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3.75 Stars!
This was cute. I am a Redsox fan, & I bought this book as a signed edition at a bookstore in Boston while traveling to see a Sox game, so It felt like all the stars aligning.
I loved the setting of a high school boarding school focused on music and the arts. The forced proximity/ roommates trope is always a favorite and lead to some silly & some awkward moments. Sophie was an interesting FMC, but I do wish we got Jonas's POV. Jonas was over the top grumpy & rude at the beginning of the story, and without being in his mind we never got a real reason for why. I really enjoyed Sophie finding a new love for music, while finding a new way to continue her love for sports. Her relationship with her dad was also really well done. It felt meaningful and incorporated really well.
I also really loved the side characters, Astrid, Revi, Andy, and the students all helped create beautiful moments and laughs. This book mainly loses points for Jonas. I wish his motivations felt a little more complete and flushed out.
This was cute. I am a Redsox fan, & I bought this book as a signed edition at a bookstore in Boston while traveling to see a Sox game, so It felt like all the stars aligning.
I loved the setting of a high school boarding school focused on music and the arts. The forced proximity/ roommates trope is always a favorite and lead to some silly & some awkward moments. Sophie was an interesting FMC, but I do wish we got Jonas's POV. Jonas was over the top grumpy & rude at the beginning of the story, and without being in his mind we never got a real reason for why. I really enjoyed Sophie finding a new love for music, while finding a new way to continue her love for sports. Her relationship with her dad was also really well done. It felt meaningful and incorporated really well.
I also really loved the side characters, Astrid, Revi, Andy, and the students all helped create beautiful moments and laughs. This book mainly loses points for Jonas. I wish his motivations felt a little more complete and flushed out.
I think I have found a new love for YA thriller, & this one is one of the best yet! Wow! The characters in this are in high school but this book tackles serious topics like murder, revenge, SA & abuse.
Alex Craft is the perfect femme, vigilante, anti-hero (giving Kat Adams from Criminal Minds IYKYK). I loved her. When a character's immediate response to a man coming onto her is to punch him in the balls, I know I am in for a treat.
Alex's story is also really beautifully balanced with truly the most "normal" boring, preacher's kid friend and her golden retriever, perfect, smart, popular, jock love interest. Watching them confront the same issues as Alex really helps frame how abnormal her thinking is. I did love that while Alex is very clearly "not like other girls" she really was very understanding and non judgmental of the other women at the school, when slut shaming would have been a really simple path to follow.
Overall this book was mostly a story about sexism & rape culture, and how rampant these issues are even at a young age. I hope to read more from this author in the future.
Alex Craft is the perfect femme, vigilante, anti-hero (giving Kat Adams from Criminal Minds IYKYK). I loved her. When a character's immediate response to a man coming onto her is to punch him in the balls, I know I am in for a treat.
Alex's story is also really beautifully balanced with truly the most "normal" boring, preacher's kid friend and her golden retriever, perfect, smart, popular, jock love interest. Watching them confront the same issues as Alex really helps frame how abnormal her thinking is. I did love that while Alex is very clearly "not like other girls" she really was very understanding and non judgmental of the other women at the school, when slut shaming would have been a really simple path to follow.
Overall this book was mostly a story about sexism & rape culture, and how rampant these issues are even at a young age. I hope to read more from this author in the future.
