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A review by joannaautumn
Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills
5.0
I don’t know what it is with me and gorgeous peach-pink book covers. I see it – I buy it (or read it instantly, in this case).
I don’t even remember clearly how I found the book, just plain browsing on Goodreads. After [b:Black Swan Green|14316|Black Swan Green|David Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320562118l/14316._SY75_.jpg|2166883] I needed a contemporary that will be a light and easy read. Maybe a bit of funny too. The synopsis seemed to fit the criteria and I dived right in.
I have a notebook where I write down all my comments while reading so that I don’t miss out on something in my reviews, and I am looking in it right now and can’t find a single bad thing about this book. I don’t know really what’s stopping me from giving it a 5-star review. Here are all the things I liked in this book:
Firstly, I am a person who is always reading, always up to reading challenges and such so I like it if I can get really into the book and finish it in about 4 days tops depending on the number of pages and the genre. I got into this book pretty fast, I just couldn’t wait to finish it – but in the best way possible. It got me involved and interested in the plot and characters, I was going through chapters like mad. Plus the book has 320 pages, you don’t even notice when you’re done with it.
The language Emma Mills uses is in one word fitting. It goes very well with the topics she chose to write about in this book. It wasn’t cringey or overly simple nor was it pretentiously complex – it’s a perfect writing style for a YA contemporary novel. The language the characters use fits their age. Some writers do the thing where they make their 16-year-old characters say some things that in my opinion no 16-year-old says. But this isn’t to say that Emma Mills’s characters aren’t complex and intelligent, they are. But they are the type of people you will meet or have already met which takes me to the next point.
The characters are just great. I liked the whole cast of them. Not loved like I love the whole cast of [b:Little Women|1934|Little Women|Louisa May Alcott|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562690475l/1934._SY75_.jpg|3244642] but hey, I liked the whole cast. And I usually like a few characters in a book. Maybe four max. But this rarely happens for me so I had to put it as a point here. Also, for me to like a main female character in a YA contemporary – a rarity.
The romance didn’t annoy me??? What have I become? I found the romance aspects of the book cute and was cheering for them to get together. This was the biggest surprise for me. Times change, right?
This book is funny. You know how a lot of YA books are labelled as funny and relatable. This one was funny and relatable. I laughed for some parts of this book aloud. And there’s nothing I like more than if a book makes me laugh and feel like I am in on the joke.
Did I just find the perfect light and funny YA contemporary writer??? I sure hope so because I am onto reading the second Emma Mills book I have. Fingers crossed.
I don’t even remember clearly how I found the book, just plain browsing on Goodreads. After [b:Black Swan Green|14316|Black Swan Green|David Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320562118l/14316._SY75_.jpg|2166883] I needed a contemporary that will be a light and easy read. Maybe a bit of funny too. The synopsis seemed to fit the criteria and I dived right in.
I have a notebook where I write down all my comments while reading so that I don’t miss out on something in my reviews, and I am looking in it right now and can’t find a single bad thing about this book. I don’t know really what’s stopping me from giving it a 5-star review. Here are all the things I liked in this book:
Firstly, I am a person who is always reading, always up to reading challenges and such so I like it if I can get really into the book and finish it in about 4 days tops depending on the number of pages and the genre. I got into this book pretty fast, I just couldn’t wait to finish it – but in the best way possible. It got me involved and interested in the plot and characters, I was going through chapters like mad. Plus the book has 320 pages, you don’t even notice when you’re done with it.
The language Emma Mills uses is in one word fitting. It goes very well with the topics she chose to write about in this book. It wasn’t cringey or overly simple nor was it pretentiously complex – it’s a perfect writing style for a YA contemporary novel. The language the characters use fits their age. Some writers do the thing where they make their 16-year-old characters say some things that in my opinion no 16-year-old says. But this isn’t to say that Emma Mills’s characters aren’t complex and intelligent, they are. But they are the type of people you will meet or have already met which takes me to the next point.
The characters are just great. I liked the whole cast of them. Not loved like I love the whole cast of [b:Little Women|1934|Little Women|Louisa May Alcott|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562690475l/1934._SY75_.jpg|3244642] but hey, I liked the whole cast. And I usually like a few characters in a book. Maybe four max. But this rarely happens for me so I had to put it as a point here. Also, for me to like a main female character in a YA contemporary – a rarity.
The romance didn’t annoy me??? What have I become? I found the romance aspects of the book cute and was cheering for them to get together. This was the biggest surprise for me. Times change, right?
This book is funny. You know how a lot of YA books are labelled as funny and relatable. This one was funny and relatable. I laughed for some parts of this book aloud. And there’s nothing I like more than if a book makes me laugh and feel like I am in on the joke.
Did I just find the perfect light and funny YA contemporary writer??? I sure hope so because I am onto reading the second Emma Mills book I have. Fingers crossed.