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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
lighthearted
medium-paced
Reread: I love this book so much. It's sooooo shippy and they are so good for each other and I hadn't remembered much about the details so it was fun to read again. I smiled for the last 20 pages easily and that kitchen scene ahhhh. This book was just what I needed this weekend.
I'm having a really good reading weekend :D I LOVED this book!! I think it's my new favorite Kasie West actually. It was really adorable and I'm a huge fan of letters/texts/etc (but mostly letters) in books, especially the way that they reflect the personalities of the characters. Lily was a great MC, so funny and quirky without trying to *be* quirky, you know? It didn't feel fake. I wish she wasn't so judgy for so long but that too seemed real. People make mistakes. I loved her family too, it's so rare to have family play such a large part in YA novels while at the same time not *being* one of the plot points exactly. Of course I figured out the letter writer pretty quickly but that didn't bother me at all, and I liked seeing how it played out over the course of the story. Ahhh this book. It made me smile so much and I am SO HAPPY that we get time with the romance at the end! None of this kiss and end the book business. That was the best part, so much shippy goodness. Honestly, this will be a contemporary I read many times. Such a happy making book :)
I'm having a really good reading weekend :D I LOVED this book!! I think it's my new favorite Kasie West actually. It was really adorable and I'm a huge fan of letters/texts/etc (but mostly letters) in books, especially the way that they reflect the personalities of the characters. Lily was a great MC, so funny and quirky without trying to *be* quirky, you know? It didn't feel fake. I wish she wasn't so judgy for so long but that too seemed real. People make mistakes. I loved her family too, it's so rare to have family play such a large part in YA novels while at the same time not *being* one of the plot points exactly. Of course I figured out the letter writer pretty quickly but that didn't bother me at all, and I liked seeing how it played out over the course of the story. Ahhh this book. It made me smile so much and I am SO HAPPY that we get time with the romance at the end! None of this kiss and end the book business. That was the best part, so much shippy goodness. Honestly, this will be a contemporary I read many times. Such a happy making book :)
This was predictable, but I still enjoyed seeing how West got to the ending, staying up ridiculously late to wrap it up. Within the first 30 pages, I knew who Lily's anonymous pen pal was, but West also gave her a realistic relationship with her family, and a solid best friendship. I loved how Lily loved her little brothers despite being exasperated with them most of the time. The letter writing was a bit of a throwback to my own time in middle school and high school, and it was sweet to think of students accustomed to communicating in shorter text messages getting to know each other via handwritten letters. Once upon a time back in my own middle school life, I had a boy leave me a letter asking me to be his girlfriend with a folded letter beneath my desk in language arts. Alas, I didn't have a happy ending because he broke up with me less than a week later because I was too smart. I also appreciated how Lily worked to change her perception of the letter writer once she realized who he was, begrudgingly admitting to herself that perhaps she had not been quite the judge of character she thought she was. P.S. I Like You will make an excellent addition to my classroom library, and I wouldn't hesitate to add other novels by West.
*I received an uncorrected proof of this book as a Goodreads giveaway.
*I received an uncorrected proof of this book as a Goodreads giveaway.
relaxing
medium-paced
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is just what I needed before starting the new school year, a super predictable (I texted a friend when I was 13% in and predicted the entire plot, which I was spot on about), yet cute and fun, read. I read it in one sitting, in about three hours, and that was the perfect amount of time to spend with these characters and their silly mess of teenage angst. A highbrow literary masterpiece this isn't, but I do love the swoon and ridiculousness of Kasie West books.
EDIT 2/6/18: Since I reread "The Fill-In Boyfriend" over the weekend, I decided to to a Kasie West doubleheader reread. I liked this way more this time. I thought the main character was adorable and relateable and I really loved the ridiculous love story. I'm always down for a KW, we know this, but I'm glad this one got better for me, which rarely happens.
EDIT 2/6/18: Since I reread "The Fill-In Boyfriend" over the weekend, I decided to to a Kasie West doubleheader reread. I liked this way more this time. I thought the main character was adorable and relateable and I really loved the ridiculous love story. I'm always down for a KW, we know this, but I'm glad this one got better for me, which rarely happens.
