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Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce
3.0
I know it’s YA (so this might seem redundant), but this felt very high school. Between the friend drama, forbidden romance in a friend group, and unnecessary love triangle, I never once forgot that these characters were children. I will give them this, I learned more about Dungeons and Dragons reading this book than I’ve learned in the last 27 years.
I didn’t love this book, but I also wasn’t the target demographic. So I’ll settle with 3 stars. This was a book about high schoolers, dealing with high school problems, in a YA book, so I shouldn’t be too harsh.
I didn’t love this book, but I also wasn’t the target demographic. So I’ll settle with 3 stars. This was a book about high schoolers, dealing with high school problems, in a YA book, so I shouldn’t be too harsh.
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell
2.75
“Strong Silent (and violent) Loners” don’t really do it for me. Especially when their communication is lacking when they finally say something.
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
2.0
The flip between first, second, and third person POV takes getting used to, and overall the novel felt long because of the zig-zaggy way the story unfolds. It’s beautifully written and the characters are compelling, but I never felt fully emotionally invested in either of the MCs. I may’ve enjoyed this more if my hold of the physical copy came through before my audiobook hold did, because the changes in narration and asides from the secondary characters may’ve made more sense if I’d seen it on a page. The audiobook narrator, Joel de la Fuente, absolutely bodied this performance, and look forward to listening to other books he’s narrated.
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
1.5
The miscommunication was next level. “Let’s be harmless to each other” and then proceeds to cause each other 300+ pages of agony. Maybe I’m projecting. I was the one in agony. There’s a difference between yearning and pining, and these two are top tier piners with the communication skills of a rock. Actually, that’s offensive to rocks because they’d at least stay in place long enough to hear what the other person had to say.