Waiting on Wednesday #13 - In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody

Updated: July 4, 2017

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases.

I have a little to talk about this book. Like how I discovered it, and how much do I want to read it.

First, I have to talk about how I discovered this book.
So I was looking for something on youtube, and I ended up coming across the author, Jessica Brody’s youtube account. And on her account, I saw that there was one video that sparked my interest. That was of her talking about one of her books, A Week of Mondays. Which I recently read because of that video.
(*pssd* I reviewed it earlier this week.)
😃😁😃

I subscribed to her immediately and then saw that she was doing a video on one of her new books that are coming next year. It's In Some Other Life.

It was her showing us the cover and talking about what it's about. I really liked how it sounded and adored the cover, so I went and added it to my tbr list on Goodreads.

And after having read her book, A Week of Mondays, I think I got attached to her writing style, and how she made me connect to a character I would otherwise dislike. And as a writer, I admire that and wish I could someday write like that.

Here is the video where she revealed the cover and title of In Some Other Life.

And this one is about Jessica Brody giving us a sneak peak of the book.

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In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody

Three years ago, Kennedy Rhodes secretly made the most important decision of her life. She declined her acceptance to the prestigious Windsor Academy to attend the local public school with her longtime crush, who had finally asked her out. It seems it was the right choice—she and Austin are still together, and Kennedy is now the editor in chief of the school's award-winning newspaper. But then Kennedy's world is shattered one evening when she walks in on Austin kissing her best friend, and she wonders if maybe her life would have been better if she'd made the other choice. As fate would have it, she's about to find out . . .

The very next day, Kennedy falls and hits her head and mysteriously awakes as a student at the Windsor Academy. And not just any student: Kennedy is at the top of her class, she's popular, she has the coolest best friend around, and she's practically a shoo-in for Columbia University. But as she navigates her new world, she starts to wonder whether this alternate version of herself really is as happy as everyone seems to believe. Is it possible this Kennedy is harboring secrets and regrets of her own? A fresh and funny story about how one different choice could change everything, Jessica Brody's In Some Other Life will keep readers guessing, and find them cheering for Kennedy until the final page.


Published by: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (BYR)

The Release Date for the book is:
August 8th 2017

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Stacking The Shelves - 5

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where bloggers share what books they got throughout the week!



I have been busy lately with projects, re-taking a math exam, and studying for finals that I haven't posted one of these posts in a while. So this one will be bigger than normal, since I have been reading a lot lately. I'm glad my reading slump had lifted, and I no longer have a problem not reading. Plus, I have participated in NaNoWriMo this past month and will talk a bit about that here.

Reviewed:

        

 Last week I didn't do this Stacking The Shelves, so I have a bit more to talk about. This week I reviewed three of the bunch of books I read.
I really liked these three books, giving them 5 out of 5 stars each, despite reading them one after the other.

A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody -- REVIEWED!!
The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West -- REVIEWED!!
We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun & Susan Mullen -- REVIEWED!!

As For Update:

I did finish more books that I read and still haven't reviewed. I have kind of been a little lazy recently when it comes to blogging. And I have sadly noticed that my instagram is dying a little too, because of that. But I'm still working out how to work with this new laptop so in time I will make a comeback.

I read this week and the last week a total of 5 books. Which is a lot for me, because I'm such a slow reader. But then again these are just books I finished this week and the last, I did not start them now. Well a few I did, but not We Are Still Tornadoes, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and A Week of Mondays. Those I have been reading for a while, and stop reading them for days only to pick back up.
I also have to say that I did finished Miss Peregrine's and I loved it. The very next day I went and saw the movie. Because, duh.
 I would have to say that even if I liked certain parts of the books ending, I loved the movies ending a thousand times more. I don't know if it's because it showed more promise, or because of the visual aspect, and the monsters and the ship, but I just loved it.
😍

I have also been reading This is My Brain on Boys by Sarah Strohmeyer. I just immediately feel I should say that I already love it. It does have a ton of big scientific words that I don't understand, but I still like the story it has, and the romance between the two main characters. It's sweet and smart, and I like it.


