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A review by trisha_thomas
How to Win a Breakup: A Novel by Farah Heron
4.0
Absolutely adorable! Fake boyfriends aren't really my romance trope favorite but this one was just perfect! Our MC is Samaya and she's a hard working, driven teen in her last year to wow the universities. But unexpectedly being dumped by the highschool golden boy has derailed her summer volunteering and now she's starting the year behind in volunteer hours and heartbroken.
It was hard to like Samaya at first, as she tried to assert herself in to the breakup game and try to stay on top. She was hard on her friends and Daniel as she demaned nothing short of what she was giving to the game. I liked the additional wonder of who was the player over the summer and who was running the site. It was easy to point fingers at the rough 'friend group' Samaya surrounded herself with.
I loved the volunteer work. I think the shelter and residents were handled with respect and care and I liked how it was gently put in to the story and held as a main theme. I also loved that Cass's gender neutral pronouns were seemlessly put in the story and were not the main focus. Instead it felt natural and easy, exactly as it should be.
And I love that there was a little recipe in the back! How fun, I'll have to try it out! Sweet but with interesting themes, a story that sucked me in and held me to the end. I even loved the injected video game lingo (but it's staves! not staffs!) I'm so glad I gave this one a try, it was so much more than I thought it would be!
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
It was hard to like Samaya at first, as she tried to assert herself in to the breakup game and try to stay on top. She was hard on her friends and Daniel as she demaned nothing short of what she was giving to the game. I liked the additional wonder of who was the player over the summer and who was running the site. It was easy to point fingers at the rough 'friend group' Samaya surrounded herself with.
I loved the volunteer work. I think the shelter and residents were handled with respect and care and I liked how it was gently put in to the story and held as a main theme. I also loved that Cass's gender neutral pronouns were seemlessly put in the story and were not the main focus. Instead it felt natural and easy, exactly as it should be.
And I love that there was a little recipe in the back! How fun, I'll have to try it out! Sweet but with interesting themes, a story that sucked me in and held me to the end. I even loved the injected video game lingo (but it's staves! not staffs!) I'm so glad I gave this one a try, it was so much more than I thought it would be!
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.