A review by brendalovesbooks
Flashback by Shannon Messenger

3.0

This book was at least 400 pages too long. Almost nothing happened for the first 3/4ths of the book, and everything that did happen could be condensed quite a bit. I also really don't care about Sophie's crush on Fitz and hearing her internal thoughts about it over and over. I don't really mind romance in YA or middle grade novels, but only when it's a small side plot and doesn't become so central (especially in middle grade, which this is). I'm definitely invested in this series, and I care where it goes, but I wish it would focus less on teenage crushes, and more on their fight with the Neverseen.