Books To Read:

   

        

This is the new part I decided to add to my version of Stacking The Shelves where I talk about the books I want to read or finish in the near future.
So, let me start with the books I feel like I have to read, whether its because it was sent to be for review or because its been in my tbr for a while.
I want to read:
How To Keep a Boy From Kissing You by Tara Englington
Nine Woman, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen

And Below those covers I have the books I borrowed from my friend. They all have beautiful covers and interesting synopsis.
Books Borrowed:
Vendetta by Catherine Doyle
Love Fortunes and Other Disasters by Kimberly Karalius
99 Days by Katie Cotugno

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I usually add the links on the goodreads but  that is a lot more trouble when there are a lot of covers. So I will make a list and link them here.

A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody -- REVIEWED!!
The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West -- REVIEWED!!

We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun & Susan Mullen -- REVIEWED!!

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
This is My Brain on Boys by Sarah Strohmeyer

How To Keep a Boy From Kissing You by Tara Eglington
Nine Woman, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen

Vendetta by Catherine Doyle
Love Fortunes and Other Disasters by Kimberly Karalius
99 Days by Katie Cotugno

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We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen | Spoiler Free Book Review

Book Review:
We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen

Spoilers?

No!

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Title -We Are Still Tornadoes
By - by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen
Publication - November 1st 2016 by St. Martin's Griffin
Format - Hardcover, 304 pages
Genre - Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Growing up across the street from each other, Scott and Cath have been best friends their entire lives. Cath would help Scott with his English homework, he would make her mix tapes (it's the 80's after all), and any fight they had would be forgotten over TV and cookies. But now they've graduated high school and Cath is off to college while Scott is at home pursuing his musical dreams.

During their first year apart, Scott and Cath's letters help them understand heartache, annoying roommates, family drama and the pressure to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives. And through it all, they realize that the only person they want to turn to is each other. But does that mean they should be more than friends? The only thing that's clear is that change is an inescapable part of growing up. And the friends who help us navigate it share an unshakable bond.

The Rating :

My Review:

My review in a gif. Which equals 5 stars.

via GIPHY

I want to say that this was sent to me for review from publisher and that, as all my reviews, this one is full of my honest opinions.

The Cover:

Although they say never judge a book by it's cover I believe the cover should represent what the book is going to be like or at least some aspect of it.

This blue is so pretty and bright and I love the font of the title. The thing that bothered me was how the tornado looked like it was made in microsoft paint.
Please tell me you agree.



The Story:
This is the story of two friends since childhood who had just graduated from high school. We see them going through what is the main characters. Cath, going through college life, and Scott staying in his hometown and working in his father's clothing store, and starting a band with his friends. It's set in the 80’s, in the form of letters sent back and forth between these two. 
It has great music references from the time and Scott’s band’s song lyrics strewn throughout.



Relationships:
For this review I will only talk about the main characters relationship.

Scott x Cath
Scott and Cath have been next door neighbors and friends for a long time. After they graduated from high school Cath went off to college on another state, and Scott stayed behind and started working in his father's clothing store for men and boys. But they never stopped all communications. Instead they wrote letters to each other, back and forwards, telling each other of their day. How college was for Cath, and for Scott it was stories from the store and the band he started with his friends, Crash.



Family Dynamics:
As for Cath’s family.
While Cath went off to college her family (i.e her parents) did go through their share of troubles and I like how well it was explained and how realistic each of their reactions to this problem was. The took their share of hurt and broke through them coming out more alive, in a sense. 

As for Scott’s family.
Scott’s family also went through some trouble. Though theirs was more serious. I like how Scott and his mom united to go through it and not go their separate ways and make things worse. I think they were braver that way.



Settings:
There is this place in the book that is where Cath worked at the campus and it is also a pizza place /bar/place for people to listen to good music. I love the sound of that place and would totally love for a pace like that to exist near my college.



Overall:
I admired how Cath and Scott kept in contact with each other despite being in two different states. With Cath at college and Scott working with his father in their hometown. To keep in touch with a friends in that kind of situation is a hard thing to do. For me it was hard because I sometimes don’t know what to say, and I have lost friends because of this. 

I had fun reading their letters and reading their stories. The song lyrics from Scott’s band, Crush, were fun to read too.

But I have to say that I wished there were more 80s references. Like movies and music. Cause even if I was born in he 90s, I love 80s movies nd music, so it would have been cool to spot more references, and know what they were. Or look them up.

