For the Fans is the kind of book that starts by warming your heart, only to break it into a million pieces before helping you mend it by giving you the glue you need to put all the pieces back together. As a result, I guess I must have a masochistic side, because there wasn’t a single moment of that book that I didn’t love. Since then I’ve been wondering why I hadn’t read it before, knowing that people had been recommending it for a while. I suppose I’m a masochist and a bit of an idiot 😅 

 

The main criterion that makes me love a book is the characters. I need to feel invested in the story of the characters to really get into a book—of course the plot is extremely important too, but my opinions revolve mainly around the characters. In this case, I loved Avi and Kyran—and I loved the plot. 

 

Aviel is a character I liked from the very first chapter. His humour is fantastic and his empathy is unparalleled, but you quickly sense that this nonchalant clownishness is actually hiding a huge amount of anxiety that he’s trying to silence with weed. I liked his relationship with his mother. It always seems incredible to me to have such a relationship with your parents—hello personal experience—so I think it’s beautiful when a child can talk to their parents about anything without it affecting their relationship. 

 

As for Kyran, he’s a character I understand all too well. My heart ached for him. At first glance, it’s easy to see him as an insufferable character. He’s haughty and angry, but frankly I know all too well the anger that fills him. Kyran is first and foremost a young man in pain whom you want to help. As you get to know him through the chapters written from his point of view, you really understand him better. 

 

Avi and Kyran have phenomenal chemistry together. I’m a huge fan of the enemies-to-lovers trope, and here it’s executed extremely well by Nyla K. As they begin to tolerate each other under the guise of being business partners, it’s clear to everyone but them that their relationship is much more than that of two colleagues. 

 

Throughout the book, I also enjoyed the secondary characters, both Avi and Kyran’s friends, as well as Avi’s mother and Kyran’s sister. 

 

I make it a point to keep my reviews spoiler-free, so I’ll stop here, otherwise I could go on for hours about certain details of the book. The bottom line is that I loved this book and would highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t read it yet. After reading For the Fans, I’m definitely going to check out Nyla K.’s other books.