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meganmccuenwitt 's review for:
Foolish Hearts
by Emma Mills
I received this book last month with my OwlCrate, but I just got around to reading it this month. And wow! I’m so glad I did. It’s so adorable and light. It deals with real issues, normal life, but in a unique and authentic way. Even though it’s a cute, fluffy read- it still kept me up late into the night because I just loved the characters and their world.
I absolutely loved Claudia. She’s snarky and intelligent. I like that she doesn’t have friends at the beginning of the book, other than Zoe. I think a lot of books are about characters who have these ready-made friend groups, but the honest truth is that sometimes people don’t. I liked that Claudia makes friends her senior year of high school, showing that it’s never too late to discover a new part of yourself or to open yourself up to new friendships.
I really loved a lot of the details that formed the characters as well. Claudia and her family all play Battle Quest. Iris is obsessed with a boy band. Gideon is full of quirks. None of the characters are perfect, but they all really grow on you and that really warmed my heart. I also loved the dynamics of the small, private school and the fact that they were in Brit lit class. As a Brit lit teacher at a small, private school, I weirdly liked that detail.
If you liked Simon vs. The Homosapien Agenda, I feel like this book would be up your ally. There are LGBT characters, but the book isn’t about coming out or dealing with LGBT issues in the way that Simon is. Theater and family do feature prominently in it, which I really liked. Emma Mills does a really great job capturing high school theater culture in all its happy quirkiness!
I absolutely loved Claudia. She’s snarky and intelligent. I like that she doesn’t have friends at the beginning of the book, other than Zoe. I think a lot of books are about characters who have these ready-made friend groups, but the honest truth is that sometimes people don’t. I liked that Claudia makes friends her senior year of high school, showing that it’s never too late to discover a new part of yourself or to open yourself up to new friendships.
I really loved a lot of the details that formed the characters as well. Claudia and her family all play Battle Quest. Iris is obsessed with a boy band. Gideon is full of quirks. None of the characters are perfect, but they all really grow on you and that really warmed my heart. I also loved the dynamics of the small, private school and the fact that they were in Brit lit class. As a Brit lit teacher at a small, private school, I weirdly liked that detail.
If you liked Simon vs. The Homosapien Agenda, I feel like this book would be up your ally. There are LGBT characters, but the book isn’t about coming out or dealing with LGBT issues in the way that Simon is. Theater and family do feature prominently in it, which I really liked. Emma Mills does a really great job capturing high school theater culture in all its happy quirkiness!