Book Review: Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt

Ebook provided by NetGalley for review. Thank you.

This book was so cute but it had serious and important stuff too! How often have we all read novels and got swept up in the romance wishing we were dating the hero (or heroine in my case)? Well this book takes a look at what happens if you do date the hero, from both the good and bad sides actually.

I absolutely love Merrilee and how small but strong she is, not necessarily physically but emotionally, she had the strength to realise that something wasn't right and to do what needed to be done. Monroe was a jackass who needed way more of a comeuppance. Eliza was a great friend and I felt sorry for her with her parents being constantly absent.

Toby was a sweetheart and the perfect example of how to act when you have a crush on your friend that isn't reciprocated. That is, no differently to normal and if you have that much of an issue (which Toby didn't) then break off the friendship. Fielding was an interesting character and I loved the way he developed over the course of the book.

All the characters were well-developed and I really wanted to know more about Mrs. Gregoire, did she have some kind of magical powers? The whole life imitating fiction thing was fascinating as well, I'm just gutted we didn't learn Trent and Lilly's 'bookish' story. Small plot gaps like that are what knock off half a star, it was so so close to being 5 stars and on the web where halves don't exist it'll be rounded up rather than down.

4.5/5 stars.

Stef Out x

Book Review: Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig

Content warning: Child abuse.

Real and authentic and heartwarming and so so sad.

I loved Ginny and I feel that her autism was well-written, her backstory was so tragic and I did actually like that a lot of it was implied rather than spoken outright, usually I like things spelled out explicitly but it would have felt out of place in this book.

I feel like a lot of the adults were pretty useless and didn't take Ginny seriously or listen to her properly, especially regarding 'Baby Doll', to me that was obvious fairly quickly yet the adults in Ginny's life were so dense! And her adoptive mum in particular took things way too far and I wonder how thing would have been if she'd opened up sooner. Overall an interesting book that makes you think.

4.5/5 stars.

Stef Out x

Book Review: Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa

A fascinating book with some excellent characters. You have your main three: Jeremy, Mira and Sebby, each with alternating points of view - Jeremy first, Mira third, and Sebby second. The secondary characters also hold up well, Rose, Talia and the grey Peter.

While I related to Jeremy and Mira's chapters the most I found Sebby's fascinating in their lack of clarity. It touched on things that maybe I could guess but to have it spoken would have been a very brave move.

I felt that the book dealt with mental health and sexuality issues very well and I loved the fact that things weren't just fixed at the end and that Mira had a relapse - recovery isn't linear. The thing that knocked off the half star was that the ending was very abrupt with no solid resolution.

4.5/5 stars.

Stef Out x