This book reminded me bit of Cecelia Ahern’s Love Rosie (also known as Where Rainbows End). With how Rosie and Alex have been exchanging notes or emails or sometimes letters to each other since they were in school. Adorable story. Sadly I’ve only watched the movie.

But while Love Rosie is of them sending letters since they were kids, We Are Still Tornadoes is of Cath and Scott sending letters after they graduated from high school. Small difference but yeah.


I don’t know what else to say about this book, other than please read it. It truly is worth five stars out of five and I would totally read this book again.
 No lies.

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The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West | Book Review

Book Review:
The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West

Spoilers?

Yes!

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Title - The Fill-In Boyfriend
By - Kasie West
Publication - May 5th 2015 by HarperTeen
Format - Paperback, 343 pages
Genre - Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she'd been telling her friends about him for months now. This was supposed to be the night she proved he existed. So when she sees a cute guy waiting to pick up his sister, she enlists his help. The task is simple: be her fill-in boyfriend—two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies. After that, she can win back the real Bradley.

The problem is that days after prom, it's not the real Bradley she's thinking about, but the stand-in. The one whose name she doesn't even know. But tracking him down doesn't mean they're done faking a relationship. Gia owes him a favor and his sister intends to see that he collects: his ex-girlfriend's graduation party—three hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.

Just when Gia begins to wonder if she could turn her fake boyfriend into a real one, Bradley comes waltzing back into her life, exposing her lie, and threatening to destroy her friendships and her new-found relationship.

The Rating :

My Review:

My review in a gif. Which equals 5 stars.

via GIPHY

The Cover:

Although they say never judge a book by it's cover I believe the cover should represent what the book is going to be like or at least some aspect of it.

The photo they used for the cover was perfect. It made me picture the couple as Gia and Hayden. But what I thought made me eek alittle,  was the font. If they used another font maybe it'd be all awesome but I just hated it too much. 

Or no- actually I think it's the font for the artist name that I don't like. Looking at it now I do like the title designs. It’s the artist's name, the font and the green color. No thank you.

The Story:

It's the story of a girl, Gia, who gets dumped at the parking lot when her promise starting. She had already told her friends that her boyfriend was going with her and they had never met him and believed he wasn't real. All because of salty Jules, who spent the duration of Gia and  Bradley's relationship saying that he may not be real. 

Gia's is not boyfriend-less and about to go in and tell her friends that she got dumped but decide to make a total stranger in the parking lot a deal. He has to be her pretend boyfriend, a fill-in Bradley, and she will owe him a favor. One thing leads to the other and she ends up wanting to know more about this fill-in boyfriend.

Relationships:

There weren't that many couples in this book but the ones that were established I appreciated them.

Gia x Bradley

While we don't really know much about Bradley we do know that he is older than her by a few years, a college student. And that they rarely saw each other. Hence why her friends never met him and believed he wasn't real.

Even with that I never found myself feeling sorry for her being dumped by him. And even after we do find out a bit more about him -I didn't much care for him.

Gia x Hayden

They are so cute. He cares so much about her and she likes him so much but with the bundles of lies that were created, not just by her, it was difficult for them to see that they liked each other. All throughout the story I just wanted them to stop playing pretend and just be. That's how much I liked this book couple.

Family Dynamics:

As for Gia’s family.

Gia’s family was so horrible to me. 

Gia was immature and like total popular girl in high school cliche. Her mom was Mrs. perfect who wore makeup all throughout the day and was always dressed up. The dad was always agreeing with whatever mom would say as to not get into fights. Oh! And Mr. Im also so duche was horrible. How in the hell do you make a video making out your younger sister to look bad infront of his peers and post in online. Like what the fu*k.

What was worse is how she would always try to give him another chance to be a better big brother and he would always keep messing with her.

Even if not everyone in the Montgomery home changed, at least Gia became aware of how she acted. She started being more kind to people and not bossy to her friends like she used to. So this is good.

As for Hayden’s Family

We didn't see much of his dad but we did meet his mom. She's an artist and she's amazing at it. She gives great advice and is nice. You see how her being like that made Hayden and Bec the way they are. This was even a conversation between Gia and Hayden where he said he wasn't like his dad or his mom, that he was a bit of both. 

