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The Bookworm Crush is such an adorable, light read and I was practically all smiles the entire time that I was reading it. It’s the spin-off of The Replacement Crush that focuses on Amy and Toff, but this book can be read as a stand-alone. You don’t need to read The Replacement Crush first. I personally planned to, but it didn’t work out that way. Though that book just jumped to the top of my TBR!
Amy is a shy bookworm who is presented with a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime chance to interview her favorite romance author (who hasn’t done any public event in twenty years). However, the only way she can really win this thing is to step into the spotlight and that takes a certain level of swagger that Amy just doesn’t have. So she enlists the help of Toff, the local surf stud, to help her come out of her shell so she can win this contest.
I knew I liked Amy and Toff right from the start of the book, as well as their friends and family. The banter and nicknames they all have for each other had me either gushing or laughing – especially Amy’s family. The teens are, of course, dealing with their own side drama as the story goes on that adds to why they act the way they do, and some of it leads to Toff being so dang sweet to his dad and future step-mom that it brought tears to my eyes.
One thing that some readers might find annoying is the amount of references to other books and pop culture in this book. I didn’t mind it too much, but it did seem a little excessive at times. I was pleased that I knew all the references, but if someone who doesn’t know them were to read this, they might get annoyed. Otherwise this book is great. It reads so easily, the story plays out swimmingly, and honestly this book is too adorable to not pick up and love!
If you’re looking for a cute, romance to take you out of the craziness we’re dealing with in the real world, then you need to pick up this book as soon as possible!
Amy is a shy bookworm who is presented with a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime chance to interview her favorite romance author (who hasn’t done any public event in twenty years). However, the only way she can really win this thing is to step into the spotlight and that takes a certain level of swagger that Amy just doesn’t have. So she enlists the help of Toff, the local surf stud, to help her come out of her shell so she can win this contest.
I knew I liked Amy and Toff right from the start of the book, as well as their friends and family. The banter and nicknames they all have for each other had me either gushing or laughing – especially Amy’s family. The teens are, of course, dealing with their own side drama as the story goes on that adds to why they act the way they do, and some of it leads to Toff being so dang sweet to his dad and future step-mom that it brought tears to my eyes.
One thing that some readers might find annoying is the amount of references to other books and pop culture in this book. I didn’t mind it too much, but it did seem a little excessive at times. I was pleased that I knew all the references, but if someone who doesn’t know them were to read this, they might get annoyed. Otherwise this book is great. It reads so easily, the story plays out swimmingly, and honestly this book is too adorable to not pick up and love!
If you’re looking for a cute, romance to take you out of the craziness we’re dealing with in the real world, then you need to pick up this book as soon as possible!
*Reaction right after finishing: 5 stars doesn't do this book justice, it's THAT good!
This was a fantastic book to read that left me with that empty feeling inside after finishing it because it was just that good!
The book is set in Paris, in two different timelines. First we follow present-day Paris with Alice, who has recently lost her grandmother and inherited an apartment in Paris that her parents never knew about. When they go to check out this mystery apartment, Alice finds a diary that belonged to her great-aunt Adalyn. Only she never knew she had a great-aunt, and this diary reveals yet another part of her family’s past that she never knew about. After finding a photo that sparks even more questions, Alice is determined to figure out what happened in the past and what caused her grandmother to run away from it.
That’s where the timelines changes, and we follow Adalyn’s story in Paris during World War II. She and her sister are angry at the German occupation of France, and want to do what they can to resist. When Adalyn stumbles across a boy her age who’s defacing German posters, she finds herself deep in a ring of resistance; so deep, in fact, that she can’t even tell her family as to not put them in any danger. What she doesn’t know is that her involvement in this group could ruin the very relationships she treasures the most.
Normally, I don’t find interest in historical fiction. Sometimes it’s just too hard to read or I find that I can’t relate to it. However, as this book tells a parallel story of two timelines, it was interesting to read Adalyn’s story, while then going back to Alice trying to figure out what happened. The book was a heavy read during the references to what happened in the war – concentration camps, families being torn apart, etc. And the last 40 pages of the book or so left me wanting to cry for reasons I won’t reveal because they’ll spoil the story.
I enjoyed both stories of Alice and Adalyn, along with the people they met along the way. Their families both had their issues, but you can see how the girls each love their families enough to do something for them. In Alice’s case, it’s getting her mom to do something about her depression aside from ignoring her “dark spells” and in Adalyn’s case, it’s fighting to undermine the Germans while trying to keep her family safe. The people that each girl meets along the way – Paul, Vivi, Luc, Pierre-Henri, Arnaud, and Marcel – are a great bunch of characters and just added enough to the story to make my heart full and sad at the same time.
The fact that this story was set in Paris was a main reason I picked it up, to be completely honest, as it’s on my bucket list of places to visit someday. I love just about every book I read that’s set there and this book was no exception. I absolutely loved it and if you’re a fan of Paris and/or historical fiction (set in WW II), then I’m sure you’ll love this book as well!
This was a fantastic book to read that left me with that empty feeling inside after finishing it because it was just that good!
The book is set in Paris, in two different timelines. First we follow present-day Paris with Alice, who has recently lost her grandmother and inherited an apartment in Paris that her parents never knew about. When they go to check out this mystery apartment, Alice finds a diary that belonged to her great-aunt Adalyn. Only she never knew she had a great-aunt, and this diary reveals yet another part of her family’s past that she never knew about. After finding a photo that sparks even more questions, Alice is determined to figure out what happened in the past and what caused her grandmother to run away from it.
That’s where the timelines changes, and we follow Adalyn’s story in Paris during World War II. She and her sister are angry at the German occupation of France, and want to do what they can to resist. When Adalyn stumbles across a boy her age who’s defacing German posters, she finds herself deep in a ring of resistance; so deep, in fact, that she can’t even tell her family as to not put them in any danger. What she doesn’t know is that her involvement in this group could ruin the very relationships she treasures the most.
Normally, I don’t find interest in historical fiction. Sometimes it’s just too hard to read or I find that I can’t relate to it. However, as this book tells a parallel story of two timelines, it was interesting to read Adalyn’s story, while then going back to Alice trying to figure out what happened. The book was a heavy read during the references to what happened in the war – concentration camps, families being torn apart, etc. And the last 40 pages of the book or so left me wanting to cry for reasons I won’t reveal because they’ll spoil the story.
I enjoyed both stories of Alice and Adalyn, along with the people they met along the way. Their families both had their issues, but you can see how the girls each love their families enough to do something for them. In Alice’s case, it’s getting her mom to do something about her depression aside from ignoring her “dark spells” and in Adalyn’s case, it’s fighting to undermine the Germans while trying to keep her family safe. The people that each girl meets along the way – Paul, Vivi, Luc, Pierre-Henri, Arnaud, and Marcel – are a great bunch of characters and just added enough to the story to make my heart full and sad at the same time.
The fact that this story was set in Paris was a main reason I picked it up, to be completely honest, as it’s on my bucket list of places to visit someday. I love just about every book I read that’s set there and this book was no exception. I absolutely loved it and if you’re a fan of Paris and/or historical fiction (set in WW II), then I’m sure you’ll love this book as well!
