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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
First Read December 28th, 2018
Reread #1 June 4th, 2019
Reread #2 January 28th, 2020
Reread #1 June 4th, 2019
Reread #2 January 28th, 2020
3.75
This is really fun and cute.
I picked this up thinking it's gonna be fluffy, cute YA romance, and I'm totally correct.
The thing I liked the most is the pace and writing in general.
I think the very smooth pace is what made it more enjoyable to me compared to other YA fluffy romance.
Because the plot was nothing special (not in a bad way), the way it was told is the reason I gave it a bit higher score.
I just kept listening and not really wanting to stop even though there's not much going on actually.
I also love the characters, all of them are adorable and sweet.
The sometimes humor is also very cute and made me laugh or smile.
There's nothing specific that I don't like about this, but the reason it didn't get a higher score is just that it's nothing so special, it didn't really connected with me.
All in all, really nice and adorable YA fluffy romance.
This is really fun and cute.
I picked this up thinking it's gonna be fluffy, cute YA romance, and I'm totally correct.
The thing I liked the most is the pace and writing in general.
I think the very smooth pace is what made it more enjoyable to me compared to other YA fluffy romance.
Because the plot was nothing special (not in a bad way), the way it was told is the reason I gave it a bit higher score.
I just kept listening and not really wanting to stop even though there's not much going on actually.
I also love the characters, all of them are adorable and sweet.
The sometimes humor is also very cute and made me laugh or smile.
There's nothing specific that I don't like about this, but the reason it didn't get a higher score is just that it's nothing so special, it didn't really connected with me.
All in all, really nice and adorable YA fluffy romance.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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:
Complicated
- [ February 5, 2023: RE-READ 2— as wonderful as ever— one of my absolute favorite books of all time. Such a diverse cast, and such a wonderful, truly uplifting, adorable, fluffy contemporary that I feel everyone who enjoys the YA contemporary genre should read! 5 stars all the way! ]
- [ January 6, 2021: RE-READ— and so excited about it. This little amazing as hell book is the one that got me into YA contemporary! 5 million gazillion stars!]
THEM ok wow
this entire book .... like ....
it was so fun and sweet and soft but still with depth and i love like all of the characters so much and i actually care about so many of them? which like. rarely happens to me with standalone novels
BUT THIS BOOK THEM no im so in love
this entire book .... like ....
it was so fun and sweet and soft but still with depth and i love like all of the characters so much and i actually care about so many of them? which like. rarely happens to me with standalone novels
BUT THIS BOOK THEM no im so in love
4.5 Stars!
This book is the definition of feel-good-book. It's so fluffy, and uncomplicated, and I loved everything about it.
I felt like the love needed a little, tiny bit more work, but apart from that, they were absolutely adorable together.
Zoe and Claudia's friendship was awesome, and I wish that if they had avoided that little problem they had, it would have been perfect.
Super fluffy book, I didn't want to stop reading it!
This book is the definition of feel-good-book. It's so fluffy, and uncomplicated, and I loved everything about it.
I felt like the love needed a little, tiny bit more work, but apart from that, they were absolutely adorable together.
Zoe and Claudia's friendship was awesome, and I wish that if they had avoided that little problem they had, it would have been perfect.
Super fluffy book, I didn't want to stop reading it!
2.5
this was uninteresting and just slightly under mediocre even for a ya (romance?) coming of age in 2017 (which was surprising to me bcs the quality is giving very much 2013 circa john green era). gideon was really fucking annoying. but also somewhat relatable which makes me concerned for how annoying I am. he was like weridest fucking manic pixie dream boy? but also not really? he sucks. all the characters suck. but not in the 'theyre flawed' or 'they are meant to be unlikeable' and therefore I do not like them. even the characters who were meant to be likeable were really annoying - just something about the way they were written. as much as I dislike gideon he honestly might be the best character and thats saying kind of a lot. also there was so much buildup to conflict (that was so obvious) but then the conflict happened and it was compltwley devoid of emotional nuance. it was even worse when the 'resolution' came along bcs it was 1) rushed - the whole ending was really and 2) the problems weren't actually resolved they were just kind of brushed under the rug. also that kind of goes hand in hand with a complete lack of development. i think considering that I was more interested in this than lucky caller but I still hated this I'm gonna go ahead and dnf lucky caller
this was uninteresting and just slightly under mediocre even for a ya (romance?) coming of age in 2017 (which was surprising to me bcs the quality is giving very much 2013 circa john green era). gideon was really fucking annoying. but also somewhat relatable which makes me concerned for how annoying I am. he was like weridest fucking manic pixie dream boy? but also not really? he sucks. all the characters suck. but not in the 'theyre flawed' or 'they are meant to be unlikeable' and therefore I do not like them. even the characters who were meant to be likeable were really annoying - just something about the way they were written. as much as I dislike gideon he honestly might be the best character and thats saying kind of a lot. also there was so much buildup to conflict (that was so obvious) but then the conflict happened and it was compltwley devoid of emotional nuance. it was even worse when the 'resolution' came along bcs it was 1) rushed - the whole ending was really and 2) the problems weren't actually resolved they were just kind of brushed under the rug. also that kind of goes hand in hand with a complete lack of development. i think considering that I was more interested in this than lucky caller but I still hated this I'm gonna go ahead and dnf lucky caller
second read:
i took a couple advil pm a few hours ago and they haven’t hit yet so i finished this instead! this should be spoiler free, maddy, so i think you’re safe.
first of all, i think gideon has keith habersberger energy. at least in my head he does. idk i’ve been consuming a lot of try guys content recently so maybe i’m just thinking about keith habersberger all the time.
second of all, my attachment to this book has greatly improved now that i’m obsessed with a boy band. after having watched a minimum of 1000 one direction compilations on youtube, i think i am qualified to say that kenji from this is our now is my version of louis tomlinson from one direction. no, i will not be accepting questions.
finally, i think this book is worth the hype. classic emma mills dialogue with a cast of great characters and the added bonus of a healthy does of fandom. what more can you want?
first read:
EMMA MILLS’S DIALOGUE IS IMMACULATE IMPRESSIVE INIMITABLE ok i’m out of adjectives beginning with i but you get the point...wait does incandescent work? ok whatever you get the point I LOVED THIS BOOK
i took a couple advil pm a few hours ago and they haven’t hit yet so i finished this instead! this should be spoiler free, maddy, so i think you’re safe.
first of all, i think gideon has keith habersberger energy. at least in my head he does. idk i’ve been consuming a lot of try guys content recently so maybe i’m just thinking about keith habersberger all the time.
second of all, my attachment to this book has greatly improved now that i’m obsessed with a boy band. after having watched a minimum of 1000 one direction compilations on youtube, i think i am qualified to say that kenji from this is our now is my version of louis tomlinson from one direction. no, i will not be accepting questions.
finally, i think this book is worth the hype. classic emma mills dialogue with a cast of great characters and the added bonus of a healthy does of fandom. what more can you want?
first read:
EMMA MILLS’S DIALOGUE IS IMMACULATE IMPRESSIVE INIMITABLE ok i’m out of adjectives beginning with i but you get the point...wait does incandescent work? ok whatever you get the point I LOVED THIS BOOK
I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it either. Honestly I loved Gideon so much that I would read the book over again just to experience him all over again. Not a bad read, but I just think a younger, more adolescent me would’ve enjoyed this more.