Settings:

Some of the paces I liked and would love to be around is the beach. I just liked the way it was described in the scenes that took place there. 

I think I also would like to go to old man’s house and smash some car windows. That is such a great way to release anger and stress that when I was reading this I was cheering them on. 

Is that weird?

Overall:

Okay, so, at one point I just wanted to toss the book across the room of trough a window, but I'm glad I did not. Well I didn't because it want my book and the feelings were internal but you get what I mean.

I hated Gia’s family and Jules was a horrible human being and biggest manipulator ever. All the time I was wishing Gia would just confront her head on, but I'm glad she didn't. Mostly because if her friends were so easy to go convince that they should go against her, then they weren't really friends.

I loved the natural progression of Gia and Hayden’s story. It had it's ups and downs but they liked each other a lot. I was glad they talked it out and believed in the other despite the world being against them. 

I'm also glad that Bec tricked them in the end. She's such a good cupid. And she was so awesome. Hands down my favorite side-character in this book.

I’ve read a couple of books between this one and now so I barely remember what I was going to say about it. Maybe I’ll remember and do an update.

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A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody | Book Review

Book Review:
A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody

Spoilers?

Maybe.

Title - A Week of Mondays
By - Jessica Brody
Publication - August 2nd 2016 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Format - Hardcover, 464 pages
Genre - Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

When I made the wish, I just wanted a do-over. Another chance to make things right. I never, in a million years, thought it might actually come true... 

Sixteen-year-old Ellison Sparks is having a serious case of the Mondays. She gets a ticket for running a red light, she manages to take the world’s worst school picture, she bombs softball try-outs and her class election speech (note to self: never trust a cheerleader when she swears there are no nuts in her bake-sale banana bread), and to top it all off, Tristan, her gorgeous rocker boyfriend suddenly dumps her. For no good reason!

As far as Mondays go, it doesn’t get much worse than this. And Ellie is positive that if she could just do it all over again, she would get it right. So when she wakes up the next morning to find she’s reliving the exact same day, she knows what she has to do: stop her boyfriend from breaking up with her. But it seems no matter how many do-overs she gets or how hard Ellie tries to repair her relationship, Tristan always seems bent set on ending it. Will Ellie ever figure out how to fix this broken day? Or will she be stuck in this nightmare of a Monday forever?

The Rating :

My Review:

My review in a gif. Which equals 5 stars.

via GIPHY

The Cover:
(Although they say never judge a book by it's cover I believe the cover should represent what the book is going to be like or at least some aspect of it.)
The cover of this book is everything. Its adorable and it hints at what's in the story. I adore the photo thing where you could see that she is different but he is the same each time. I love it. 


The Story:
This was such a good story. I adored the characters and the settings. It was such a good read that I really do think I'll read it again someday and be able to love it just as much. And it's cool because I rarely feel that way.


Relationships:
There weren't that many couples in this book but the ones that were established I appreciated them.

Ellie x Tristan
From the first time they were both in  a scene together I could tell exactly what was going to happen. And that didn't stop me from finding out for myself if my theory was right or not. A the story progresses we get glimpses of how they meet and oe they clicked since that day. But we also see how Ellie was struggling to be who she thought he wanted to be with. She believed that with him being in a band and being Mr. Popular that she had to be at his level all the time and we see that that wasn't what he wanted. He just wanted her to be herself but when we find that out it's already the end and too late.

Ellie x Owen
They are awesome.
They both like the same music and tv shows and they've known each other since they were kids. Its pretty inevitable that hy end up together but unlike most other stories that end that way this one I lied a lot. I adored the way that Owen always believed in Ellie on how she's repeating the days. I like how he cares for her and worried when he saw her spiraling down the rabbit hole of bad Mondays.


Family Dynamics:
As for Ellie’s family.
I liked the story of Ellie’s family. How their parents fought because dad forgot their anniversary and their little sis trying to fit in by following what happens in highschool movies. Especially The Breakfast Club. Which made her my favorite character of all time.
They were real and I like it when families in YA are real, and not the ideal of what a family should be like.


