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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Could have been 30 pages if the main characters just had a conversation with each other
This book is like fast food. I absolutely devoured it and greatly enjoyed it, even if it's a bit corny and the plot doesn't make too much sense at times (just *talk* to each other, jesus christ)
Recommended as a summer read.
Recommended as a summer read.
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was pretty good, but not as spicy as I would’ve wanted. Also there was so much back and forth I didn’t feel satisfied with the main characters arch with figuring out how she felt and everything being so obvious. A few scenes were cute between them but overall I’m not super into it.
messy friends to enemies to lovers
type a x spontaneous girly
havent seen each other in a year but their parents both own an ice cream truck and they have to do a little road trip for a series of festivals together
would’ve been a little higher if i didn’t hate miscommunication as a trope so much but it kept me engaged and i did cry a tiny bit at the end bc i’m a baby
the mc is a big overthinker and also does the whole daydreaming about every possibility thing that i do so i found it very relatable :)
also good chemistry and tension or whatever
Cute! It had a little too much conflict at times, but hey, that’s kind of how I was in high school so who am I to judge?
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
By the time I found out that this book features a very prominent miscommunication trope, I had already bought it and started reading it. Still, I tried not to let it affect me too much to avoid any negative bias.
The writing of this book was fine, even if I didn't like the 4th wall breaks. But that's just a personal preference, I suppose.
I have to give the flowers where they're due, though - the setting of the book is cute and definitely brought up my rating a little. I love ice cream trucks, even if this one reminded me of those hipster bakeries in Berlin that make you say unspeakable things to order a bread roll and then continue to charge you five bucks for it.
Fallon was an unlikeable character from the beginning, but my first eye roll about Chloe took a little longer. Fallon just managed to be an annoying, immature brat from page one, and hey, maybe that's some kind of record. I don't even know her in real life, and I could feel the energy drain from my body just from being around her in spirit. Chloe is not a saint, either, but she at least seemed more willing to actually talk to Fallon and save me the precious hours I spent reading this book. But actually, fuck that, because every time they do manage to talk to each other it last around 5 minutes before they fall out again.
They're both not good for each other, period. I am actually hoping they didn't last long after the book ended, because that would just be a ticking time bomb.
I'm not even touching on their lack of chemistry here, or the fact that Fallon's only reason she's into Chloe is that she's hot because those were almost my smallest issues.
Their conversation about Fallon's virginity and their hook-up was honestly one of the best examples for both their lack of communication and their vastly different ideas on things.
Firs off, yes, virginity is a social construct, but as a teen I know many other teens who are still kind of obsessed with the idea, but I don't think that's the main takeaway. It is rather a good example of why conversations around sex are very important, especially with the person you are doing it with. I can understand that Fallon put it on a higher pedestal since it was her first time, while for Chloe it might have seemed like just another Friday night, but that's why it's important to talk about it. And they were both assholes about it. Fallon should have been honest about it, but Chloe also didn't need to freak out like that.
No, really. Why did Fallon have to do the mending of their relationship here? It wasn't a situation where she messed up specifically.
But also, the apple doesn't really fall far from the tree in this book.
If there's any parents that own businesses here... Your kids should not be responsible for your business thriving or failing, and forcing your kid to go on a road trip for said business with someone they can't stand is not exactly, er, gentle parent of you. Even if your intentions were good, like both Carmen and Fallon's mother swear at the end - Fallon's self-destructive behaviour feels like a result of things like that (being made responsible for things that shouldn't affect you as a child). After all, I guess this story is at least a good analogy for how bad parenting affects your children.
Anyway, rant over. I should have probably dnfed this, especially once I started skimming.
CAWPILE rating: 2,21 stars, rounded down to 2 stars.
The writing of this book was fine, even if I didn't like the 4th wall breaks. But that's just a personal preference, I suppose.
I have to give the flowers where they're due, though - the setting of the book is cute and definitely brought up my rating a little. I love ice cream trucks, even if this one reminded me of those hipster bakeries in Berlin that make you say unspeakable things to order a bread roll and then continue to charge you five bucks for it.
Fallon was an unlikeable character from the beginning, but my first eye roll about Chloe took a little longer. Fallon just managed to be an annoying, immature brat from page one, and hey, maybe that's some kind of record. I don't even know her in real life, and I could feel the energy drain from my body just from being around her in spirit. Chloe is not a saint, either, but she at least seemed more willing to actually talk to Fallon and save me the precious hours I spent reading this book. But actually, fuck that, because every time they do manage to talk to each other it last around 5 minutes before they fall out again.
They're both not good for each other, period. I am actually hoping they didn't last long after the book ended, because that would just be a ticking time bomb.
I'm not even touching on their lack of chemistry here, or the fact that Fallon's only reason she's into Chloe is that she's hot because those were almost my smallest issues.
Their conversation about Fallon's virginity and their hook-up was honestly one of the best examples for both their lack of communication and their vastly different ideas on things.
Firs off, yes, virginity is a social construct, but as a teen I know many other teens who are still kind of obsessed with the idea, but I don't think that's the main takeaway. It is rather a good example of why conversations around sex are very important, especially with the person you are doing it with. I can understand that Fallon put it on a higher pedestal since it was her first time, while for Chloe it might have seemed like just another Friday night, but that's why it's important to talk about it. And they were both assholes about it. Fallon should have been honest about it, but Chloe also didn't need to freak out like that.
No, really. Why did Fallon have to do the mending of their relationship here? It wasn't a situation where she messed up specifically.
But also, the apple doesn't really fall far from the tree in this book.
If there's any parents that own businesses here... Your kids should not be responsible for your business thriving or failing, and forcing your kid to go on a road trip for said business with someone they can't stand is not exactly, er, gentle parent of you. Even if your intentions were good, like both Carmen and Fallon's mother swear at the end - Fallon's self-destructive behaviour feels like a result of things like that (being made responsible for things that shouldn't affect you as a child). After all, I guess this story is at least a good analogy for how bad parenting affects your children.
Anyway, rant over. I should have probably dnfed this, especially once I started skimming.
CAWPILE rating: 2,21 stars, rounded down to 2 stars.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship
Miscommunication trope to the nth degree. No plot without it