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4.28 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
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
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
funny
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
funny
lighthearted
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
This book had one of the best protagonists I've ever read!
Wren Martin Ruins It All
By Amanda Dewitt
5/5⭐️
So, this book is about Wren Martin (hence the title). He becomes Student Council president at his school, and tries to obliterate the Valentines Day Dance. Leo, his nemesis, suggests a sponsorship from the anonymous app Buddy, which helps you make friends. Wren signs up to the app in secret, and becomes close with an anonymous match. While preparing for the dance, he also learns a lot about Leo, who might not be as sickeningly perfect as Wren thought......
Wren was one of THE BEST protagonists I've ever read in any novel, ever. He was so chaotic, and hilariously sarcastic all the time. He had to make a lot of decisions in this book, over a very short space of time. He was ambitious, with plans upon plans to make his school a better place. I loved him so much as a character, and he seemed very three-dimensional. The way he was worried about dating due to his asexuality is something that more books need to touch on.
Leo was so sweet!!! I loved his and Wren's banter so much!
I also adored Ryan, Wren's bestie. She was always so supportive and confident. I was glad that she and Wren had each-others backs the whole way.
And of course Wren's 5 chickens get a mention, they were epic! 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
The Buddy app seems like a sweet concept. You answer some questions and are given anonymous matches from your area. I really enjoyed reading Wren and Buddy Boy's conversations! I won't spoil who BB was revealed to be, but if you read a lot of this genre I'm sure you can guess.
This book is medium paced. It's set from the start of the school year to the dance in February, but it skips only a few weeks at most between chapters.
My favourite scene was when Leo and Wren visited the Canopy for the food tasting, it was very funny so I dont want to spoil it.
Overall, I really loved this one. The ace rep was fantastic, the characters were lovable, the plot was entertaining. There is nothing negative I could say!
Queer rep:
Asexual achillean protagonist
Achillean love interest
Achillean background character
(The only sexuality mentioned was ace but the three characters below are all males who were attracted to males without a label being provided, therefore I use the term Achillean, which is an umbrella term for any non-female attracted to other non-females.)
TWs: Death of parent, cancer, grief, alcohol
Wren Martin Ruins It All
By Amanda Dewitt
5/5⭐️
So, this book is about Wren Martin (hence the title). He becomes Student Council president at his school, and tries to obliterate the Valentines Day Dance. Leo, his nemesis, suggests a sponsorship from the anonymous app Buddy, which helps you make friends. Wren signs up to the app in secret, and becomes close with an anonymous match. While preparing for the dance, he also learns a lot about Leo, who might not be as sickeningly perfect as Wren thought......
Wren was one of THE BEST protagonists I've ever read in any novel, ever. He was so chaotic, and hilariously sarcastic all the time. He had to make a lot of decisions in this book, over a very short space of time. He was ambitious, with plans upon plans to make his school a better place. I loved him so much as a character, and he seemed very three-dimensional. The way he was worried about dating due to his asexuality is something that more books need to touch on.
Leo was so sweet!!! I loved his and Wren's banter so much!
I also adored Ryan, Wren's bestie. She was always so supportive and confident. I was glad that she and Wren had each-others backs the whole way.
And of course Wren's 5 chickens get a mention, they were epic! 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
The Buddy app seems like a sweet concept. You answer some questions and are given anonymous matches from your area. I really enjoyed reading Wren and Buddy Boy's conversations! I won't spoil who BB was revealed to be, but if you read a lot of this genre I'm sure you can guess.
This book is medium paced. It's set from the start of the school year to the dance in February, but it skips only a few weeks at most between chapters.
My favourite scene was when Leo and Wren visited the Canopy for the food tasting, it was very funny so I dont want to spoil it.
Overall, I really loved this one. The ace rep was fantastic, the characters were lovable, the plot was entertaining. There is nothing negative I could say!
Queer rep:
Asexual achillean protagonist
Achillean love interest
Achillean background character
(The only sexuality mentioned was ace but the three characters below are all males who were attracted to males without a label being provided, therefore I use the term Achillean, which is an umbrella term for any non-female attracted to other non-females.)
TWs: Death of parent, cancer, grief, alcohol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
loved this !! i do have a couple of nitpicks though:
i wanted more scenes of wren and leo like in the final chapter when they were together!! it was really cute and i wanted a bit less abrupt ending.
also, since throughout the book wren was so sure that his asexuality would be a dealbreaker for dating, it wouldve been amazing to see him and leo have a conversation about it and leo be like “no of course thats not a deal breaker”. just since it was touched on multiple times it felt odd for that not to be wrapped up. (also an an ace person it wouldve felt great to read a conversation like that)
also, since throughout the book wren was so sure that his asexuality would be a dealbreaker for dating, it wouldve been amazing to see him and leo have a conversation about it and leo be like “no of course thats not a deal breaker”. just since it was touched on multiple times it felt odd for that not to be wrapped up. (also an an ace person it wouldve felt great to read a conversation like that)
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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
This book was super cute, it was a really light read with amazing ace rep!! I loved Wren and Leo so much like I actually became attached to him HELP ME!! Overall this book was an amazing read and it got me out of a reading slump, however I would love for the character storylines to have been expanded a tad bit, like I would have loved to know more about Leo and about his brother and Wren also had so much more in him to be explored. So yeah I think this book makes a perfect candidate for a sequel, maybe from Leo’s POV and how he is going to deal with his gap year and Wren maybe going away for college, like that would be really interesting to read. Anyway I recommend this book if you are looking for a cute read :)
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
i really enjoyed it! i enjoyed wren’s bitter personality, the miraculous ladybug-esque love square, etc. the ending was almost underwhelming but it pulled through