Settings:
Not many settings in this story. There was the school, Ellie’s house, the carnival(??) and Ellie’s car was a setting in a way. 
Out of all those places I have to say that I liked the all. I just wish there were more descriptions of the surroundings. Like for having repeated 7 Mondays in the same school, and carnival and even her house there weren't that many details of what they looked like. And if there were I just don't remember them much.


Overall:
I loved everything about this book. Yes, there were boring bits but there's always going to be boring bit here and there. It's just that in this book I didn't mind the boring bits. THose were just the learning bit for Ellie and I wanted to be there with her for every one of them. Cheering her on with awesome music playing in the background. I think we would have been great friends and I would have believed her if she told me she was repeating the same day over and over again.

There were parts where I just wished she would have stopped for a while and saw that there were other ting coming up to the surface and not just scheme up a plan to make Tristan stay with her. Ike her parents fighting and her sis being sad or even her best friend, Owen, being distant on some Mondays. I’m glad that in the end she got it straight, though.

I never really hated Tristan. I just thought he wasn't for Ellie. During the whole thing it was like he was on another world and no in the one Ellie was on. We didn't even find you much about him besides that he’s in a band and is popular and that his previous girlfriends don't last long.
 I mean I knew someone like that but I think I knew more about that guy than Ellie knew about Tristan, and I barely knew him.

And Owen. Oh, Owen! 
How I wish there was more to him than what was in the book. I wanted so much re of him and by the synopsis I expected him to be one of the main characters and him being her only friend. But we only got bits of him. Though those bits were cute.

Ellie is such a good character in parts. Because she went all out with each Monday. How she went through each day with a different attitude and look. That was awesome.
I also adored her because of her great, fantastic taste in awesome music. I adored listening to each song she suggested.

 Think I should also mention that while I was reading this book I added the chapter titles in a playlist and would listen to it while I read. It was an awesome playlist and worked perfectly with each chapter even if they got out of order.


A Week of Mondays Playlist

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Stacking The Shelves - 4

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where bloggers share what books they got throughout the week!

Reviewed:

   

Last week I didn't do one of these, because I had nothing to talk about but this week I do. I not only wrote the reviews of two books but I finished one two.

I had read The New Guy (And Other Senior Year Distractions) by Amy Spalding. But I hadn't written the review until a few days ago.

REVIEWED!

As for Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell. I also wrote the review to this.

REVIEWED!

As For Update:

    

I stopped reading All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, and in turn tried to read through We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun & Susan Mullen. Im halfway through it and hope to finish it soon. I have to say that I really like the way it was written. It's fun and easy to read through. I would have finished it by now if it wasn't for my english project that is due on monday.

As for A Week of Monday by Jessica Brody. I actually finished it when I wrote this (which is on Thursday) and I will write a review for this book as well.

Hint: I really, really liked it.

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Halloween Decorations Haul

Hi ya'll!

Earlier this month I had bought a ton of Halloween stuff that were on sale at my local walgreens. I wanted to show what I got but completely forgot to do so. Now that I have some time off, though I should be doing a project that I have to give tomorrow and haven't even started it.

I got 7 funko pops, 1 Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas snow globe, 4 Beanie Baby spiders,  purple lights, 2 Tsum Tsum, and a Nightmare Before Christmas set.

I got the first funko pop, Jack, for $1.99 and the rest for 99 cents each. I thought I'd never own one but with this huge sale I could finally own some. And the tsum tsum plushies were 99 cents too The tiny tsum tsum were $1.69 and they are just too cute. I didn't get much candy this year but its because people just took them all and only left the candy corn bags behind. Which was sad but what can I do.

The reson why I wrote this was because I never get to buy any decorations or stuff like that and this year I finally could and I'm so happy I could. Next year I'll have cute things on my bookshelves

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The New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions) by Amy Spalding | Book Review

Book Review:
The New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions) by Amy Spalding

Spoilers?

Yes!

Title - The New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions)
By - Amy Spalding
Publication - April 5th 2016 by Poppy
Format - Hardcover, 320 pages
Genre - Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

A ridiculously cute, formerly-famous new guy dropping into your life? It's practically every girl's dream. 

But not Jules McCallister-Morgan's. 

I realize that on paper I look like your standard type-A, neurotic, overachiever. And maybe I am. But I didn't get to be the editor of my school's long-revered newspaper by just showing up*. I have one main goal for my senior year-early acceptance into my first choice Ivy League college-and I will not be deterred by best friends, moms who think I could stand to "live a little," or boys. 

