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A review by cortanasreadingnook
Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Regina is captain of the cheerleading team and is the most popular girl in school. Not only that, but she’s had her life set out for the next 10 years, along with her girlfriend, Chloe Kitagawa. But when Chloe starts failing English and jeopardizes Regina’s expected future, she decides to hire Hawkins, the mascot who has a crush on her… and who is apparently Chloe’s childhood friend.
Belle of the Ball is basically a lesbian mean girls with a pretty limited, yet engaging color scheme. The story started out strongly, but it’s such a turn off when there’s emotional cheating, even though arguably it did all work out in the end. I wanted to like this, but every single relationship in this book is manipulative or toxic. The characters individually had so much potential but none of them were fully fleshed out towards the end.
Belle of the Ball is basically a lesbian mean girls with a pretty limited, yet engaging color scheme. The story started out strongly, but it’s such a turn off when there’s emotional cheating, even though arguably it did all work out in the end. I wanted to like this, but every single relationship in this book is manipulative or toxic. The characters individually had so much potential but none of them were fully fleshed out towards the end.