1. Siege Etiquette: This was so bad. I didn’t enjoy the second-person writing style, the romance was based on cheating, the main characters had no chemistry whatsoever, and it just wasn’t…special. I found myself skimming through it and wishing for the end. Definitely not a good start to a short story collection. 1/5 stars
2. The Print Shop: This was so cute? I will admit though that I think the romance felt aggressively rushed and forced. It was too unrealistic for my taste? But I absolutely adored the plot-line, writing style, and setting! Also the MC was so precious <3 4/5 stars
3. Hourglass: This was actually really interesting, but the meet cute, if you can call it that, happened in the last two pages. It really left A LOT to be desired. Most of the plot ends up in the air so we don’t actually have a definitive ending—sometimes that works, but here it definitely didn’t. It felt like Zoboi stopped writing halfway through the story. 3/5
4. Click: OKAY I LOVE THIS. I almost dnf’d it early on because it mentions a brain aneurism and I know someone who died from one—I wasn’t really in the mood to read about it. But I’m so glad I continued...it was just so good? It wasn’t the most original, but compared to the first three, it kind of was. 5/5
5. The Intern: This was sweet and cute, but man, did their relationship feel forced. It was too rushed and definitely could have been slowed down! 3/5
6. Somewhere That’s Green: This was really important and diverse, but after, I kept thinking about how being gay doesn’t really excuse Lexie’s initial behavior. I dunno, it was really, really good, but I think the characters were too quick to forgive. 4/5
7. The Way We Love Here: That was...weird? I kind of enjoyed it, but I think the world-building was too weak to make the plot really strong. Overall, I did like it, but I don’t really feel attached to it. 3/5
8. Oomph: I THINK I AM IN LOVE. I was worried my only 5 star would be a straight meet-cute, but here we are, 5 starring the lesbian airport meet-cute of my absolute day-dreams. Love. Also?? It made me feel better about going to college on the East Coast? Would you look at that!!! 5/5 easy
9. The Dictionary of You and Me: Something about this made me cringe when I finished reading it. It’s objectively not awful, but it’s...so cheesy. I’m not made for this boring stuff. 2/5
10. The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling in Love: I sent screenshots of the ebook to my friend while reading this to laugh about how cheesy the writing was. And also the fact that I do not believe in love at first sight. At all. And especially not for 16-17 year olds who meet the man of their dreams on the subway. I found the statistics stuff the best part because I took AP Stats but even that was subpar. 1/5
11. 259 Million Miles: I love myself an angsty meet cute that addresses the issue of cyberbullying and social media! But! I didn’t feel like the story properly addressed Philip’s incident, which is weird to say, and I’m not sure how to explain it—it was just off. 3/5
12. Something Real: Oh, I loved that. I kinda wish I had a whole book about this though because the content feels more suited for that than a short story. Ultimately, I did love it though and I just,,,want more!! 4/5
13. Say Everything: I genuinely hated the beginning but WOW did it pick up at the end. It even had a sweet message? 3/5
14. The Department of Dead Love: This was SO GOOD! The concept was crazy original and the characters were good and just!! I love!! 5/5

Avg out to 3.28

-Book Hugger