Take a photo of a barcode or cover
mariareadsbooksalot 's review for:
Love & Olives
by Jenna Evans Welch
If you loved the first two in the Love and Gelato series, you are going to LOVE this one!! I absolutely adored this book. It was such a great YA romance but also a great story between a father and daughter. You get so many great moments between Olive and her dad but also Olive and Theo.
Olive was a great main character. She had a lot of validation for feeling the way she did towards her father at the beginning and you really get to see her grow into her own skin and into the woman she wants to be. She is such a strong girl and wants to follow her passion for art and watching her come to terms with what she wants and that it is okay to want to go to art school was great.
Oh man did I love Theo. He was the super cute, slightly annoying, partially greek boy of my dreams. He had such great motives behind everything he did and was such a wonderful character. Watching him and Olive's love story unfold was truly one of the best parts!
Olive and her dad had such great bond before he had left and watching Olive struggle with her feelings of seeing her dad for the first time in a long time felt like I was getting insight into her brain. She struggled with wanting to trust her dad again but had a hard time! It was a totally normal teen girl reaction.
This book also dealt with a lot of topics regarding mental health. It was really nice the way they were covered. You were able to see multiple perspectives into the situation like Olive's parents and also a young Olive's POV. I thought this was handled very well.
Overall, this is a book I am highly recommending to anyone who loves YA and YA romances. I loved this story so much. I would honestly read Jenna Evans Welch's grocery list.
Thank you so much to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!!
Olive was a great main character. She had a lot of validation for feeling the way she did towards her father at the beginning and you really get to see her grow into her own skin and into the woman she wants to be. She is such a strong girl and wants to follow her passion for art and watching her come to terms with what she wants and that it is okay to want to go to art school was great.
Oh man did I love Theo. He was the super cute, slightly annoying, partially greek boy of my dreams. He had such great motives behind everything he did and was such a wonderful character. Watching him and Olive's love story unfold was truly one of the best parts!
Olive and her dad had such great bond before he had left and watching Olive struggle with her feelings of seeing her dad for the first time in a long time felt like I was getting insight into her brain. She struggled with wanting to trust her dad again but had a hard time! It was a totally normal teen girl reaction.
This book also dealt with a lot of topics regarding mental health. It was really nice the way they were covered. You were able to see multiple perspectives into the situation like Olive's parents and also a young Olive's POV. I thought this was handled very well.
Overall, this is a book I am highly recommending to anyone who loves YA and YA romances. I loved this story so much. I would honestly read Jenna Evans Welch's grocery list.
Thank you so much to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!!