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missmoxie 's review for:
The Mythic Koda Rose
by Jennifer Nissley
I am loving seeing so much more queer YA fiction being released over the past couple of years and I wish so much that I had access to these novels when growing up. However, I found this book pretty unenjoyable. I was hoping for a tone shift towards the ending but the payoff wasn't nearly powerful enough for me to feel this was worth reading
The romance was problematic and dysfunctional - and not romantic in the slightest - (17 year old child and a her father's ex-girlfriend over twice her age - and on top of the who was struggling with addiction and sobriety). Aside of the age gap, there were many red flags (her being scared to tell her mom and best friend that this person was in her life for fear that they will disapprove, that she was missing classes and school, that she never even tried to make any more friends her own age).
There were the hints at somecoming of age lessons, but I was hoping for a lot more growth by the end of the story. Or, the very least actually learned something useful about her father's identity and how she can be her own person without him.. this book seemed pretty dry and I was disappointed that I didn't enjoy it more
The romance was problematic and dysfunctional - and not romantic in the slightest - (17 year old child and a her father's ex-girlfriend over twice her age - and on top of the who was struggling with addiction and sobriety). Aside of the age gap, there were many red flags (her being scared to tell her mom and best friend that this person was in her life for fear that they will disapprove, that she was missing classes and school, that she never even tried to make any more friends her own age).
There were the hints at somecoming of age lessons, but I was hoping for a lot more growth by the end of the story. Or, the very least actually learned something useful about her father's identity and how she can be her own person without him.. this book seemed pretty dry and I was disappointed that I didn't enjoy it more