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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
bye this was so cute honestly, it was such a fast adorable read, chapters are short and fast paced my favorite thing in books. characters are so adorable and i loved the friendships and relationships of all kinds honestly. didn't wanna part away from this book but
I don’t usually read a lot of contemporary teen or otherwise. This book was a pleasant surprise moment after moment.
When we were first introduced to the love interest of the book my heart sank, here was another typical cute popular boy who falls for the nerdy girl. I was wrong, he wasn’t just a cookie cutter of a big shot. He was very three dimensional, in fact I would say all the characters were very well thought out and well written.
If I liked it so much why the 4 stars? The ending. I won’t say too much except that because of a lack of big villain, the big moment couldn’t be as big. You could say that’s because the characters were so human though. Real people aren’t bad or good, they are a mix of both and this book showed that beautifully. But for a climax there was no big enemy to overcome and thus the climax didn’t quite hit home enough.
Otherwise I loved it. Honestly. The characters were witty and actually funny. The sub plots of friendships were well developed. The struggles of getting over what an ex said felt real. It was a pleasant book to read, no nail bitting, no yelling at the characters, just funny and nice.
When we were first introduced to the love interest of the book my heart sank, here was another typical cute popular boy who falls for the nerdy girl. I was wrong, he wasn’t just a cookie cutter of a big shot. He was very three dimensional, in fact I would say all the characters were very well thought out and well written.
If I liked it so much why the 4 stars? The ending. I won’t say too much except that because of a lack of big villain, the big moment couldn’t be as big. You could say that’s because the characters were so human though. Real people aren’t bad or good, they are a mix of both and this book showed that beautifully. But for a climax there was no big enemy to overcome and thus the climax didn’t quite hit home enough.
Otherwise I loved it. Honestly. The characters were witty and actually funny. The sub plots of friendships were well developed. The struggles of getting over what an ex said felt real. It was a pleasant book to read, no nail bitting, no yelling at the characters, just funny and nice.
Loveable characters:
No
This was such a witty, fun YA about an introverted gaming girl, Claudia, whose life takes a different turn after she accidentally overhears rich Iris and popular Paige break up.
Somehow she is forced by this to be involved with costumes for a production of Midsummer's Night Dream with caustic Iris, and discovers a love for a band boy group called BTS--er actually TION-- and expands her friendship group from one to like six people.
Claudia is a bit scarred from a break up with a boy earlier in high school who just called her "regular" and so she thinks that's all she is. But her "regular" is a kind of decency that doesn't allow her to leave Iris, clearly hurting, alone, and means the boy playing Oberon, Gideon Prewitt, who has an instagram following and is known for weird dances, quippy sayings, friendliness, and loving Connect 4 also sees something in her because he keeps turning up wherever she is-- at the play and online in the game Claudia has heretofore only shared with her one friend and her siblings.
There's no major drama, only a little manipulation by an insecure queen bee-wannabee, and mostly its about Claudia learning to open herself to new experiences. What makes this oh so much fun to read is that Claudia and her friends are witty and funny and not afraid to veer into geeky territory. Like this whole line about "needing a gps to find your way out of Gideon's eyes" because she can get lost in them.
It's just fun (and safe) to hang around with them. And while there are a few slightly unbelievable miscues such as her brother being weirdly vulnerable and open to saying "I love her" to Claudia, me wanting to bash Claudia over the head at believing the queen bee's obviously interfering information despite the overwhelming evidence Gideon is a good guy, those were small blips.
This is a great, kissing-only YA, queer-positive in an accepted-as-normal kind of way story that kids who love theater and online gaming will see themselves represented in a positive way.
Somehow she is forced by this to be involved with costumes for a production of Midsummer's Night Dream with caustic Iris, and discovers a love for a band boy group called BTS--er actually TION-- and expands her friendship group from one to like six people.
Claudia is a bit scarred from a break up with a boy earlier in high school who just called her "regular" and so she thinks that's all she is. But her "regular" is a kind of decency that doesn't allow her to leave Iris, clearly hurting, alone, and means the boy playing Oberon, Gideon Prewitt, who has an instagram following and is known for weird dances, quippy sayings, friendliness, and loving Connect 4 also sees something in her because he keeps turning up wherever she is-- at the play and online in the game Claudia has heretofore only shared with her one friend and her siblings.
There's no major drama, only a little manipulation by an insecure queen bee-wannabee, and mostly its about Claudia learning to open herself to new experiences. What makes this oh so much fun to read is that Claudia and her friends are witty and funny and not afraid to veer into geeky territory. Like this whole line about "needing a gps to find your way out of Gideon's eyes" because she can get lost in them.
It's just fun (and safe) to hang around with them. And while there are a few slightly unbelievable miscues such as her brother being weirdly vulnerable and open to saying "I love her" to Claudia, me wanting to bash Claudia over the head at believing the queen bee's obviously interfering information despite the overwhelming evidence Gideon is a good guy, those were small blips.
This is a great, kissing-only YA, queer-positive in an accepted-as-normal kind of way story that kids who love theater and online gaming will see themselves represented in a positive way.
Can I just cheat and say that I love everything Emma Mills writes? Because I love everything Emma Mills writes. She writes with the same honesty, humor, and heart about friendship and self-worth and the importance of surrounding yourself with good, caring people in every one of her books, and FOOLISH HEARTS is no exception. This is exactly the kind of contemporary YA I needed in high school, and exactly the kind I need now: sweet and funny and wonderful all the way around.
Why, yes, I did finish this book in under 24 hours. It is fabulous and immediately went on my "re-read" and "favorites" piles. As with all of EM's books, I laughed, I cried and I want to be friends with them.