3.71 AVERAGE

lighthearted relaxing 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: No

Lighthearted read really enjoyed Eliza and Len’s growing relationship. 

It was okay, but I thought (except the feminism topic) the romance between Eliza and Len would be better and bigger idk

Felt like we could have gone more in depth on the solution of the school rumours problem. It felt like it was over really quickly. Liked the tension between the characters, couldn't be asked to remember all of the side characters names tho, there were a lot. All in all really liked the book
adventurous challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

The first books I've rated na less than 4 stars huhuhu :( I think overall the ending kinda makes up for everything naman kasi everyone got their happy ending. However, reading this is so hard—it feels like studying for a subject you really don't find interesting. I was around 100 page na and wala pa ring tension??? or parang something interesting happening between the two main characters. LIKE yk a book eventually gets interesting after reading a few chapters PERO like chapter 20 na ako pero it's still not givinggg. I love the topic though and everything, medyo nakakainis lang si MMC kasi he did that. Not to mention na when she was getting bullied for it, hindi niya siya tinulungan or gumawa man lang ng way to solve the problem. I REALLY TRIED TO LIKE IT peroooo hindi talaga T_____T like talagang hirap na hirap siyang magbasa kahit na less than 10 pages na lang per chapter. Inexpect ko rin na it will be a good read kasi academic rivals yung trope and maganda yung reviews sa tiktok pero huhuhu.
hopeful inspiring 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 really wanted to like this one because the blurb made it sound so interesting. the beginning was promising but as i kept reading, the story got boring and i found myself skimming through pages because it felt like every other ya book. maybe i need to take a break from reading ya books 

A thoughtful look at feminism, cleverly disguised as a standard rom com. Will be recommending to my high school girls.

I think this book is a really great enemies to lovers book with a great point about feminism and a realistic representation about sexism, female struggles and high school in general.

Just didn't grab my interest.


adventurous inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

high school newspaper, academic rivals to lovers, fast paced, diverse. exactly what i was looking for right now and i liked it a lot!!