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chronicallybookish 's review for:
What's Not to Love
by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
Quick Stats
Overall: 4.5 stars
Characters: 5/5
Plot: 4/5
Setting: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Well. Wibbroka have done it again.
In the past I have enjoyed their books, more and more with each new release, feeling rather neutrally towards Always Never Yours and thoroughly enjoying Time of Our Lives, and What’s Not to Love has cemented that pattern, because I ADORED THIS BOOK. Maybe I’m biased, because the rivalry between Ethan and Alison reminded me of the rivalry between me and my boyfriend years ago. I may or may not have ruined a project we were partners on, just to spite him. As Alison says… Mutually insured destruction.
I’m a sucker for rivals to lovers romances, and I’m a sucker for high school contemporaries, so this book was my drug of choice. I liked Alison and Ethan as individuals and as a couple, and I think they, by far, had the best chemistry of any Wibbroka couple yet.
I only have two complaints, and one is a minor spoiler.
Let’s start with the NON-spoilery complaint.
I don’t think either of the authors have a clue how drivers’ ed and getting your license works. I went through drivers’ ed two years ago, and my brother is going through the process of getting his license literally this week… and it is nothing like the book? There are actual classes with a book and homework and tests as well as a written exam. That just made me feel a little disconnected from the book in places, but it’s not really a big deal.
***SPOILERS***
The second complaint, again, not a big deal, is the whole “break up” for a couple chapters. I hate that trope with a passion. And I get it. It’s basically a necessity in YA Contemporary, you need to add tension, but it’s so cliche and always so stupid. I just really feel like the book would have been better without it.
***END SPOILERS***
That said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love Wibbroka’s writing style, and they are the masters of banter—and Ethan and Alison’s banter is next level. Everything in this book left me desperate for more. I also adore the cameos from previous couples in each book. Juniper and Fitz were perfect and it just gives me an instant rush of serotonin to see them again. I cannot wait to catch a glimpse of Alison and Ethan in whatever Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka come out with next.
Thank you PenguinTeen for an early eARC!
Overall: 4.5 stars
Characters: 5/5
Plot: 4/5
Setting: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Well. Wibbroka have done it again.
In the past I have enjoyed their books, more and more with each new release, feeling rather neutrally towards Always Never Yours and thoroughly enjoying Time of Our Lives, and What’s Not to Love has cemented that pattern, because I ADORED THIS BOOK. Maybe I’m biased, because the rivalry between Ethan and Alison reminded me of the rivalry between me and my boyfriend years ago. I may or may not have ruined a project we were partners on, just to spite him. As Alison says… Mutually insured destruction.
I’m a sucker for rivals to lovers romances, and I’m a sucker for high school contemporaries, so this book was my drug of choice. I liked Alison and Ethan as individuals and as a couple, and I think they, by far, had the best chemistry of any Wibbroka couple yet.
I only have two complaints, and one is a minor spoiler.
Let’s start with the NON-spoilery complaint.
I don’t think either of the authors have a clue how drivers’ ed and getting your license works. I went through drivers’ ed two years ago, and my brother is going through the process of getting his license literally this week… and it is nothing like the book? There are actual classes with a book and homework and tests as well as a written exam. That just made me feel a little disconnected from the book in places, but it’s not really a big deal.
***SPOILERS***
The second complaint, again, not a big deal, is the whole “break up” for a couple chapters. I hate that trope with a passion. And I get it. It’s basically a necessity in YA Contemporary, you need to add tension, but it’s so cliche and always so stupid. I just really feel like the book would have been better without it.
***END SPOILERS***
That said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love Wibbroka’s writing style, and they are the masters of banter—and Ethan and Alison’s banter is next level. Everything in this book left me desperate for more. I also adore the cameos from previous couples in each book. Juniper and Fitz were perfect and it just gives me an instant rush of serotonin to see them again. I cannot wait to catch a glimpse of Alison and Ethan in whatever Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka come out with next.
Thank you PenguinTeen for an early eARC!