phoenix_fire_33 's review for:

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

3.0

emotional inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wanted both more and less from this book. I think there was things they could have cut down on and things they could have expanded on and fleshed out more. I found the characters pretty interesting, but I also felt something lacking there, not sure what. I do think I'll read certain parts again, and I do think I'd read other books by the author. The best parts for me was just the ending with Grace finally getting better and her conversation with her dad had me tearing up on the train to work. The relationships between characters was also great to see, and I liked the ambiguous feelings between, Agnes, Ximena and Meera but I wanted more. I also wanted more between the dad and Grace. It felt like there aas so much more to be said between them. It would have even been great as an epilogue. Some of the arguments between Yuki and Grace didn't make sense to me and I think that was largely due to not really understanding Yuki I think. Why would you expect Grace to stay after 3 months? Why not be more patient and willing to give her more time? Why wasn't Yuki willing to move to Portland with Grace but expecting Grace to stay? The unevenness there bothered me and the fact they never even consider any other alternatives also bothered me. Maybe it would have been nice to understand why Yuki was so anchored to New York.