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Girl Crushed
by Katie Heaney
Deep sigh. Another flop.
Girl Crushed is about a girl named Quinn navigating high school having just broken up with her girlfriend, applying to colleges, dealing with her parents' drama, trying to save her favorite coffee shop, and developing feelings for a new girl.
This book was a disappointment.
After being sent home due to COVID, I went on NetGalley and requested a bunch of cute looking romcoms as a little pick-me-up without checking how they were doing so far on Goodreads. But I saw the low rating this one has when I went to add it to my shelves, and I knew I had probably saddled myself with reading a book I wasn't going to like. Nonetheless, I do at least attempt to read all of the books I get approved for, so I sat down to read this morning with as much neutrality as I could muster given my pre-existing bias against the author.
The book was still a disappointment.
A mediocre story with no character development, no chemistry between the characters we're meant to be hoping will get together, and no interesting plot. Quinn's favorite coffee shop is struggling, so she raises a little bit of money and hopes it'll be enough, but who knows?, because the book ends abruptly without any form of epilogue or conclusion. Quinn has two love interests in the book who we are told she has chemistry with, but I never felt even a spark between any of them. She has gossipy, annoying friends, she's hypocritical and unkind to her ex. There was literally nothing I liked about this book, and while there was nothing I really hated about it either, I was so deeply unimpressed and uninterested that I certainly would have DNFed this if it hadn't been an ARC.
There are so, so many better romcoms (and queer romcoms!) out there, so save yourself the time and go for [b:Tell Me How You Really Feel|41150474|Tell Me How You Really Feel|Aminah Mae Safi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1538585429l/41150474._SY75_.jpg|58373028], [b:Her Royal Highness|41734205|Her Royal Highness (Royals, #2)|Rachel Hawkins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543361518l/41734205._SY75_.jpg|61355595], or any of the other great f/f stories available to you. Give this one a pass.
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Girl Crushed is about a girl named Quinn navigating high school having just broken up with her girlfriend, applying to colleges, dealing with her parents' drama, trying to save her favorite coffee shop, and developing feelings for a new girl.
This book was a disappointment.
After being sent home due to COVID, I went on NetGalley and requested a bunch of cute looking romcoms as a little pick-me-up without checking how they were doing so far on Goodreads. But I saw the low rating this one has when I went to add it to my shelves, and I knew I had probably saddled myself with reading a book I wasn't going to like. Nonetheless, I do at least attempt to read all of the books I get approved for, so I sat down to read this morning with as much neutrality as I could muster given my pre-existing bias against the author.
The book was still a disappointment.
A mediocre story with no character development, no chemistry between the characters we're meant to be hoping will get together, and no interesting plot. Quinn's favorite coffee shop is struggling, so she raises a little bit of money and hopes it'll be enough, but who knows?, because the book ends abruptly without any form of epilogue or conclusion. Quinn has two love interests in the book who we are told she has chemistry with, but I never felt even a spark between any of them. She has gossipy, annoying friends, she's hypocritical and unkind to her ex. There was literally nothing I liked about this book, and while there was nothing I really hated about it either, I was so deeply unimpressed and uninterested that I certainly would have DNFed this if it hadn't been an ARC.
There are so, so many better romcoms (and queer romcoms!) out there, so save yourself the time and go for [b:Tell Me How You Really Feel|41150474|Tell Me How You Really Feel|Aminah Mae Safi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1538585429l/41150474._SY75_.jpg|58373028], [b:Her Royal Highness|41734205|Her Royal Highness (Royals, #2)|Rachel Hawkins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543361518l/41734205._SY75_.jpg|61355595], or any of the other great f/f stories available to you. Give this one a pass.
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.