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WOW!! I loved this one! This one was so much better than the first in my opinion!! Jonah started out the book really rubbing me the wrong way. He just seemed like he wanted Calla to sacrifice everything she wanted so he could get what he wants. He blindsided her a few times and that made me not happy. He was a little condescending in the beginning. He had some unintentional manipulating moments that are hard to come back from. As the book went on, he grew on me and I started to like him a little more. I really loved watching Calla and Jonah find themselves together and in their new house and new situations. Watching Calla grow throughout her time and really find her purpose in Alaska was why I think I loved it so much. I think I related to her a lot in that aspect. I really loved getting to know the new characters and also seeing how Calla and Roy's friendship developed. I think it was so well done and I loved getting to see it. For as much as I dont like Jonah, I still love him and Calla and this entire book. I stayed up way too late reading it because I was just so engrossed in this story. This is one I will definitely think of for a long time!!⠀

Dash and lily

I am having a lot of super conflicting feelings! I really liked dash and lily througjout the book! They were adorable with the notebook and I think they were super cute with the dares! I was pretty disappointed with how they met though... idk it just seemed anticlimactic after that honestly. The whole social media fame thing just didn’t feel necessary? It felt like after 70% like everything was just thrown in to kind of finish out the book! Many of you know that I ~love~ an epilogue and knowing what happens in the future and this book just ended. Like I didn’t feel like they even had a chance to get to know each other before it ended!! But I still liked this one! It was super cute and super festive for the holiday

Overall, not my favorite but it was still super cute! I don’t think I’ll be continuing with the series but who knows, maybe I will! I am super excited to watch the Netflix show though. It looks so cute!!

Okay so this was a good book (I think) but I just didn’t love it! I got serious looking for Alaska/paper towns vibes in not an amazing way? Okay something I really loved was seeing Ezra really come into his own and figure out what he wanted in life and not want everyone else wanted from him. He had a few not great moments but honestly what high school boy doesn’t? I didn’t like the way the book ended. I was disappointed that Cassidy said the things she did and then just left?? Ugh. I did really like the friendships between Ezra and the debate team! They all helped him learn things about himself and were good people to him!!

Overall, this was a cute book but not my favorite! I really like a happy ending and this was just “meh” in terms of that! I know a lot of people really like this book so I’m sorry I didn’t love it

I liked this book & thought it was cute but wasn’t super impressed! It was a really quick read and I loved the celebrity/normal girl trope & of course the fake dating but there was just something missing! Both the main characters were great and I loved seeing them evolve into better people throughout the book! It was definitely really cute but overall, I wasn’t wowed by it!

Karen m McManus has done it again folks. This book was seriously the wildest ride I’ve ever been on! I really loved all of the cousins. It was so nice to see them all as they first meet and who they grew into be after the crazy summer. I never saw any of the twists coming and the twists just kept coming! This book was such a great twisty turny journey that I stayed up entirely too late to finish. Overall, I highly recommend this one! It is a wonderful story that I think will have readers entranced within the first 20 pages! Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children’s for the EARC in exchange for an honest review!

This is a modern retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek myth! I have heard of this story but didn’t really know too much about it going into the book and didn’t want to look anything up until after I finished! After reading the myth, I was really able to understand the book a little better! Part 1 of this book was a little slow for me and I had trouble getting through it until I hit part 2. Part 2 is so action packed and wild that I couldn’t put this book down! I really loved Eury and Pheus and their love for each other. I loved how Pheus did whatever he could to save Eury. I loved his passion for music and how he used it to help her. Overall, I really liked this one! I haven’t read very many Greek mythology retellings but I really enjoyed this one!! ⠀

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UM WOW. I listened to this book as an audiobook and finished it in like 4 hours. This was an incredible audiobook narrated by the author and she does a wonderful job! This book blew me away. I couldn’t stop listening to find out what was going to happen next for Emoni, Emma, and the rest of the amazing characters. This is the first Elizabeth Acevedo book I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last! Her writing is amazing and had me hooked by the first few minutes. I loved Emoni and how hardworking she was. She worked so hard for herself but also for her daughter and grandmother. She also just wanted to be a normal high schooler too and I’m so glad she was able to go on the trip and have that experience! I also really enjoyed that there was a little romance sprinkled throughout the book but it wasn’t the entire plot! This book was so well done and I will be shouting my love for it from the roof tops!! ⠀