A review by sammytvo
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

5.0

“grace costs you nothing”

honestly abby jimenez's best book yet! my heart feels so full!

“if the world was ending” - julia michaels, jp saxe
“this town” - niall horan
“you’re gonna go far” - noah kahan
“ours”(taylor’s version) and “august” - taylor swift
“affection” and “butterflies “- fiji blue

in a world of boys, hes a GENTLEMAN!! And the MAN DANIEL IS!!! ugh i love him the very first chapter i met him! he’s such a golden retriever boyfriend and the way he loves alexis HE FALLS FIRST AND FALLS HARDER

alexis’s character realization was one of my favorite moments in the book where after spending time with daniel and the people of the small town, she realizes how truly privileged her life is. i feel like i have read many books with rich people and that’s cool but its refreshing to read about a character of privilege/wealth have this moment where she would recognize and appreciate the hard work that service workers/working class do which leads to her epiphany to do more meaningful work to serve the low-income community. I love the character development of it all

the conversation of domestic violence in all forms (physical, emotional, verbal) and the mention of battered women’s syndrome was very important! also the importance of therapy!

even though alexis and daniel are both the main successors to their own family legacies, they are still worlds apart from each other. omg I just realized the juxtapositional tones whenever we’re in alexis’s pov vs daniel’s pov wow

overall, this was an angsty romcom yet still emotional and impactful! THE DUALITY

the ending was perfect - in hannah montana's words the best of both worlds ;)