A review by thereadinghammock
AITA?: A Modern Fairy Tale by Cassie Alexander

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Who doesn't love a good AITA post to share with your friends and weigh in on, right? Anyone who prefaces a situation with "X doesn't count, alright?" really means it doesn't count for them. From the jump we knew Logan was trash, but in the way that so many wealthy men are trash, in that they've never known being anything other than a little bit garbage, and everyone around them is a bit garbage, so they don't see anything wrong with their behavior. Poor Becky was already in a losing situation. 

Quenilith was a delight. Sharp, quick to provoke, and straight to the point. She wanted Becky and nothing was going to dissuade her from that. I felt bad for Becky's guilt about how her whole tryst with Quen began, those feelings are hard enough when you're sure of something, but the doubts that plagued her for most of the book were palpable. And Bastiana--that woman. What a piece of work! I was half expecting there to be some reveal that she was some kind of demon herself! But that would have been speaking ill of a lovely group who just love sushi so much (which was a running joke I appreciated throughout the whole book). 

I think my favorite part of the book was Becky's realization that she had to be alone for a while. She knew Logan was no longer her future, and as much as she loved Quen, or at least the idea of Quen, she had to do some big soul searching on her own for a while to get to know herself for real before she could share herself again. Seeing Becky and Quen come back together at and after the gala was so heartwarming and gave me all the good feels.
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