I hope everyone rang in the New Year in a fun way. I hope everyone has some awesome goals set for themselves this year and you fully accomplish them by going above and beyond :)
What better way to start off the new year than with a lukewarm review??
I finished two books today and I started a new one.
A Totally Awkward Love Story by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison is the lukewarm reviewed book.
(In a very strange way, this little YA book does make mention of a philosophy from the other book that I finished. A review of I’ll Be There for You by Kelsey Miller will come at a later date!)
This a classic example of judging a book by it’s cover. The cover art is totally adorable (this is not the original cover art though)- it has little people drawn on it and there’s quotes from the book behind these little people. But that’s where the cuteness stops.
I don’t have any true issues with this book. I just didn’t like it. It lacked something.
It’s a solid 3 coffee beans. Yes, I’m giving the rating before I finish my review. (A new change for the new year?)
A Totally Awkward Love Story takes us across the pond to meet 18 year old Hannah and 17 year old Sam. By a weird state of fate, Sam and his friends crash a party of Hannah’s friend, Stella. Sam and Hannah meet each other in the bathroom- Hannah is having some concerns from a recent waxing incident and Sam just needs to use the restroom. They share a magical moment in the bathroom, creating a new way to high 5 (high 10) for an important occasion and how awesome not spiced grape juice is.
But as life is, these two star crossed lovers have been pulled apart by the arrival of Hannah’s crush, Freddie. (I guess you could say, this is The One Where Girl Leaves Boy. Anybody get it?) Sam is sad and goes to see if he can find Hannah. He sees that Hannah is very much preoccupied with Freddie. So Sam goes back to his friends. Sam does met Hannah’s friend, Stella. Which is the official start of these two running into each other.
The start of a long winded and complicated series of run-ins. I think these run-ins might be why I lost interest in Sam and Hannah.
Hannah believed that Sam was her lobster. Sam believed that Hannah was his lobster (he never used those words but the notion was there that they shared the same feelings) YET these 2 couldn’t get their act together.
I recant the statement above where I said that I didn’t any real issue. I do. I have a real issue with this storyline and that was Stella. I thought she was a really crappy friend. She had a big mouth and she was doing things to Hannah that best friends don’t do to their best friends.
Hannah’s grandmother had bought her this dress that both her and Stella thought was beautiful. When they were in Kavos, Stella happened to go through Hannah's luggage and happened to find this dress (mind you, Hannah had HIDDEN the dress prior to traveling to Kavos). Without asking, she just puts it on and decides to wear it out for the night. See? Characteristics of a crappy friend.
Then they all ended up at a festival together for 3 days. Hannah and Sam find each other again. But yet again, have a long drawn out trouble with encounter. Just like they have at the end of the book.
Yes, the story had it moments where I would laugh. But it had moments where it was fresh and I was wondering if that was totally necessary. It had more moments where it was boring.
This is a lukewarm book at best.
~ Jillian
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