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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
Updated upon reread in December 2017: changed from four to five stars. I loved Gideon and the dialogue and Claudia's relationships with her family and friends even more on a second reading (and it made me tear up again, damnit. Gotta give it another star for that).
Really really liked this - I think it may be my favorite of hers, although I did also quite like First & Then. Some of the TION fandom/WoW-type game stuff didn't totally work for me (there was a little too much 2016-specific internet slang for my taste), but I love the way Emma Mills writes dialogue, I found Gideon extremely endearing, and I got a little teary towards the end (which surprised me because I usually don't cry at books). All around, very enjoyable.
Really really liked this - I think it may be my favorite of hers, although I did also quite like First & Then. Some of the TION fandom/WoW-type game stuff didn't totally work for me (there was a little too much 2016-specific internet slang for my taste), but I love the way Emma Mills writes dialogue, I found Gideon extremely endearing, and I got a little teary towards the end (which surprised me because I usually don't cry at books). All around, very enjoyable.
“'It just feels like...' Her voice small. 'Sometimes it just feels like I'm faking.'
'Maybe everyone feels that way.'”
Can I - uhhhh - have this book be my high school experience as well?
This is my first 5 star book since February and I couldn't be more happy about it. It kind of felt like a 3 month reading slump, not having really obsessively loved a book for this long. I wouldn't have expected this particular one to fill the void but I'm more than happy to be surprised!
Foolish Hearts is a very character-driven book and I love each and every one of the characters. Every single side-character, and there were many of them, has such depth and good and bad sides. Gideon, the love-interest, really pulls it off though. He's so sweet, I love him.
If you want to read a wholesome book about love and also friendship, I can not recommend Foolish Hearts enough. I want to reread it right now.
'Maybe everyone feels that way.'”
Can I - uhhhh - have this book be my high school experience as well?
This is my first 5 star book since February and I couldn't be more happy about it. It kind of felt like a 3 month reading slump, not having really obsessively loved a book for this long. I wouldn't have expected this particular one to fill the void but I'm more than happy to be surprised!
Foolish Hearts is a very character-driven book and I love each and every one of the characters. Every single side-character, and there were many of them, has such depth and good and bad sides. Gideon, the love-interest, really pulls it off though. He's so sweet, I love him.
If you want to read a wholesome book about love and also friendship, I can not recommend Foolish Hearts enough. I want to reread it right now.
What a great book to start off with in 2018! I just love the way Emma Mills tells her simple and unique stories. Her characters seem so real. I connected with them deeply and I loved each of them individually. Emma's books always hit me deeper than expected. This book is no exception to that new ly discovered universal truth. Although it took me about fifty pages to get into it, the story drew me in and after that I couldn't stop reading. The thing that hits me the most in all Emma Mills books are the little conversations between the characters. The dialogues never feel forced or over the top, which makes them much more relatable than the characters already are. If you love little but very significant books about growing and becoming the person you want to be, you shold definately check out this book (And all of her other works as well!).
4 stars!
I ended up adoring this book!!! Got this in my owlcrate months ago and set it aside, I had no interest in it (based on the cover, shallow I know). Flash forward to now, I have a neverending literal tbr pile and I picked this one up to defeat that pile. It was so cute, such a wonderful story and everything I look for in a YA contemporary read.
The story is simple enough, girl meets boy and isn't sure he likes her. Add this with a new friendship and a school play, Mills created a snapshot into the world of a real teen. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys YA lit. It shocked me with how much I liked it and I am excited to read more of Emma Mills. Thank you Owlcrate for introducing me to a new author.
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I ended up adoring this book!!! Got this in my owlcrate months ago and set it aside, I had no interest in it (based on the cover, shallow I know). Flash forward to now, I have a neverending literal tbr pile and I picked this one up to defeat that pile. It was so cute, such a wonderful story and everything I look for in a YA contemporary read.
The story is simple enough, girl meets boy and isn't sure he likes her. Add this with a new friendship and a school play, Mills created a snapshot into the world of a real teen. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys YA lit. It shocked me with how much I liked it and I am excited to read more of Emma Mills. Thank you Owlcrate for introducing me to a new author.
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funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A cute, fun read.
Claudia goes to very well-off school (she gets the fees mostly paid for since her dad is a professor there) but finds herself somewhat isolated from the students. However, when she is forced to join the school production of a Midsummer Night's Dream this leads her to new friendships.
OK wow. So I loved this book!
We have an extremely lovable set of characters. Some of the main ones:
Claudia: Our narrator. Keeps herself somewhat at a distance from others (she has her best friend Zoe and that's about it), sarcastic without it being over the top, into gaming, particularly a game she plays with Zoe and her siblings. She just seems like an actual person - not a caricature of a teenager.
Through a series of events, she ends up being thrown together with:
Iris: Frosty, a smart-arse, people only put up with her because of her girlfriend (now ex), Paige. Yet she's also a huge fangirl of a popular boy band, wants to be a better person and is completely hung-up on Paige.
And:
Gideon: who is basically a labrador in human form. Emotional, caring, goofy and completely lovable.
I can't quite put my finger on how she did it, but the author completely brings these characters - and all the others - to life. They feel like completely whole and real people. Their relationships with each other are so lovely and addictive to read about.
Also - hooray for male characters being vulnerable, caring and open with their feelings and a show of platonic male friendships. Hooray for making consent known and making it just a part of life - as it should be. Hooray for characters apologising. Hooray for LGBT+ representation.
The friendships and romances were just - agh! I feel giddy about this book and I don't think my review can do it justice. It was just the sweetest.
OK wow. So I loved this book!
We have an extremely lovable set of characters. Some of the main ones:
Claudia: Our narrator. Keeps herself somewhat at a distance from others (she has her best friend Zoe and that's about it), sarcastic without it being over the top, into gaming, particularly a game she plays with Zoe and her siblings. She just seems like an actual person - not a caricature of a teenager.
Through a series of events, she ends up being thrown together with:
Iris: Frosty, a smart-arse, people only put up with her because of her girlfriend (now ex), Paige. Yet she's also a huge fangirl of a popular boy band, wants to be a better person and is completely hung-up on Paige.
And:
Gideon: who is basically a labrador in human form. Emotional, caring, goofy and completely lovable.
I can't quite put my finger on how she did it, but the author completely brings these characters - and all the others - to life. They feel like completely whole and real people. Their relationships with each other are so lovely and addictive to read about.
Also - hooray for male characters being vulnerable, caring and open with their feelings and a show of platonic male friendships. Hooray for making consent known and making it just a part of life - as it should be. Hooray for characters apologising. Hooray for LGBT+ representation.
The friendships and romances were just - agh! I feel giddy about this book and I don't think my review can do it justice. It was just the sweetest.
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:
Yes