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The Falling in Love Montage
by Ciara Smyth
TL;DR || Siorse (pronounced seer-SHUH no matter what national treasure Siorse Ronan says) has rules about navigating relationships, but it all boils down to one simple rule: don't be in one. But meeting Ruby, an unbelievably cute girl, who suggests a summer of a montage of all the cliche rom-com dates kinda makes those lines feel... a little blurry. At least there's a deadline that it ends by, right?
THOUGHTS || I'm gonna warn you that right now: if you're looking for a cute book that will leave you glowy and in a lil love bubble, THIS. ISN'T. IT. This book is a head on confronting of the stark reality that love can be disrupted by things you never saw coming: illness, death, or something as indefinite as a change of heart. My fiancé had to comfort me twice while reading.
I loved it.
Smyth spun the perfect balance of a tooth achingly sweet cliche montage and a teenage girl facing the passage of time. Siorse has one summer to deal with her dad getting remarried, her mom's dementia progressing, deciding where she wants to go to college, and the fact that she burned every friendship bridge when her ex, Hannah, broke up with her. She deserves her falling-in-love montage!
Siorse and Ruby are such fantastic characters to care about together and separately, even if Ruby's mostly there to aid in Siorse's growth. My favorite bit was the way Siorse portrayed herself as gruff and detached, but judging by the way other characters interacted with her, I suspect she wasn't being the most honest narrator.
THOUGHTS || I'm gonna warn you that right now: if you're looking for a cute book that will leave you glowy and in a lil love bubble, THIS. ISN'T. IT. This book is a head on confronting of the stark reality that love can be disrupted by things you never saw coming: illness, death, or something as indefinite as a change of heart. My fiancé had to comfort me twice while reading.
I loved it.
Smyth spun the perfect balance of a tooth achingly sweet cliche montage and a teenage girl facing the passage of time. Siorse has one summer to deal with her dad getting remarried, her mom's dementia progressing, deciding where she wants to go to college, and the fact that she burned every friendship bridge when her ex, Hannah, broke up with her. She deserves her falling-in-love montage!
Siorse and Ruby are such fantastic characters to care about together and separately, even if Ruby's mostly there to aid in Siorse's growth. My favorite bit was the way Siorse portrayed herself as gruff and detached, but judging by the way other characters interacted with her, I suspect she wasn't being the most honest narrator.