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Begin Again by Emma Lord
3.0
emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Pretty standard coming-of-age story. While I do like that Andie actually grew as a person and Milo stopped being annoying, I hated the way Milo was pushed to make amends with his brother. Regardless of the fact that Milo maybe realized he wasn’t as happy with his ex as he thought (in hindsight) and that she and his brother were planning to tell him, THEY STILL WENT BEHIND HIS BACK! That’s so messed up. And his family shouldn’t have manipulated the situation to force Milo to make peace with his brother. It’s a betrayal and if Milo was going to reconcile then it should’ve been on his own accord and not because he was pressured. It was the one piece of advice I hated Andie giving. 

Also, Connor was already a douchebag, Andie didn’t need to catch him cheating to finally break it off. It just feels like a cop out. Like no one was rooting for Connor you didn’t need to throw an unnecessary betrayal to get the readers on board with her breaking up with him. Sometimes relationships don’t last and you don’t need infidelity or abuse to occur to be the reason a breakup happens. 

Still, it was cute and had good growth over a reasonable course of time and not in 2 weeks like a lot of books do.