A review by missnewvillage
How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith

4.0

I am so surprised that I enjoyed this book considering that I didn't even know it existed before this month. I entered a giveaway and subscribed to the author's newsletter as a result. I didn't win the giveaway, but the author did a preorder campaign that included library requests. So I requested it from the library. This book was so easy and quick to read. Quinn is a senior in high school. She's a little introverted, but she is an amazing oratory speaker. Her biggest competition is Grayson. Even though she tries to keep her distance from him she ends up with conflicted feelings about him. Also, she ends up having a pen pal relationship with am unknown student in AP Government and Politics after their test papers get switched. I loved the characters in this story, especially Quinn and Greyson. I love seeing them go from rivals to people who like each other. I will say that the events that take place during the state championship surprised me, although I can see how some people might have seen it coming. I understand that character's motivations for why they did what they did and why they author wrote this, but I felt it was a bit rushed in delivery. But overall I really enjoyed this story and would recommend it if you want a fun and easy contemporary book with a likable main character.

I do have to note that the synopsis of the book is a HUGE spoiler because Quinn doesn't find out who her pen pal is until the end of the story. Yet the blurb tells you exactly who he is. I really wish the synopsis didn't do that.