Jax no longer has a life. Due to his brothers' fame as a boy band, he was mobbed anywhere public he appears, even though he wanted no part of it. Forced into exile in a far away farm town with "crazy aunt Betty", Jax is ready to spend his high school senior year alone and angry... Until he encountered Sivan, one of aunt Betty's foster children... // Sivan grew up in the foster care system, after losing her entire family in one tragic day. Her next three foster families did not work out (and that's putting it mildly), and she's within a year of aging out of the system (at 18) and cast adrift in a world with no place for her. Betty's place is her last chance for any normalcy... and Jax is an unwelcome surprise... // The two, both angry at the world, slowly formed a friendship, then love. But both knew this is temporary. He's going back to his life after the mania dies down... and she would be leaving aunt Betty's place when she aged out. Should they go ahead and have the best times or their lives... or steel their hearts to avoid the inevitable heartbreak?
Awww, nice YA angst-y, but not TOO angst-y, except for the scenes of loss. And yes, there's really a darkest hour at the end. Something that can destroy them both. 5/5
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GRR Reviews More Than His Best Friend by Sally Henson
Regan is 16, and she can't wait to get out of her tiny town. She has a best platonic boy friend Lane, who's 18, and it's only platonic. Regan refuses to accept romance from anyone... She does not want to feed the local rumor mill (which is instantaneous in a small town), and it will only complicate her plans to get out. Besides, they made a pact: no dating within their best-friends group. But with Lane leaving for college soon, and wanted to move out of the friend zone, Regan's resolve to stay with her dreams will be sorely tested...
This is YA, and it's pretty good mixing family expectations, teenage problems, and romantic desire. But at almost 350 pages, the pace is relatively sedate. It's also clean.
Category: Contemporary / YA
Overall Rating: 4/5
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This is YA, and it's pretty good mixing family expectations, teenage problems, and romantic desire. But at almost 350 pages, the pace is relatively sedate. It's also clean.
Category: Contemporary / YA
Overall Rating: 4/5
NOTE: Tropes are now in the "Labels" below.
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