Scan barcode
frantically's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Cannot tell you one thing that happenend in this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Car accident
Moderate: Abandonment
clairophy's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-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
4.75
Is love worth the risk?
I fell in love with this book from the moment I saw that the prologue was narrated by Fate. The personification of an abstract concept is so fascinating to me, it’s the reason I love the Book Thief.
If you’re looking for a book with magical realism that is reminiscent of Encanto mixed with high stakes and romance, this book is for you.
Though I thought I wouldn’t like the book when I read the first two chapters, I quickly grew to fall in love with the characters and the message.
I fell in love with this book from the moment I saw that the prologue was narrated by Fate. The personification of an abstract concept is so fascinating to me, it’s the reason I love the Book Thief.
If you’re looking for a book with magical realism that is reminiscent of Encanto mixed with high stakes and romance, this book is for you.
Though I thought I wouldn’t like the book when I read the first two chapters, I quickly grew to fall in love with the characters and the message.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, and Grief
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
rikkia's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent and Car accident
kbairbooks's review against another edition
It just felt very young. It wasn’t holding my interest and it was kind of annoying me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident and Death
kayladaila's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Car accident, Terminal illness, and Abandonment
Minor: Racism, Cancer, and Grief
foreverinastory's review against another edition
emotional
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? Yes
4.0
Thank you to Penguin Teen and Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Flirting with Fate follows Ava Grandos. For as long as she's known, the women in her family pass on blessings on their deathbeds. Ava's nana has had several close calls, but on the night she truly does pass, Ava is a couple minutes late thanks to a freak storm and a small fender bender with a mysterious boy. She thinks her blessing is gone, but when her nana reappears the next day as a ghost, Ava finds out her blessing has been misplaced. She only has a month to find the boy who has and get it back otherwise her family will never have blessings again.
This one was so enjoyable and fun!! I loved Ava's character and her grumpy attitude about fate. The way the family stories were entwined was so cute and this one made my heart happy. I loved her relationship with her sisters and how they always supported each other. Though Viv hiding her relationship was kind of weird, and the way Ava reacted to it was weird.
I'm eternally grateful that Achilles was not the love interest because I had an intense hate for him. He was such a pretentious entitled white boy and even though by the end he starts to work on his attitude, I still didn't like him. I loved Orion or Rion though. He was the sweetest cinnamon roll and I loved all his interactions with Ava. They were so cute together!
Rep: Mexican-American cishet female MC, Mexican-American side characters, white cishet male side characters, gay cis male side character.
CWs: Moderate: Car accident, classism, racism, xenophobia.
Flirting with Fate follows Ava Grandos. For as long as she's known, the women in her family pass on blessings on their deathbeds. Ava's nana has had several close calls, but on the night she truly does pass, Ava is a couple minutes late thanks to a freak storm and a small fender bender with a mysterious boy. She thinks her blessing is gone, but when her nana reappears the next day as a ghost, Ava finds out her blessing has been misplaced. She only has a month to find the boy who has and get it back otherwise her family will never have blessings again.
This one was so enjoyable and fun!! I loved Ava's character and her grumpy attitude about fate. The way the family stories were entwined was so cute and this one made my heart happy. I loved her relationship with her sisters and how they always supported each other. Though Viv hiding her relationship was kind of weird, and the way Ava reacted to it was weird.
I'm eternally grateful that Achilles was not the love interest because I had an intense hate for him. He was such a pretentious entitled white boy and even though by the end he starts to work on his attitude, I still didn't like him. I loved Orion or Rion though. He was the sweetest cinnamon roll and I loved all his interactions with Ava. They were so cute together!
Rep: Mexican-American cishet female MC, Mexican-American side characters, white cishet male side characters, gay cis male side character.
CWs: Moderate: Car accident, classism, racism, xenophobia.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident, Xenophobia, Classism, and Racism
More...