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Loved it just as much as I did the first time!! This awkward dork has the most special place in my heart!
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I do not know how to write a review that will praise this book enough. That's what it deserves: the highest praise.
Why? Because it's light-hearted, it's funny, it's witty and I have no idea how not to fall in love with the characters in this book. Noah is awkward, adorable and dorky (and always just so done with everything). Harry is equally as adorable and simply lovely and pure. But there are so many more characters to love than just the two of them: Noah's grandma who is – quite frankly – the absolute best. There is Noah's mother who tries so hard and always tries to give her best even though that sometimes embarrasses Noah (but let's face it, that's just a normal mother-son relationship, right?). There is Sophie who is nothing short of lovely and supportive and a very good friend to Noah. You get it. Loads of fantastic characters.

Now. The story is an absolute ride in the best possible sense. There is drama, there is confusion, there is pining (and who doesn't like a bit of pining?), there is banter, there is wit and there is adventure. What I probably loved most was the way how Noah comes to terms with his sexuality. In the beginning, he thinks he needs to get himself a girlfriend because that is the normal thing to do at his age. He doesn't even have a girl he likes, he just needs a girlfriend because everyone else has one (seemingly) and he feels like he has to do the same (hello peer pressure). I think this book does two things at the same time: It tells you that no, it is absolutely not vital to have a girlfriend (or boyfriend) at a certain point in your life just because it's 'the normal thing' to do. It also tells you that no, just because heterosexuality is considered 'the norm', doesn't mean that you have to fit that norm. And I think the way this book explores those themes (and a lot of other themes such as the absence of a parent, dementia, cheating and teen pregnancy) is quite extraordinary. In short: Go buy this book, read it and love it.

This book is seriously so uplifting and wholesome that I can't even (hah). It brought me absolute happiness. When I read it, I was constantly smiling or aww-ing, or laughing out loud (to my horror, this happened involuntarily more often than not on the train). I am sure that I will re-read it a thousand times because it's just the kind of book to fall in love with – and fallen in love I have. I encourage everyone to do the same.

Very nice, want to read forever, will recommend.

Seriously though, this is a tad angstier than common goal and heated rivalry and damn did it deliver.

Anxiety? Everything about mental health? Absolutely beautifully handled.

Toxic masculinity? We don’t know her.

I could not be any more here for Ryan and Fabian <3

Thank you to Edelweiss and HMH Books for the chance to read this book.

Spoiler alert: I absolutely loved this.

Sixteen Scandals (btw, I'll be real with you, I requested this because of the title and cover alone, I mean??? GENIUS???) is about Miss Primrose Ainsworth who is the youngest of four sisters in the Ainsworth household. She is excited about her upcoming 16th birthday, because that means she'll be finally able to enter society. She yearns to do more than be stuck in her house. When her birthday finally comes around, there are no birthday celebrations, no cake, no more than a casual acknowledgement of the day and her mother's explanation that she simply can't deal with another daughter on the wedding market so Primrose is expected to wait.

In a fit of teenage rebellion, she and her best friend travel south of the river Thames to where the fun begins and the good and proper people of society would not be seen dead in. When Primrose is separated from her friend and meets a mysterious and handsome stranger instead, the night takes a strange but romantic turn...

I was immediately completely enamored with Primrose, with her friend Olympia and of COURSE with Jacob (BOOK BOYFRIEND ALERT YOU GUYS!!). The story was absolutely adorable, exciting and swoon worthy and I read it in one sitting. The historical setting was superb and honestly, this book has very strong re-and re- and reread potential.

Also: Can I please also have a sequel that's all about Olympia and Aster? BECAUSE I NEED IT!

Thanks so much to Netgalley and the Publisher for a copy of this book.

This is a very difficult review for me to write because I cannot actually tell whether or not I liked this book. It was my first Kerri Maniscalco book and I absolutely loved the look and sound of it.

I thought Emilia was an interesting character to follow around and I found myself being sucked into the story and being on the edge of my seat to see what happens next, how book one will end. And I just love a really good whodunit plot.

I am also not mad at hot demon princes from hell. Absolutely not. However, as charming as Wrath is, I couldn't help but feel a little squeamish and uncomfortable at the relationship between Wrath and Emilia. He gets her consent to save her at one point, which results in a kiss and a naked bath, which left me utterly confused. I also felt like Emilia was constantly a damsel in distress and in need of rescuing. The fact that Wrath laid out dresses for her and followed her around... all of that just gave me a bit of a weird vibe and it isn't a relationship I am invested in. Rather on the contrary. However, I know that a lot of readers like this exact brand of fantasy so if you are not at all mad at anything I just described this is going to be the book for you!

In the end, I did like it but I didn't love it. However, I liked it enough and am intrigued enough to be excited for the next book in the series to see where the story goes!

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for a copy of this book.

I absolutely loved this. Without having read the original novel (which is now very much on my TBR), I went in completely blind. I am in absolute awe of the drawings. I thought the drawings were absolutely beautiful and seeing so many beautiful characters of all shapes and colours was amazing. Skinny was definitely not the default here and I loved to see it. I am in LOVE with the drawing style and kept grinning at the art like a mad person.

As far as the story goes, I thought it was nice. The story was lovely as a coming-of-age, finding yourself and your place in the world, finding your kinds of people moment. I did wonder at the complete lack of men in this story and at the fact that Juliet seems so very clueless about things like gender and pronouns. I even had a discussion about this with a friend of mine and they also felt that Juliet should have been more informed especially seeing as she's had a girlfriend for a while and is clearly familiar with the internet. And I had to agree with them. It does seem a bit odd.

Then again, I was positively surprised at how normalised topics like body, masturbation and periods were portrayed as I think that is very important (maybe at times it was overly positive but we were dealing with an overly excitable individual in the story, eh?)

While I would probably give the story alone a 3-3.5 rating, the art was so great and beautiful that I HAVE to bump my overall rating up to five. I love a good drawing.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for providing a copy of this book for me.

David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Unless He Gets Into an Ivy League College was not what I expected at all. In the best possible way.

I loved getting to know David Tung. He immediately felt like such a special character to me. He is driven and a little socially awkward (except in Chinese School when he's a right rebel). He is obedient and genuinely cares for his family. He has high hopes and high dreams and American Asian or not he is highly relatable.

I loved this insight into David as an American Asian character but since I am neither American or Asian, I will leave the analysis of this particular aspect to more capable reviewers.

I also loved his relationship with his friends at Chinese School, the way he is determined to see the best in people even though he doesn't have the best time at his high school. He is considerate and nice and he is falling in love for the very first time. And I feel very privileged to got to go on that wild ride with him.

I will heartily recommend David Tung's story to everyone who wants to read a comfortable and nice slice of life/coming of age story with a lot of heart and a lot of love.