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Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
4.0
This was so good I had to sacrifice my sleep over it. Lately I've been trying to read more YA and for some reason Tweet Cute had been collecting dust on my shelf for over a year, so I decided it was finally time to pick it up. I am mad at myself for not having read it sooner. I loved Pepper and found myself unexpectedly relating to her, for example, the constant seeking of academic validation. I also like that this book wasn't just about romance but also about navigating one's relationship with their family, and my therapist but knows how I could benefit from that. Jack and Pepper both wanting to become or do something other than what's been expected from them all their life resonated with me beyond belief. I feel stupid for thinking YA stories would be impossible to connect with.
And can we take a second to appreciate the writing, please? I haven't annotated a book in a while, but Emma Lord sure made me regret not annotating this one.
"Jack nods back, and there's something kind of tentative in it, but also kind of final. Like we walked out to the middle of a bridge together thinking we'd cross to some other side, even lingered in that middle spot over the depths below for a while, but ultimately turned right back around and headed to familiar ground."
And can we take a second to appreciate the writing, please? I haven't annotated a book in a while, but Emma Lord sure made me regret not annotating this one.
"Jack nods back, and there's something kind of tentative in it, but also kind of final. Like we walked out to the middle of a bridge together thinking we'd cross to some other side, even lingered in that middle spot over the depths below for a while, but ultimately turned right back around and headed to familiar ground."
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
4.0
“Relearning you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.”
Such a unique concept!
Such a unique concept!
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
4.0
Channeling my inner Katherine Pierce because “It's okay to love them both.”
Head Over Feet by Ever-so-reylo
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The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Finally made a choice: team Jameson. Through and through.
Hadn’t expected crying but that scene at the end between Avery and Toby had me sobbing on my pillow like a toddler.
4.0
I was supposed to stop reading hours ago. Yet here I am, at 2 a.m., just a few hours before I am expected at work *sigh*, having devoured this book and having no regrets whatsoever.
“You don’t have to kiss me now. You don’t have to love me now, Heiress. But when you’re ready…” He brought his hand to the side of my face. I leaned into it. His breath went ragged, and then he pulled his hand back and nodded to the disk in my hand. “When you’re ready, if you’re ever ready, if it’s going to be me—just flip that disk. Heads, I kiss you.” His voice broke slightly. “Tails, you kiss me. And either way, it means something.”
Finally made a choice: team Jameson. Through and through.
Hadn’t expected crying but that scene at the end between Avery and Toby had me sobbing on my pillow like a toddler.
The Match by Sarah Adams
Gimme a single dad.
4.75
“I want Jake and Evie. Stupid kissing profile pictures. Cute ringtones for the other person. I want serious. Exclusive. Us.”
Gimme a single dad.