A review by smiley7245
The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.25

This book had two of my top 3 least favorite tropes: age gap and secret keeping, and yet for most of it I found myself giggling and kicking my feet.

Zahra was so kind and optimistic and deserved every good thing in the world. Rowan was understandably closed off and suspicious. Together, they made each other better and pushed each other to grow. I understood Rowan's desire to figure out if Zahra liked him for him and wanted to know if she was going to try to blackmail him or something for the first kiss, so his alter-ego made sense. But, it didn't hurt any less when she found out. I loved the friendship he developed with her sister; that was the best thing that happened to him. I was pissed when he broke up with her in the hospital. Are. You. Kidding. Me. He deserved every bit of pain and suffering he was feeling and every hour of lost sleep. The only thing that could have possible saved him was that final presentation and doing the right thing. Martha was the real MVP during that, for the both of them. Zahra telling off his father was just icing on the cake. He needed to grow up, and Zahra and Ani helped him do that, but more, the different relationships he built with the sisters helped him to come to terms with his relationship with his father which is what he needed.

I was mad off and on during this book, but I enjoyed it and will be reading the next book in the series.