Us Against the Likes

I immediately felt for Abby because I am her, she is me. I’m really bad with posting to my Instagram and while she’s definitely better at posting than me and has way more followers; we feel exactly the same with posting. Anxious about if it’s a good angle, checking the stats/analytics constantly (I’m so bad), wondering if we’ll ever be good 😅. Honestly I think we can all relate to that so Voinson wrote that so well in Abby. Pretty sure I let out an “aww sweetie” every time Abby got really anxious over something.

I know Marie has a sister and the sister would also guest post on her (Marie’s) book blog and I love a good sibling relationship. Abby and Lizzie’s relationships was well-written and it felt real, which I always liked. Their relationship hits rocky waters throughout this book and it was good and felt real.

We see Abby’s social media journey when she’s already amassed quite a bit of followers and as she begins to rise (in followers) it starts to take a toll. She takes risks, isn’t herself, puts even more stress on her because she ‘has’ to gain a lot of followers. I liked that even though she had to go through that, it made her stronger in the end.

The supporting characters, even the one that I wanted to rip her hair out, came right off the page because of how well they were written. Every one felt real, like I could speak to them and their personalities all rounded out. The travel bits were good too! I loved reading about them and seeing Abby explore them all and see why she likes travelling so much.