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A review by echoesoutloud
Five Ways to Fall Out of Love by Emily Martin
3.0
Five Ways to Fall Out of Love by Emily Martin was a classic YA novel. It's about Aubrey Cash, who learns to detest love after being stood up by her date Webster Casey at her junior year homecoming dance. Adding to that is the constant fighting between her parents at home and her best friend's long list of ex boyfriends, and Aubrey is determined to avoid love at all costs. In her senior year now, Aubrey meets Holden, Webster's cousin. After a lot of convincing, she finally agrees to go out with him. But at the same time, Webster starts to rekindle the friendship they shared before everything went wrong. And when her parents decide to separate, Aubrey just starts spiraling, before finally finding her way.
I really liked the way the author split the book into five parts. It really highlighted the way Aubrey had to completely lose her way and hit rock bottom before finally paving her way forward.
I also really liked that the author wrote Webster's bisexuality into the story instead of just shying away from it. It definitely improved my rating for this book.
While I did enjoy this book, I do have to say that for a YA novel, this book had more sex in it than a usual YA novel. There wasn't anything explicit in it, just more scenes about it, that I felt was more than a teen novel usually has.
There were moments where the characters were extremely frustrating and I just really wanted them to get it together. There was just a lot of instances of miscommunication and a whole lot of drama in this book that could have been handled better. I also felt like the ending could have been a little more conclusive.
I would give this 3.5 stars, just cause it was still an enjoyable book, even though I had some issues with it. I would recommend it if your looking for a classic teen novel about a girl who looks past her cynicism to really understand what love is really about.
Full review at https://echoesoutloud.wordpress.com/2021/02/13/review-five-ways-to-fall-out-of-love-by-emily-martin/
*I received a free copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.*
I really liked the way the author split the book into five parts. It really highlighted the way Aubrey had to completely lose her way and hit rock bottom before finally paving her way forward.
I also really liked that the author wrote Webster's bisexuality into the story instead of just shying away from it. It definitely improved my rating for this book.
While I did enjoy this book, I do have to say that for a YA novel, this book had more sex in it than a usual YA novel. There wasn't anything explicit in it, just more scenes about it, that I felt was more than a teen novel usually has.
There were moments where the characters were extremely frustrating and I just really wanted them to get it together. There was just a lot of instances of miscommunication and a whole lot of drama in this book that could have been handled better. I also felt like the ending could have been a little more conclusive.
I would give this 3.5 stars, just cause it was still an enjoyable book, even though I had some issues with it. I would recommend it if your looking for a classic teen novel about a girl who looks past her cynicism to really understand what love is really about.
Full review at https://echoesoutloud.wordpress.com/2021/02/13/review-five-ways-to-fall-out-of-love-by-emily-martin/
*I received a free copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.*