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A review by undervmountain
Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
A few chapters into this story, I wasn't sure if I should just DNF it. What I thought was the sole main character, Kat, started off being an extremely controlling, insufferable character, and the only thing that kept me going was the glimmer of hope that her best her Stevie would lose her shit and tell her everything she thought of her at some point.
And oh boy, was I rewarded. Not only did Stevie do just that with a beautifully worded rant about just how shitty a person Kat is, we suddenly got a POV switch as the story started switching between Kat and Stevie's POV when they get separated. Having to find their own way around New York, they both end up having bizarre but wonderful adventures that I really enjoyed.
There's a third POV in this strangely long contemporary story, from Kat's friend Teri. Kat isn't available to babysit, so Teri steps in as a last minute emergency for a family. What follows is a truly bizarre, almost completely unconnected story to Kat and Stevie's, involving a man in a car trunk, kidnapping, and government secret agents. I have absolutely no clue as to why an editor didn't suggest this side plot should be scrapped.
I loved seeing Stevie and Kat grow over the course of the story, and by the end I was truly rooting for them to be friends again. Stevie's family turned out to be really cool people, and they both met so many interesting people along the way (and one very important dog). After Kat was so hell bent on getting in to a Conservatory for theatre, her decisions at the end really showed how much she's matured over the course of one night and made me happy for both of their futures.
And oh boy, was I rewarded. Not only did Stevie do just that with a beautifully worded rant about just how shitty a person Kat is, we suddenly got a POV switch as the story started switching between Kat and Stevie's POV when they get separated. Having to find their own way around New York, they both end up having bizarre but wonderful adventures that I really enjoyed.
There's a third POV in this strangely long contemporary story, from Kat's friend Teri. Kat isn't available to babysit, so Teri steps in as a last minute emergency for a family. What follows is a truly bizarre, almost completely unconnected story to Kat and Stevie's, involving a man in a car trunk, kidnapping, and government secret agents. I have absolutely no clue as to why an editor didn't suggest this side plot should be scrapped.
I loved seeing Stevie and Kat grow over the course of the story, and by the end I was truly rooting for them to be friends again. Stevie's family turned out to be really cool people, and they both met so many interesting people along the way (and one very important dog). After Kat was so hell bent on getting in to a Conservatory for theatre, her decisions at the end really showed how much she's matured over the course of one night and made me happy for both of their futures.