Pub Day 5/30


 Her Good Side is a young adult romance book described as swoony and heart melting. Was it a cute enough romance? Yes, but I didn't swoon and my heart didn't melt. This was far from my favorite romance. I'd recommend it if you want to read more YA romcoms or just read everything romance, but this didn't wow me. The romance is between Bethany, a girl who likes basketball and Jacob who likes film stuff. One thing I did really like about this book was the representation! I just wish the romance hadn't fallen short. I think the reason the romance was so lacking for me is because of how it started. Normally I love the fake dating trope, but I wasn't rooting for it here and there was some weird history with the guy dating her friend. I did like the side characters, there's also some queer representation. This book also showed healthy relationships between kids and parents which is rare. 



Threads That Bind  was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. This young adult greek mythology book ended up falling short for me. I normally love greek mythology books but didn't love the authors writing style. Overall it was still enjoyable but the plot and characters just felt off. This book is about a world where powers of the gods are inherited. It follows the descendant of the fates. She has to solve murders in order to save her soulmate and her family. Taking greek mythology and solving murders in a YA book is a super unique twist I hadn't seen before. But as the mystery gets unravelled it felt a bit unfulfilling and I didn't like the ending. This will have a second book though and I am excited for that to see if it gets better. I didn't really like the soulmate or sisters either, but I liked the fate magic and other greek mythology aspects.



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