A review by lindsey_kerrigan
Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

4.0

Very cute book! I will continue to read anything Morgan Matson writes because her books hold such a special place in my heart. Although this was far from my favorite of hers I still think it was great, I loved the adventure of it, as someone who loves New York I love when it is romanticized in a story like this. I feel like Morgan Matson's books always dig a little bit deeper than the average YA rom-com and I think this book still achieves that. I think she does a very good job bringing the story lines full circle(that's one of the things I like most about her books) and she also does a great job of not making the characters too adults but also not too immature that they become annoying. One of the things that kind of disappointed me was that even though I've read all of Morgan Matson's books multiple times I didn't easily recognize any of the Easter eggs in the books aside from Amy Curry because she's obviously a title character. I kept looking for them but kept missing them, and I completely did not recognize the guy that Amy Curry was engaged to because it definitely was not Roger, how did that happen? was I supposed to know that happened? I was so lost. I loved Cary, he was adorable and just as nerdy and lovable as all of Matson's other love interests. The only part I was not ecstatic about was Teri's contribution. I understood it to a point bc it helps to have a "back in Stanwich" pov but I thought it got so out of hand at a point that it was kind of ridiculous, I really thought she was dreaming or something along those lines for a while. I felt like I was a bit of a stretch but I understood why it was done(mostly to keep the reader engaged and explain Teri's various boyfriends). Otherwise I did enjoy it immensely and thought it was absolutely worth the read. Every thing that Kat and Stevie did in NY and every person they met along the way led to them to learning more about themselves and getting closer and closer together, everything was done for a purpose and it was done so perfectly. <3