A review by kelseyrm
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

okay i was not expecting to love this book as much as i did holy fuck
ophelia, at first i thought you were just another ya protagonist, like cmon she loves to garden, is boy crazy, only wears clothes with flower prints on them? thats some colleen hoover type shit
but i realize the whole point of the book was she was trying to break free of those stereotypes! she was so relatable and loveable omg im sorry i ever doubted you ophelia hope ur doing well
also love talia she was so great. i have a headcanon now that she's a stay (bc they mentioned she likes kpop) and her bias is felix bc i said so. wesley is too, chan bias. im right argue with the wall
also i loved how
talia and ophelia weren't endgame. they did it so well, it felt so much more realistic than other high school romances. also loved how talia reacted when ophelia kissed her shes so much nicer than me lol bc i would not have been that forgiving tbh...

also hot take, wes x sammie anyone...? sammie called wes muscular just a few too many times to be coincidence?
overall this book was an amazing  read. just the right amount of angst too. such amazing, loveable characters. only one of the main characters was white too, so great that an lgbtq book is including that many poc, bc lots of ya wlw or mlm books always have like one token poc. read this rn!!! you wont regret it!!
only subtracting 0.25 bc it wasnt rly that much of a pageturner for me, like at parts the plot was a little bland, but it picked up!!
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