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A review by angieinbooks
Worthy of Love by Quinn Ivins
4.0
3.5 stars
Okay, no disrespect to the models on that cover, but I hate that cover. They look like a couple of middle schoolers awkwardly at a school dance. But they say you can't judge a book by its cover, and in this case, you really shouldn't because it's a really good story. Quinn Ivins, you're 2/2 for me. But I still don't like this cover.
As to what the novel actually entails... Nadine Bayani did not work her ass off at Yale to find herself disbarred and be the one thing uniting democrats and republicans alike as the most hated woman in America. She definitely didn't expect to be a felon or go to prison or have to work retail at the equivalent at a Ross for homewares. But needs must. She has no one and nothing else apart from a legacy she can't ignore.
Bella Clarke, who's worked at the same store in her rural Virginia town for 10 years without any prospects on the horizon, can't believe she has to make nice to the person single-handedly responsible for getting the nightmare in the White House elected thanks to the campaign scandal she orchestrated.
But she can't help it. Being nice to Nadine, that is. Because she can't justify her perceived opinion about Nadine with the woman who shows up for a job that is beneath her education and experience only the be harassed, bullied, humiliated and discriminated against every day, knowing the manager and assistant manager are looking for any infraction so that they can fire her. So Bella reaches out to Nadine. And she likes Nadine. And neither she nor Nadine are good at fighting the attraction that grows between them. But nothing is easy and nothing is as it seems.
I don't want to divulge more, but this was such a nice read with some great representation (Nadine is Filipino) and a nice discussion on ADHD (which Bella discovers she has) and how it presents in girls and women and how it's impacted Bella's life.
Okay, no disrespect to the models on that cover, but I hate that cover. They look like a couple of middle schoolers awkwardly at a school dance. But they say you can't judge a book by its cover, and in this case, you really shouldn't because it's a really good story. Quinn Ivins, you're 2/2 for me. But I still don't like this cover.
As to what the novel actually entails... Nadine Bayani did not work her ass off at Yale to find herself disbarred and be the one thing uniting democrats and republicans alike as the most hated woman in America. She definitely didn't expect to be a felon or go to prison or have to work retail at the equivalent at a Ross for homewares. But needs must. She has no one and nothing else apart from a legacy she can't ignore.
Bella Clarke, who's worked at the same store in her rural Virginia town for 10 years without any prospects on the horizon, can't believe she has to make nice to the person single-handedly responsible for getting the nightmare in the White House elected thanks to the campaign scandal she orchestrated.
But she can't help it. Being nice to Nadine, that is. Because she can't justify her perceived opinion about Nadine with the woman who shows up for a job that is beneath her education and experience only the be harassed, bullied, humiliated and discriminated against every day, knowing the manager and assistant manager are looking for any infraction so that they can fire her. So Bella reaches out to Nadine. And she likes Nadine. And neither she nor Nadine are good at fighting the attraction that grows between them. But nothing is easy and nothing is as it seems.
I don't want to divulge more, but this was such a nice read with some great representation (Nadine is Filipino) and a nice discussion on ADHD (which Bella discovers she has) and how it presents in girls and women and how it's impacted Bella's life.