A review by schwrtzdnll28
Close Call by Ki Stephens

5.0

There is honestly nothing I love more than a book written by Ki Stephens! Her writing makes me so happy and cozy and it’s always exactly what I need. Emmy and Hayes were absolute perfection. They were both so SOFT and sweet and silly!! And I loved watching them figure it out together.

I love a girl named Emmy if I’m being honest. And this one was so so special. She is a sleepy girl just trying to make it through. I loved watching her finally put herself first! Even though it was hard and she was struggling with the choice she still knew it was the right. And Hayes is the silliest boy ever and I loved him for it because he’s also THE BEST older brother in the world. And even though he got in trouble FOR his brother it really ended up helping him so much at the end of the day and I loved watching him figure it all out!

And the two of them were SO SWEET! The little back and forth they had was tough, but also necessary because Emmy was setting boundaries and Hayes wanted to his best self! I LOVED them together! Emmy showing him how to make little paper stars?? His cute little journal and sending her selfies everyday?! The fact that she had a crush in his for ages but then he FELL SO HARD?!

I loved seeing everyone at Dayton again! Jade and Theo are one of my favorites 🥹 as always I can’t wait for whatever’s next from Ki 🥹

Thank you so much to Ki Stephens for this ARC in exchange for an honest review! I am so grateful to be on her ARC team 🫶🏻