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A review by jordun9008
Always Never Yours by Emily Wibberley
3.0
This book was cute but by no means a favorite. The cover is amazing, but misleading in my opinion. I can’t fully put my finger on why though.
Plot: I thought this book had a great concept, but I feel like it fell a little short of it’s potential. The plot was very predictable and I called pretty much everything way before it happened. The only reason I enjoyed this book was because of my love of Shakespeare, the theater nostalgia, and the cute friend to love romance.
Characters: I found it hard to get into the book at first because I really couldn’t connect with Meghan. She is the total opposite of me and I found her whiny and obnoxious a lot of the time (personal preference). Also I found it really irritating that she was so quick to shame the two other girls in the book for kissing a guy that had a girlfriend when she was no better. Owen is adorable and I loved him! The perfect best friend Madeline got on my nerves and I called her secret from the beginning. For some weird reason it bugged me that she was always called by her full name instead of a nickname like Maddie. This bugged me because it made the friendship feel insincere since most people I know call their best friend by some sort of a nickname. Will only existed to move the plot along and felt very irrelevant to me. I found myself rolling my eyes when he was mentioned. I wanted someone to punch Tyler in the face on multiple occasions.
Writing: The pacing was nice and I didn’t really feel the story drag in any place. The way the author described the theater environment and scenes brought back so much nostalgia for me. I could really tell that this author had some experience in high school theater.
Plot: I thought this book had a great concept, but I feel like it fell a little short of it’s potential. The plot was very predictable and I called pretty much everything way before it happened. The only reason I enjoyed this book was because of my love of Shakespeare, the theater nostalgia, and the cute friend to love romance.
Characters: I found it hard to get into the book at first because I really couldn’t connect with Meghan. She is the total opposite of me and I found her whiny and obnoxious a lot of the time (personal preference). Also I found it really irritating that she was so quick to shame the two other girls in the book for kissing a guy that had a girlfriend when she was no better. Owen is adorable and I loved him! The perfect best friend Madeline got on my nerves and I called her secret from the beginning. For some weird reason it bugged me that she was always called by her full name instead of a nickname like Maddie. This bugged me because it made the friendship feel insincere since most people I know call their best friend by some sort of a nickname. Will only existed to move the plot along and felt very irrelevant to me. I found myself rolling my eyes when he was mentioned. I wanted someone to punch Tyler in the face on multiple occasions.
Writing: The pacing was nice and I didn’t really feel the story drag in any place. The way the author described the theater environment and scenes brought back so much nostalgia for me. I could really tell that this author had some experience in high school theater.