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bookishlynerdy's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Erin Hahn does it again. This woman is beginning to own my emotions. The way she weaved religion into NSYC and yet it didn't make me uncomfortable was absolutely amazing. I've never attended church regularly but my parents were raised deep catholic. Like light-a-candle catholic. My mom is a bit more religious than my dad but both like to sometimes use religion and it's teachings on my siblings and I in a not so great way. NSYC was such a heavy hitter, using religion to drive a point home. Recommendation: keep a box of tissues and sticky marks nearby when you read this one. The toxic purity double standard culture that is giant in a lot of faith practices in this day and age is front and center and Hahn doesn't pull any punches. Meg and Micah are the absolute cutest couple ever, And what I adore the most is that, between them, there was zero drama. They never allowed that between them. They never followed that romance formula. They were bettering themselves, Not for each other but because of each other. Character driven, I read this in one afternoon. I want to erase this book from my mind. So I can read it all over again for the first time.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry
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