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A review by bookandcoffeeaddict
Get It Together, Delilah! by Erin Gough
5.0
In Get It Together, Delilah! 17-year-old Delilah is going through it! It’s her final year of school and she’s struggling to keep her grades up while dealing with homophobic bullying from classmates. Her father goes on an extended world trip, leaving it up to Delilah to keep the Flywheel, her family’s café, afloat through a string of calamities. On top of all that she’s also dealing with friend drama and a seemingly hopeless crush on Rosa, a college activist/flamenco dancer.
With all the things she’s juggling, it’s inevitable Del’s going to drop the ball on at least one of them – somehow, she manages to drop the ball on all of them.
While there is definitely a romance plotline that weaves throughout the whole book, I wouldn’t really say this is a story about falling in love – although that’s certainly part of it. In my eyes Get It Together, Delilah! could more accurately be described as the story of a teen girl with a stubborn streak a mile wide and a minor anger problem trying to keep her life together as everything seems to fall apart in her life at the same time.
I loved the way this book was written – the flow was on point, chapters were just the right length, and the storytelling managed to hook me in and keep me turning pages, even when I started to get a little annoyed at the main character. Delilah’s stubborn refusal of help and unwillingness to take suggestions began to get kind of irritating the farther I got in to the story, but eventually Del does, in fact, manage to Get It Together and I really enjoyed how it all came together for her in the end.
I love books set in coffee shops and I love strong female characters (even if their stubborn ways get on my nerves at points) so this book was right up my alley and I really liked it. I would definitely recommend it for people who love teen dramas with diverse characters. The storytelling and writing was fantastic and I would absolutely read more books by this author.
*I received an ARC of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.
With all the things she’s juggling, it’s inevitable Del’s going to drop the ball on at least one of them – somehow, she manages to drop the ball on all of them.
While there is definitely a romance plotline that weaves throughout the whole book, I wouldn’t really say this is a story about falling in love – although that’s certainly part of it. In my eyes Get It Together, Delilah! could more accurately be described as the story of a teen girl with a stubborn streak a mile wide and a minor anger problem trying to keep her life together as everything seems to fall apart in her life at the same time.
I loved the way this book was written – the flow was on point, chapters were just the right length, and the storytelling managed to hook me in and keep me turning pages, even when I started to get a little annoyed at the main character. Delilah’s stubborn refusal of help and unwillingness to take suggestions began to get kind of irritating the farther I got in to the story, but eventually Del does, in fact, manage to Get It Together and I really enjoyed how it all came together for her in the end.
I love books set in coffee shops and I love strong female characters (even if their stubborn ways get on my nerves at points) so this book was right up my alley and I really liked it. I would definitely recommend it for people who love teen dramas with diverse characters. The storytelling and writing was fantastic and I would absolutely read more books by this author.
*I received an ARC of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.