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If This Gets Out
by Sophie Gonzales, Cale Dietrich
"I don't care that anyone could see us, because I know with everything I have it'd be worth it. Screw the world. Screw everyone but Ruben."
This book is for you if... You are looking for a cute romance.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warning: homophobia, forced closeting, parental abuse/neglect, drug abuse
This took me back to the years when I loved boy bands, like One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer and definitely more. I remember being so invested in them, and it was so easy to fall into Saturday just like it was so easy to fall into One Direction. So in terms of only my emotions while reading this it's absolutely 5 stars, but it went beyond that and blew me away just as a book, even if I was never a fan of boy bands I think I would've been just as invested in Ruben and Zach's relationship as well as the relationship of all 4 boys in the band.
The only thing I wasn't a huge fan of while reading was the initial first pick up of the book, I was definitely surprised with the writing style right away, it reads kinda like fan fiction. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I've read a lot of amazing fan fiction in my life, I just wasn't expecting it, but once my brain kinda like calibrated to the style I was fine and actually grew to really like the writing style once I was used to it. On the writing though I loved that both character's voices felt so different, Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich did a fantastic job with that.
Character wise, perfection. All 4 boys felt very real, Jon, and Angel were beautifully written characters, and I'm very happy that they were more than just surface level characters they had depth and it was amazing to see their journey though the story as well. Now onto Ruben, I genuinely love him, I felt for him the whole book, wanting him to be able to be himself and to be able to come out. I enjoyed his perceptive chapters a lot, and really enjoyed knowing what was going on in his head during certain moments. Last but certainly not least, Zach, I was to wrap this boy in bubble wrap and protect him from the world. I felt like I could relate to Zach, that I knew what he was going though discovering his sexuality, and just I love him. His chapters made me excited I couldn't wait to get to his perspective no mater what was going on in the book.
Overall I throughly loved this book. The characters, and the topics of how the music industry treats artist, I couldn't get enough.
CAWPILE Rating: 9/10
Stars: 5/5 Stars
I really loved this.
This book is for you if... You are looking for a cute romance.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warning: homophobia, forced closeting, parental abuse/neglect, drug abuse
This took me back to the years when I loved boy bands, like One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer and definitely more. I remember being so invested in them, and it was so easy to fall into Saturday just like it was so easy to fall into One Direction. So in terms of only my emotions while reading this it's absolutely 5 stars, but it went beyond that and blew me away just as a book, even if I was never a fan of boy bands I think I would've been just as invested in Ruben and Zach's relationship as well as the relationship of all 4 boys in the band.
The only thing I wasn't a huge fan of while reading was the initial first pick up of the book, I was definitely surprised with the writing style right away, it reads kinda like fan fiction. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I've read a lot of amazing fan fiction in my life, I just wasn't expecting it, but once my brain kinda like calibrated to the style I was fine and actually grew to really like the writing style once I was used to it. On the writing though I loved that both character's voices felt so different, Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich did a fantastic job with that.
Character wise, perfection. All 4 boys felt very real, Jon, and Angel were beautifully written characters, and I'm very happy that they were more than just surface level characters they had depth and it was amazing to see their journey though the story as well. Now onto Ruben, I genuinely love him, I felt for him the whole book, wanting him to be able to be himself and to be able to come out. I enjoyed his perceptive chapters a lot, and really enjoyed knowing what was going on in his head during certain moments. Last but certainly not least, Zach, I was to wrap this boy in bubble wrap and protect him from the world. I felt like I could relate to Zach, that I knew what he was going though discovering his sexuality, and just I love him. His chapters made me excited I couldn't wait to get to his perspective no mater what was going on in the book.
Overall I throughly loved this book. The characters, and the topics of how the music industry treats artist, I couldn't get enough.
CAWPILE Rating: 9/10
Stars: 5/5 Stars
I really loved this.