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A review by charlsys8
Zyla & Kai by Kristina Forest
3.0
⭐️3
To begin with, I took WAY too long to finish this book. I found it to be a chore. I would have been perfectly fine with 100 pages or so being cut from this book. A romance book, particularly a YA romance, should NEVER be 480 pages long. I’m sorry but no.
The book isn't awful by any means, but it doesn't compare to other YA romances that I have read and adored like 'Love Radio' by Ebony LaDelle or anything by Joya Goffney.
The dynamics between Beatrice and Jamal intrigued me more than Zyla and Kai at times, which I thought were dragged on by tropes like miscommunication, foolery, and assumptions, especially in the middle. The structure of the book also didn't appeal to me.
The ‘mystery’ surrounding Zyla and Kai's disappearance at the end was rather lacklustre and anticlimactic.
Despite all this, the romance in this book is filled with cute, light-hearted fluff, which I enjoyed for the most part, but that didn't make it any less of a 3 star read.
Overall, I'm not heartbroken that I didn't love this book. However, some part of me feels a tad irritated that I didn't DNF this book, because it honestly felt like a chore.
To begin with, I took WAY too long to finish this book. I found it to be a chore. I would have been perfectly fine with 100 pages or so being cut from this book. A romance book, particularly a YA romance, should NEVER be 480 pages long. I’m sorry but no.
The book isn't awful by any means, but it doesn't compare to other YA romances that I have read and adored like 'Love Radio' by Ebony LaDelle or anything by Joya Goffney.
The dynamics between Beatrice and Jamal intrigued me more than Zyla and Kai at times, which I thought were dragged on by tropes like miscommunication, foolery, and assumptions, especially in the middle. The structure of the book also didn't appeal to me.
The ‘mystery’ surrounding Zyla and Kai's disappearance at the end was rather lacklustre and anticlimactic.
Despite all this, the romance in this book is filled with cute, light-hearted fluff, which I enjoyed for the most part, but that didn't make it any less of a 3 star read.
Overall, I'm not heartbroken that I didn't love this book. However, some part of me feels a tad irritated that I didn't DNF this book, because it honestly felt like a chore.