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book review: “laura dean keeps breaking up with me”

Recently, on my GoodReads feed, I have been seeing this one graphic novel pop up here, there, EVERYWHERE! People have been voting for it in GoodReads’ Annual Choice Awards 2019 (link to the contest), it’s been recommended to me by friends, everything! I read GoodReads’ summary of it, and it seemed like a good read, so I added it to my To-Read list. And by a miracle, somehow, my supervisor at the library I work at for school managed to get a copy of it! So, I indulged myself and read it all in one sitting yesterday. And let me tell you: I am in love with this book!

Essentially, this graphic novel is a romantic, LGBTQ+ book about a girl named Frederica “Freddy” Riley. Freddy is dating Laura Dean, the most popular girl in school. And Freddy is hopelessly “in love” with Laura Dean. The problem is: Laura Dean keeps cheating and continuously breaking up with Freddy, and then proceeding to sneak her way back into Freddy’s life. Thus, it’s an off-and-on-again relationship. (You can read the full book summary here)

When Laura Dean cheats and breaks up with Freddy for what seems like the 100th time, Freddy’s best friend, Doodle, introduces our beloved main character to the Seek-Her, a mysterious psychic medium lady who leaves Freddy with some cryptic, confusing advice: “break up with Laura Dean.”

From this point on in the story, Freddy struggles to keep moving forward as Laura Dean repeatedly enters and exits Freddy’s life, Doodle grows distant, Freddy meets a cute girl, and more! Our adorable main character learns new lessons as the story progresses, and she evolves as a character with each new revelation. And you all might remember that I am obsessed with character development!

The characters are extremely realistic, cute, and relatable! My favorites are Freddy, Doodle, and the girl that Freddy meets! I love Freddy’s confusion, as it is super realistic to those who believe they’re in love (but are truly in a toxic relationship)!

The plot draws you in and keeps you intoxicated! It’s super interesting, and I love the whole idea of it! Also, cute lil lesbian MC (MC = Main Character) is a huge plus!! ❤ ❤ ❤

It’s a superb, super cute, adorkable story that I have officially fallen in love with! I highly recommend it! For all you hopeless (and struggling) romantics, LGBTQ+ community members, and dreamers, you will adore this cute lil story! Overall, I rank it 5 out of 5 stars!

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book review: “everything everything” by nicola yoon

Everything Everything is a beautifully-written young adult/romance novel written by author Nicola Yoon. When I say I have fallen in love with this novel, I mean it. This was a spectacular novel, with splendid characters, a wonderful plot, interesting situations, and a gorgeous idea. This is one of my favorite novels of all time, and I 100% mean that.

Yoon weaves the tragically beautiful story of Madeline “Maddy” Whittier, a “fatally ill” teenage girl who falls in love with her new & mysterious neighbor, Oliver “Olly” Bright. Maddy has an extremely rare disease known as Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, which basically means that she is allergic to the world. She hasn’t left her house in 15 years, the only people she regularly sees is her mother and her nurse, Carla.

But out of the blue, a new family moves in next door to her house: the Bright family. And the one who catches Maddy’s eye is Oliver “Olly” Bright: tall, lean, and wearing all black. And from the moment their eyes meet, their fates are intertwined together.

One of my favorite parts of this book is the character development. In case you didn’t know, I FREAKING LOVE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!! The characters in this story evolve and unravel as the story follows their lives, revealing their true selves and aided them in developing. Secrets are uncovered and realities are changed. I have read this book several times, and each time, I fall more and more in love with the characters and their developments.

Usually, I try to say one thing that I would change in the book that I am reviewing, but I can’t find an actual flaw in this story. It. Is. PERFECT. Please, try to prove me wrong. PLEASE, because I can’t find a single flaw in this novel. Of course, I might be a little biased, as I’m in love with this story, but that doesn’t matter, right? (lol)

Overall, this book is gorgeous, spectacular, fantastic, splendid, lovely, and more. I am in love with it so, so, so much. From a scale of 0 to 5 (0 being the worst and 5 being the best), I would, without a doubt, rate this novel a 5 out of 5. IT IS THAT GOOD! I highly suggest giving it a try! And if you do, please tell me what you think!

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book review: “geekerella” by ashley poston

Geekerella is a quirky and cute novel in the young adult romance genre, written by part-time author and full-time geek Ashley Poston. The novel follows the perspectives of the two main characters: Elle Wittimer (geeky, artistic, and in love with the book’s own version of the Star Wars fandom) and Darien Freeman (teen actor, heartthrob, and secret geek). The two characters fall in love over anonymous text messages, like your typical teenage romance novel. But the main lure to this book is that it’s supposed to be a version of “Cinderella,” but with a modern, fandom-fueled twist to it. It’s a very cute idea and it works wonderfully in the genre.

My favorite aspect of this book would likely be the geeky and loveable personality of main character Elle Wittimer. She is a wonderful character and very easy to relate to if you’re a geek/nerd/dork like me. You can feel her problems and with the words Poston uses, you can even imagine yourself in her shoes (or should I say glass slippers)!

If I could change a few things in this novel, for one, I would provide the readers with more background on Darien Freeman’s past before he became a famous actor. In addition, two words: character development! It was practically nonexistent in this novel, which is a shame because I ADORE character development! Watching characters evolve and grow is my favorite part in any form of media, but I unfortunately barely got any of that from this novel. There was a tiny bit of character development for Darien Freeman, but not enough (in my opinion).

Overall, on a scale of zero to five (zero being the worst and five being the best), I would rate this story a 3 out of 5. It’s a cute story (kind of cliche, but nothing you can do about that). I wish there was more character development and more elaboration on the personalities/backgrounds of certain characters; but overall, I thought this was a very entertaining read!