Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for sending me an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. 

A Cinderella Story meets the heart and comfort of Heartstopper

This book was absolutely everything that I love. I really connected with the characters and they felt so real. I actually cared about the friendships, relationships and what each character was going through. 

This book has so many wonderful messages and it’s also so cute. There is also representation of arthritis which I think was discussed really well (please note I do not have arthritis so please listen to the voices of people who experience it for a more accurate opinion on just how well it was represented). I feel like I learnt more about arthritis than I originally knew, such as there being different types.

 

I love the kind of “A Cinderella Story” aspect of the talking online not knowing it’s each other in real life, that has to be one of my favourite scenarios. I don’t know why I just find it so adorable and cute and just eeeee!!! The idea there’s something pulling them together in real life but they think the other person doesn’t feel it, but then online they realise how perfect this other person is, not knowing it’s the other all along. LOVE IT! Also I loved the reveal, I think it was so wonderful and just YES!

Each character had their own things to work through and I loved how it was done. I don’t often like the miscommunication in some books, but this I genuinely enjoyed and think was done really well. I also enjoyed how respectful most of the characters were to each other. This book gave me those good feels that reading Heartstopper gave me, just cuteness overload and good good feelings, even when dealing with heavier topics. It just felt comforting in a way I can’t explain, but I really enjoyed it and will definitely be recommending this book!