
I wish there was a piece about adults putting pressure on children to fix situations that they should absolutely not have to handle but I like that it does bring up boundaries.
This book is geared for YA audiences, which I am certainly not in the age range for anymore. I think it is a nice book for tween-teenagers. It wraps up nicely and overall, has good messaging.
Content Warnings
Minor: Medical content