imanqblake 's review for:

When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

4.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think this is a great YA book to put on your TBR, solely for the fact that it deals with a sore topic most of us will go through one way or another. Friend breakups, especially female ones, feel like it's the end of the world, the end of an Era because that's what it is. And you might stumble or do stupid things along the way, like our main character. She makes plenty of awful mistakes, and I applaud Layla for standing her ground. I loved that they acknowledged each others shittiness and was willing to let the friendship go. The development was messy, emotional, and deeply relatable, and I loved the development of the characters inside of it.