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What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera
3.75
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was fun, definitely very rom com vibes. If you can get over the cringier parts and deal with the stereotypical third act conflict, it’s pretty nice. I’d give it a higher rating if it weren’t for the fact that I constantly went from this is so cute I love it to this is kind of annoying, so it was pretty conflicting. Another problem I had was that the characters are like 16 but sound like immature 25 year olds. Definitely not a new favorite, but I still enjoyed parts of it. Also honestly, Dylan’s my favorite character, he’s hilarious. The side characters in general are really good and I really liked the friendships in it.