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A review by merlin_reads
Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler
3.0
First off, this book contains hockey which automatically upped it's potential. And it started every chapter with cupcakes (names and descriptions). I want to try them all, it's ridiculous.
Hudson always had one dream, to be a figure skater. When her personal life comes crashing down around her, she blows the one chance she has - taking everyone down with her. Fast forward, her father's left, there's no more skating, and it seems Hudson is doomed to live her mother's life and run the family diner. When a secret skate session has her literally running into the co-captain of the school's hockey team, it looks like Hudson may be getting that second chance at the life she always wanted. But is it what she wants?
Okay, here's the thing. When writing a cutesy, high school love story about redemption and growth, you want people to root for your main character. And that was really hard here. Hudson wasn't likable most of the time. She lied, she blew off her friends and family, for what? For her dream that she wouldn't share with anyone? Instead of a dream it became an obsession. And it was all she saw.
There were times where I felt sorry for her. The way her mom leaned on her too much would be hard for any teenager who wants more, but for every time I felt sorry for her, by the next page, I was mad at her. She basically did everything wrong.
What I did like was the friendships the story told. Her connection with the hockey team was fun to read. I loved her relationship with her younger brother, Bug, as well. That kid is gold. And in true cupcake fashion, the ending was very sugary sweet.
Hudson always had one dream, to be a figure skater. When her personal life comes crashing down around her, she blows the one chance she has - taking everyone down with her. Fast forward, her father's left, there's no more skating, and it seems Hudson is doomed to live her mother's life and run the family diner. When a secret skate session has her literally running into the co-captain of the school's hockey team, it looks like Hudson may be getting that second chance at the life she always wanted. But is it what she wants?
Okay, here's the thing. When writing a cutesy, high school love story about redemption and growth, you want people to root for your main character. And that was really hard here. Hudson wasn't likable most of the time. She lied, she blew off her friends and family, for what? For her dream that she wouldn't share with anyone? Instead of a dream it became an obsession. And it was all she saw.
There were times where I felt sorry for her. The way her mom leaned on her too much would be hard for any teenager who wants more, but for every time I felt sorry for her, by the next page, I was mad at her. She basically did everything wrong.
What I did like was the friendships the story told. Her connection with the hockey team was fun to read. I loved her relationship with her younger brother, Bug, as well. That kid is gold. And in true cupcake fashion, the ending was very sugary sweet.