A review by foreveristhesweetestcon
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

It’s just bad. I don’t know. The plot was kind of all over the place, in the sense that I just did not know where the author was headed. At the same time, some of the plot points were just so predictable. In all the wrong ways. I feel like Lacour tried to tackle some tough topics in here like sexual assault, but they were done poorly or they were skimmed over. And the characters did not have enough depth. They didn’t even have enough to be unlikable. I felt little attachment to them and scarcely any chemistry between the two main love interests. And the prose... It just read like a bad fanfic. I rushed to read this in a day so that I could get to my next book. If I had to pick out one positive thing, it would be Lacour’s comfort with sexuality and its fluidity. I appreciated the casual but not inaccurate representation.
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