Never Ever Getting Back Together
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Romance, revenge, and reality TV. The new queer YA rom-com from Sophie Gonzales, bestselling author of Only Mostly Devastated.
Eighteen-year-old Maya dumped her cheating ex-boyfriend Jordy two years ago. So, when she receives a call to participate in Second Chance Romance - a reality show in which the now-famous Jordy re-dates his ex-girlfriends - she isn't interested . . . until she realizes she can use this opportunity to exact her revenge. If she can make it to the final spot on the show, she can reject Jordy in front of the nation, and publicly break his heart.
Maya's fellow contestants include Skye, the beautiful, charismatic girl Jordy cheated on Maya with. Skye charms the socks off everyone she meets, except for Maya, who knows that underneath all the sparkle, she's the girl who dated her boyfriend while he was still her boyfriend.
The reality show is a challenging environment. Amidst backstabbing, bickering, and having to see Jordy again, Maya finds herself becoming friends with Skye. Together, they come up with a plan for the ultimate revenge on Jordy.
But as she spends more time with Jordy and Skye, Maya is torn. Is Jordy a good guy who made a mistake? Is there more than friendship between her and Skye? As the season finale approaches, can Maya execute her plan, or will she go off-script?
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Huge thanks to Netgalley for letting me read an ARC of this in exchange for an honest review.
Honestly ignore my rating because this book was so much fun and I couldn't put it down, it just definitely had its flaws. Mostly the characters ages and how they should have been aged up.
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dnf 44%. It wasn't awful, but at nearly halfway through there was no sign of any romance, and I didn't care for any of the characters or the outcome of the show.
Both characters had very similar narrative voices, so I frequently forgot whose chapter I was in, and I agree with all the other reviews that say despite being marketed as YA, this reads way more like an adult romance, and it would have made sense for the characters to be older.
