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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Not as strong as Leah Johnson's debut young adult novel, but a nice follow up. Olivia and her best friend Imani go to a three day music festival and are determined to have a great best friend weekend. Olivia needs to escape a situation in Indianapolis with a boy and this is the perfect getaway. Imani makes her promise that this weekend is just for the two of them and not for falling in love (something Olivia likes to do on a frequent basis), but those plans quickly get de-railed. Toni and her best friend, Peter, have attended this festival yearly and are excited to hang out and enjoy the sunshine and music. For Toni, it's a last hurrah before she starts college at IU. When she rescues Olivia from a camping mishap and subsequent asthma attack, the two find themselves linked for the whole weekend. Together they are going to enter the talent show, find all the golden apples, and maybe fall in love. I loved the setting, and I loved their backstories - I just didn't appreciate how quickly they both threw off their best friends. Not cool. Other than that - good story!
literally NO ONE is doing sapphic contemporary YA like leah johnson. no one!!!!
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A heartfelt summer queer YA love story that is equally light hearted music festival fun but also tackles some heavy issues from grief over the loss of a parent to gun violence to sexual assault/victim blaming. I was so there for this book about female friendship and first love between two young Black teens set against the backdrop of a Woodstock esque Music festival. Highly recommended for fans of Leah Johnson's other books and great on audio.
CW: gun violence, death of a parent, sexual assault/abuse
CW: gun violence, death of a parent, sexual assault/abuse
idk who wrote the second half of this book but it didn’t go well
In this novel we follow Toni and Olivia with dual POVs throughout the span of 3 days at a music festival.
This was quite disappointing for me. There were many parts of this book that I enjoyed of course but there was also definitely a lot of room to expand. This being told within such a short amount of time definitely has a lot of impact on that. This also caused for insta love, one of my least favorite tropes, and it didn't really sell me on it.
I really liked day one and seeing how how the story was being set up but the other two were hard to connect to, same goes for the relationship.
Now onto the better aspects of this! This book is so important to queer poc, (more specifically black queers). These stories should be heard and boosted always.
The character development in this novel was definitely a highlight and seeing the self growth was so much fun.
Music is a huge part of my life so this being a "love letter to music" was a lovely aspect of the book.
Overall, this wasn't my favorite book but if you're a fan of instalove and want a quick sapphic summer read, definitely check it out!
Thank you to the Scholastic for sending me a copy in exchange for my honest review.
3 stars.
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guess who just got their first physical arc in the mail?! this is so exciting omg.
This was quite disappointing for me. There were many parts of this book that I enjoyed of course but there was also definitely a lot of room to expand. This being told within such a short amount of time definitely has a lot of impact on that. This also caused for insta love, one of my least favorite tropes, and it didn't really sell me on it.
I really liked day one and seeing how how the story was being set up but the other two were hard to connect to, same goes for the relationship.
Now onto the better aspects of this! This book is so important to queer poc, (more specifically black queers). These stories should be heard and boosted always.
The character development in this novel was definitely a highlight and seeing the self growth was so much fun.
Music is a huge part of my life so this being a "love letter to music" was a lovely aspect of the book.
Overall, this wasn't my favorite book but if you're a fan of instalove and want a quick sapphic summer read, definitely check it out!
Thank you to the Scholastic for sending me a copy in exchange for my honest review.
3 stars.
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guess who just got their first physical arc in the mail?! this is so exciting omg.