Leo

2.5 Stars. I wanted to love this–it has all of my favorite elements, but it just didn't work for me. I liked Evie a lot, but I felt she was coddled or maybe condescended to by her friends. It's hard to put it in words. The tone of the advice given didn't work for me. Maybe it was just that the same thing kept happening over and over, with Evie getting the same advice. *Sigh* /ramble I have many friends who loved it, and given the book's overall rating, I think I'm in the minority here.

4.5 stars
This book wasn't particularly bad or anything, but it was just a little too predictable. Though, that might've been intentional, but I miss those plot twists that make me go, “What? What just happened? WHAT?!” and cause be to flap my arms around. The rest of these stars were mostly for the feels this book gave me. I didn't cry or anything, but I got to feel that pang in my chest where...well, I'm trying to keep this spoiler-free so there'll be no more of those heart-to-heart gushing moments of mine in this review. So yeah. A nice standalone.

review to come