At least, that was the plan before I knew about Alex Powell**.

And before Alex Powell betrayed me***.

I know what you're thinking: Calm down, Jules. But you don't understand. This stuff matters. This is my life. And I'm not going down without a fight. 

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* Okay, I sort of did. But it's a sore subject.

** I mean, I guess everyone knows about Alex Powell? Two years ago, you couldn't go anywhere without hearing about viral video boy band sensation Chaos 4 All. Two years ago, Alex Powell was famous.

***Some people think I'm overreacting. But this. Means. War.

Filled with romance, rivalry, and passive-aggressive dog walking, Amy Spalding delivers a hilariously relatable high school story that's sure to have you falling for The New Guy.

The Rating :

My Review:

My review in a gif. Which equals 4 stars.

via GIPHY

The Cover:
Although they say never judge a book by it's cover I believe the cover should represent what the book is going to be like or at least some aspect of it.
Yes, this cover has yet another blond on it but I’m kinda digging the look. Having both Jules and Alex on the cover was cute.


The Story:
I did think that this book good, but boring in parts and I felt like quitting it a few times just for a while but I didn't quit and ended up finishing it without realizing I had finished it. The ending wasn't what I thought it would be. I  liked that the Crest and TALON joined forces and I think they should have done that a long time ago but Jules was very stubborn.


I was happy that the characters were unique and they all had lives besides the main characters. Like Jule’s moms were both hardworking women, and her friends also had their stories.


Relationships:
This book had many relationships. But I'm just going to talk about the main couple and Jules’ friends.


Jules x Alex
From the beginning I thought hey were so cute but that they were going to break up. They barely knew each other and I don't think Jules ever meet his mother. Even though he meant for them to  meet at one point. After they broke up I knew they were going to get together but I also knew it wasn't going to be easy. 


So much about them was cute. They both liked the dogs in the refugee and liked to walk them. He got along with her friends easily and tried to get back together with  her but she  was so involved with the paper that she just didn't see it or even give him a chance to tell her what was going through his mind.

Jules and her friends
I adored her friends but I think that she also ignored them at times. That she could have relied on them for help and just to listen to what's going on with her. Even with Jules being so focused on the paper her friends were always there trying to help her and cheer her up.


Family Dynamics:
As for Jules’ family.
I thought that they were so close and loving. Like Jules’ moms were communicative loving and respected each other as well as their daughter. I like that this is the first book I have read with two same sex parents and I was rod of the way that they were portrayed. As humans as two people who loved and cared for eachother and loved their daughter with all their hearts.


The dogs were adorable. They always ran to Jules, or on occasions to Alex when he visited. When ever they were in the scene I was happy.


Settings:
There weren't that many settings that I liked in this book. But there was one that called out to me, and that was the school. I felt that when there were scenes in the school I could totally picture it in my head. And I don't know if it's the fact that I have seen lot of movies where the settings are in the school. Like most Disney movies and stuff. But I just felt there were either lacking details where the settings were concerned, or that they didn't much jump out at me. Still I very much liked the school. 


Overall:
I liked this story a lot. It Jules reminded me so much or Rory Gilmore from the Gilmore Girls. With how determined she was and how smart she was. Still at some points I did want to just shake her and tell her that she doesn't have to obsess so much and that she doesn't have to resort to keeping secrets and backstabbing the boy she supposedly loves.

I also liked that there wasn't a love triangle in this story. I’m mentioning it because usually when coues in stories break up they always add another person of interest to cause drama and necessary conflict. I liked that this author do that.

I liked the Crest or at least the people behind it. They were determined and brave and smart people behind that and they all contributed to it in a good way. Though  also liked TALON and thought they did a great job including the other students in the school. It was great that they settled their differences and worked together in the end. Though as I said before they should have done that like halfway into the story.

Jules and Alex’s relationship was a bit complicated and I thought the whole “lets have sex” storyline was unnecessary. It felt like -I don't know. Like it just would have been okay without that. They had barely been back together for more than a few days before talking about having sex and that was just a bit weird. I get that they were way happy to be back together but just -meh.


I feel like I’m writing too much so I’ll stop here.

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