2.12k reviews for:

Girls Like Girls

Hayley Kiyoko

3.68 AVERAGE

otherlily's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

countess_art_v's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

nikainthebooks's review against another edition

3.0

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

joanna1905's review against another edition

2.0

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This was….. okay. For a debut novel it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t really good either. I think the idea that it followed the music video plot was cool but I’m not sure it really worked well in practice - it kind of felt like the characters were no more fleshed out than they were in that video.

The writing was fine, not good but writing is bloody hard and so this was still a fairly decent effort. But it still had a distinctive Wattpad kind of vibe to it.

I think my biggest issue with the characters - I didn’t really like any of them, didn’t find them particularly interesting or sympathetic and all of the relationships were pretty unhealthy. As a result it was hard to get invested in the plot or really care what happens to them.

And honestly I just think it was a shame that none of Sonya’s toxic friendships were addressed and I didn’t like that it seemed like we were meant to be rooting for her and Coley to be together.

I think with a bit more skill and nuance this book could be been good but unfortunately it just missed the mark for me.

Thank you to Penguin Random House UK and Netgally for an arc I exchange for an honest review.

calypso_8_13's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

bookishbree's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nathalia_alves's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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: No

kaeliwolf's review against another edition

5.0

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I was granted an eArc of this book for review.
I am obsessed with this entire story. It was so raw and wonderful, perfectly encapsulating a summer romance. I felt the characters' pain. I experienced everything with the characters, and that's a sign of amazing writing.

aviautonomous's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful

hopefullykryzz's review against another edition

3.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes