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What If It's Us
by Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera
I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
When Arthur meets Ben at a New York City post office, and never gets his number, he knows he can’t just not see him again. So he puts up a missed connection flyer after some cyber stalking, and suddenly Ben is in life and a wonderful relationship starts. But Ben is, literally, holding baggage from a past relationship and Arthur’s time in New York is limited.
This was the cutest, loveliest book I’ve read in a while, and I honestly felt head over heels for all the characters in this and all the love stories being told. I did not want to put this book down and I absolutely flew through it, enjoying every moment of my reading experience with it.
Love.
Arthur and Ben are both great in different ways - at first I felt like I liked Arthur better (he definitely reminded me a lot of Simon Spier, and I hope Becky somehow makes them related to one another), but gradually I found myself really falling for Ben and how on the outside he seemed like this hot, tough, cool dude but he was really a massive nerd on the inside who wrote fan fiction and played the Sims (when he made an Arthur Sim, I almost lost it, I swear).
One of my favourite characters in this book was actually Dylan. Just his general demeanour had me laughing out loud so many times, and I loved his easy, acceptable friendship with Ben which definitely bordered more on brotherhood than just friendship. It was honestly so lovely to read. Both boys had really wonderful relationships with their parents and they were all open and honest with one another which I so appreciate because I think for many average teenagers, that is the type of relationship they have with their parents. Not everything is cagey all the time.
Even though this was very cheesy romantic at times, I do think it had a wonderful dose of reality put into it that helps the reader think that stories like this could happen in real life, and not everything also has to have a clear cut ending.
This book made me laugh, it made me aww, it almost made me cry and it made me warm with fluttering butterflies for Arthur and Ben. I loved it.
When Arthur meets Ben at a New York City post office, and never gets his number, he knows he can’t just not see him again. So he puts up a missed connection flyer after some cyber stalking, and suddenly Ben is in life and a wonderful relationship starts. But Ben is, literally, holding baggage from a past relationship and Arthur’s time in New York is limited.
This was the cutest, loveliest book I’ve read in a while, and I honestly felt head over heels for all the characters in this and all the love stories being told. I did not want to put this book down and I absolutely flew through it, enjoying every moment of my reading experience with it.
Love.
Arthur and Ben are both great in different ways - at first I felt like I liked Arthur better (he definitely reminded me a lot of Simon Spier, and I hope Becky somehow makes them related to one another), but gradually I found myself really falling for Ben and how on the outside he seemed like this hot, tough, cool dude but he was really a massive nerd on the inside who wrote fan fiction and played the Sims (when he made an Arthur Sim, I almost lost it, I swear).
One of my favourite characters in this book was actually Dylan. Just his general demeanour had me laughing out loud so many times, and I loved his easy, acceptable friendship with Ben which definitely bordered more on brotherhood than just friendship. It was honestly so lovely to read. Both boys had really wonderful relationships with their parents and they were all open and honest with one another which I so appreciate because I think for many average teenagers, that is the type of relationship they have with their parents. Not everything is cagey all the time.
Even though this was very cheesy romantic at times, I do think it had a wonderful dose of reality put into it that helps the reader think that stories like this could happen in real life, and not everything also has to have a clear cut ending.
This book made me laugh, it made me aww, it almost made me cry and it made me warm with fluttering butterflies for Arthur and Ben. I loved it.