Catching Feelings is another cute and interesting romance victim of miscommunication and over dramaticising .

Andy's life is a rollercoaster. She's hung up on her best friend for years, her father's health is slowly deteriorating, and against everyone's expectation she's nominated team captain. Now, she has to learn to be less of a pushover and rekindle herself with their best player, Maya, that for some reason hates her and who she totally doesn't have a crush on.

Don't get me wrong. I really liked the actual dynamic between the two girls and how willing the author was to explore flaws and details in each personality. Even supporting characters were very distinct and fleshed out and I have to give praise for that.

But where the book lost me was in the obstacles to them being together. While I'm aware that drama it's a big part of the romance genre, it just isn't my cup of tea, and I much rather when they lean towards lightheartedness.

Considering how many flaws and and humanity the characters carry, it wouldn't be hard for them to actually have issues and make mistakes while getting together, but everytime it all comes down to miscommunication and misunderstandings. I think the author could've been a little braver and made the issues actually be the characters fault.

But I love the overall themes of the story, and how casual the narrative was with representation (can't believe I'm actually typing this. Yes, it's not just screaming HEY LOOK WHAT I DID, as it should). Even if sometimes some discussions were a little too on the nose, a bit too much of having a character monologue about an issue instead of just showing that is an issue, it wasn't enough to bother me and I can really see room for this to develop really nicely in the author's future works.

Overall, it's not a bad book at all, just didn't rock my boat that much; and if you're a fan of passionate, drama fuelled romance, this is definitely the book for you.

I read an advanced copy for review purposes provided by NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books.