A review by solly
Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

5.0

Easily my favourite read of the year so far and it's not even my first five stars read. I was horribly deeply invested in the tribulations of Wren Martin, annoying but endearing ace teenager, and his obvious crush (don't tell him) on his one-sided nemesis. This was incredibly funny and cute and heartfelt.
I often say I'm slowly outgrowing YA contemporary but sometimes I read one that just HITS and I'm like.... oooh wait maybe not. This was not helped by the fact I'm a high school teacher (I related to Ms. Little too much) with a great fondness and tolerance for genuinely wonderful but incredibly annoying teens. Wren felt like SUCH a real teenager to me, especially because of the fact he decided to arbitrarily hate some guy because he's too good at things. 10/10 no notes teenage behaviour. I annotated the HELL out of this one with silly little comments. Yes it was predictable yes the twist wasn't a twist but I don't think it was trying to be at all! It was still very cute very genuine it made me laugh out loud and grin like an idiot. So. Loved it