

Even the big resolution at the end made me side-eye a bit. Something about the description of her, plus the way that Bailey interacts with her grated on my nerves. – Wasn’t super wild about the way the book depicted Charlotte. Also, I felt like Echols was very conscious of setting up tropes–the handsome devil–and also of subverting them, which is cool It’s fairly quiet, but I did feel that they both genuinely cared about each other, despite their differences and misunderstandings. – Liked the relationship between Sam and Bailey generally. – Loved Bailey’s relationship with music I’m not a musician particularly, so I can’t say how accurate it is, but it definitely felt more integral to her character than in some YA books, where music seems to function as “Oh, this character needs a hobby!”


– Loved the complicated ways that families are shown here, and especially the way that this connects both Sam and Bailey I connected with her instantly, despite the fact that we’re very different personalities Jennifer Echols’ YA books are a slightly guilty pleasure of mine, and I’ve been looking forward to her latest, Dirty Little Secret.* I read it last night, and wanted to stick up a short review today.
