A review by courtknee__vn
Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam Sass

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I finished this one earlier today and I’ve been trying to decide how to rate it and I’m still going back and forth between 4 and 4.5 stars 🙈 I really really loved the concept of this story and it ended very well but the journey there was so frustrating that there were points that I had to pause and do something else for a little bit. I’m not someone that minds the miscommunication trope as much as most people seem to but this was like miscommunication on top of miscommunication on top of miscommunication and it got pretty annoying. It’s one of those books that made me want to yell at the characters to just talk to each other and be honest about how you’re feeling while knowing that if I was in a situation like this, I probably wouldn’t follow my own advice 😂 so on one hand, I thought it was a very realistic way for them to handle things but I was also just annoyed lol besides that, I really loved Grant’s family, especially his aunt & uncle and I think it was a great representation of how difficult and isolating it is to grow up queer! So I’m going to go with 4 stars, just because of my frustration with Grant but I do think it’s a really great book besides that!