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Love Radio
by Ebony LaDelle
I really liked this one a lot! I love how Dani came across as pretty contradictory in a lot of ways, but she even called herself out for it. I also liked how Prince was really a pretty good guy. But, he also didn’t just roll over and let Dani push him away forever. He kept from chasing her too much in a way that would be considered to many as stalkerish, even if she did kind of call him out for it that way at times. He was so good about always asking her if something was okay and if she was okay before he did just about everything. And he didn’t do that in an annoying way either!
The character development in this was just perfect as well. Both Prince and Dani had their own backgrounds and family issues to overcome. It seemed as if both were realistic in how they reacted to things, but also realistic in how they might also know what they were doing was not always the right choice, and being able to catch themselves. The friends they had were real too. Not always just on their side, but also calling them out for things they needed to be called out for. But also always there when needed and asked for help.
Both families were also different, neither were perfect exactly, even Dani with both her parents. Since her father was military, he was gone quite often. While Prince had his mother’s health and no father figure in the picture, his mother was a great parental figure, and his uncle was there to take up the slack for the lack of a father. And I adored Prince’s little brother.
This will be another great addition to my school library, and I only had one teensy tiny personal issue. I really do appreciate when an author does a YA book with what is more slang like how they talk. But there is one slang word or butchering of a word that I just cannot stand. And I hate when people say “mines” instead of “mine”. I know, I know, it’s just that way now. But it has bugged me for probably about 10 or more years now since my students started saying it when I was a science teacher. Ugh. Sorry, personal preference! But since it is so prevalent now, it fit with the story.
Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.
The character development in this was just perfect as well. Both Prince and Dani had their own backgrounds and family issues to overcome. It seemed as if both were realistic in how they reacted to things, but also realistic in how they might also know what they were doing was not always the right choice, and being able to catch themselves. The friends they had were real too. Not always just on their side, but also calling them out for things they needed to be called out for. But also always there when needed and asked for help.
Both families were also different, neither were perfect exactly, even Dani with both her parents. Since her father was military, he was gone quite often. While Prince had his mother’s health and no father figure in the picture, his mother was a great parental figure, and his uncle was there to take up the slack for the lack of a father. And I adored Prince’s little brother.
This will be another great addition to my school library, and I only had one teensy tiny personal issue. I really do appreciate when an author does a YA book with what is more slang like how they talk. But there is one slang word or butchering of a word that I just cannot stand. And I hate when people say “mines” instead of “mine”. I know, I know, it’s just that way now. But it has bugged me for probably about 10 or more years now since my students started saying it when I was a science teacher. Ugh. Sorry, personal preference! But since it is so prevalent now, it fit with the story.
Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.