Every Hidden Thing

Well, I liked this book despite thinking I was not going to like it, even through reading it! I'm usually not a fan of YA, especially not a fan of YA with romance, but I love Indiana Jones and dinosaurs and after reading [b:The Nest 23271637 The Nest Kenneth Oppel https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1425076899s/23271637.jpg 42811477] I love Kenneth Oppel. His writing style was so easy and engaging, and I liked the characters. Their romance wasn't too annoying, despite being really quick, because I found them both pretty relatable. The backdrop of a fictionalized Bone Wars was fascinating but also kind of tough for me to read : Even though Samuel and Rachel's dads were assholes, their unfriendly competition stressed me out. I'm always the one in the middle yelling “Why can't we all just get along??”, but also unfairness really irks me so I both wanted them to just start working together because imagine how many more dinosaurs they could have found if they'd become a team? and to get equally terrible comeuppances that meant they couldn't science for the rest of their lives.I started reading and wasn't super into it, and I kept reading it because it was the only book I had with me on the subway, and then I kept reading it because I really needed to know if they'd find the rex, and then I finished it and at that point realized, I guess I did actually like it after all!Also, this: “The deep curve of her waist where I'd gripped tight, the damp hair of her underarms.”Hell. Yes. I always get real excited when any media includes neutral/positive depictions of women with body hair like it's nothing. And I wouldn't even be so jazzed about this if there weren't a few reviews of this book that point to that exact sentence as being gross because I'm reactionary like that. So, thanks Kenneth Oppel!