A review by joannaautumn
Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson

2.0

Tehnically this is one of my last reads of 2020. And I didn’t like it much.

I blame myself entirely for that because I rarely like books in purely texting format. You don’t bond with the characters the same with this limited POV. The book that came close is [b:Tweet Cute|45045129|Tweet Cute|Emma Lord|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1558456354l/45045129._SY75_.jpg|66924806] but it was a mix of texting and regularly switching between the POV of the two main characters; I find this works better.

I liked the idea behind the book though, a love story that came out of a friendship. Texting/talking leads to love.

The rep is here; we have a demisexual and bisexual character– hurray for that! I don’t see a lot of demisexual characters in fiction, I am glad there is a rep here (and I always like reading about my fellow bisexual people/characters).

I liked Hailey, She is a “nerdy” introverted, demisexual girl with anxiety. As for Martin, he was a bit meh to me. He awfully fits that role of the popular-handsome-but-misunderstood type that is somewhat common for these novels??

Anyway, I liked the slow forming of a friendship that goes into romance, it was cute. But because of the limited perspective, we don’t get to see the interactions and it doesn’t make the reader care a lot about the characters.

But if you like this format, I am pretty sure you will like this novel. As for me, I hope Lana Wood Johnson writes a novel in regular POV so that I can love her characters more. All in all, not for me but a good book.
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Eh. What's up with me and not connecting to characters in YA contemporaries in the past few months? Review to come.