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A review by max_the_lesbrarian
How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
5.0
Sometimes a meet-cute is running into someone at a cafe or a bookshop, and sometimes it's quite literally when your mom almost runs them over with her car during a blizzard.
Shani is not having a super great time. Her first-ever girlfriend just broke up with her and she's fighting with her mom, but at least she's just moved down to DC to work a winter paleoichthyology internship of her dreams. And then her mom almost runs someone over with her car. What a way to start a new beginning.
How to Excavate a Heart is the sapphic Jewish holiday romcom of your dreams and I adored every minute of it. It's rare that a book has me glued for hours, but I literally could not put this one down. Each character was so full of life that they at times had me laughing and crying - and I especially loved Shani and May. I don't want to spoil too much, but everything that happened was so incredibly realistic and well-handled. It was a refreshing discussion about relationships - those we have with romantic partners, parents, friends, and even co-workers.
I cannot recommend this book enough, put it on the top of your list for holiday romcoms.
Huge thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Chilrens Books for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest and fair review.
Shani is not having a super great time. Her first-ever girlfriend just broke up with her and she's fighting with her mom, but at least she's just moved down to DC to work a winter paleoichthyology internship of her dreams. And then her mom almost runs someone over with her car. What a way to start a new beginning.
How to Excavate a Heart is the sapphic Jewish holiday romcom of your dreams and I adored every minute of it. It's rare that a book has me glued for hours, but I literally could not put this one down. Each character was so full of life that they at times had me laughing and crying - and I especially loved Shani and May. I don't want to spoil too much, but everything that happened was so incredibly realistic and well-handled. It was a refreshing discussion about relationships - those we have with romantic partners, parents, friends, and even co-workers.
I cannot recommend this book enough, put it on the top of your list for holiday romcoms.
Huge thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Chilrens Books for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest and fair review.