A review by elwirax
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Rep- half Korean, lesbian MC, lesbian MC. 

"Some things have to fall apart because they don’t belong together, but some things belong so much they could never break.”

She Gets the Girl was one of my most anticipated books for 2022 and I was not dissapointed. 

This was really cute. The characters were very well rounded, they were flawed but realistic and the dual POV really fleshed them out. Both Molly and Alex had their issues to deal with (Molly struggles with her self esteem and building relations with people while Alex is scraping by and worrying about her alcoholic mother). Throughout the course of the book, they worked on these issues and helped each other grow and find what they truly need which was a great journey. I particularly related to Molly but I really liked Alex's character too (although the virgin shaming was a bit unnecessary). Their romance was a true (kinda) enemies to friends to lovers slow burn which made their relationship seem a lot more genuine and the great banter throughout made me love them more. I do wish we got more scenes of them as a couple though which would've really made me love their romance even more. 

There was interesting commentary on the struggle to reconnect with ones heritage and coping with an alcoholic parent. While these were some pretty heavy topics they were discussed well. I do however, think that internalised racism was something that could've been discussed to a deeper extent,  it was mentioned a few times but didn't really go anywhere. 

I get really tired of queer contemporary romance books where the main issue is homophobia. This book didn't do that which i really appreciated. 

If anything I wish some of the side characters such as Natalie were a bit more fleshed out. I really liked Jim's character and would've loved to see a bit more of him. The writing was a bit choppy in parts but not glaringly so. As a whole, I really liked the casual writing style as it made it that much easier to stay invested. 

Overall, it was great, someone needs to make this into a movie.

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