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Lover Birds by Leanne Egan
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This was a lot of fun! One of the lovely year 9s from school who comes to bookclub wanted me to read this after she absolutely frothed it and who was I to deny her?
I enjoyed all the characters and thought they were all fleshed out well. They all actually had different personalities and things going on and their lives didn’t just revolve around the MC like I often find in YA.
The kissing and lovey dovey scenes were very very very cute and I can see why you would swoon over this! I personally think it’s a bit too insta-love for me and the “hatred” they started with wasn’t as believable as I wanted it to be but it’s a fun lesbian YA romance so I’ll cut it some slack.
I didn’t really like Isabel, and I don’t think she gave us a good enough reason for us to cheer her on to get back with Lou, but again a romance is always better when it’s tied up in a bow hahah.
Loved the ADHD rep, you don’t get that much in books and it’s much appreciated, I think the way it’s described is accurate and will make so many young people feel seen. I liked that we saw both sides of the medication vs no meds argument but it didn’t seem to tell the reader which one was better (even in the end) and I really enjoyed that. I also liked that it explored classism as well but in a way that felt relevant and accurate to the story
Also loved loved loved that Lou’s gay realisation and coming out were handled in a way that it wasn’t a big deal and that wasn’t the main bit of her story. It gets a bit much sometimes to always read about teenagers coming out to their parents and getting kicked out or their lives being hell because of it
One thing is that the characters didn’t seem to act their age, they were supposed to be 17/18 but the way they spoke and acted and the drama that ensued throughout the whole book put them more 13/14 to me, and I think this all would’ve been a bit more believable if they had been aged down? The insta love felt too young.
Overall it was very cute, and my heart was happy with how it ended, I was smiling throughout the book and had a lot of fun. The romance scenes were so cute and it’ll be fun having a hit of a fangirl with bookclub about it.
I enjoyed all the characters and thought they were all fleshed out well. They all actually had different personalities and things going on and their lives didn’t just revolve around the MC like I often find in YA.
The kissing and lovey dovey scenes were very very very cute and I can see why you would swoon over this! I personally think it’s a bit too insta-love for me and the “hatred” they started with wasn’t as believable as I wanted it to be but it’s a fun lesbian YA romance so I’ll cut it some slack.
I didn’t really like Isabel, and I don’t think she gave us a good enough reason for us to cheer her on to get back with Lou, but again a romance is always better when it’s tied up in a bow hahah.
Loved the ADHD rep, you don’t get that much in books and it’s much appreciated, I think the way it’s described is accurate and will make so many young people feel seen. I liked that we saw both sides of the medication vs no meds argument but it didn’t seem to tell the reader which one was better (even in the end) and I really enjoyed that. I also liked that it explored classism as well but in a way that felt relevant and accurate to the story
Also loved loved loved that Lou’s gay realisation and coming out were handled in a way that it wasn’t a big deal and that wasn’t the main bit of her story. It gets a bit much sometimes to always read about teenagers coming out to their parents and getting kicked out or their lives being hell because of it
One thing is that the characters didn’t seem to act their age, they were supposed to be 17/18 but the way they spoke and acted and the drama that ensued throughout the whole book put them more 13/14 to me, and I think this all would’ve been a bit more believable if they had been aged down? The insta love felt too young.
Overall it was very cute, and my heart was happy with how it ended, I was smiling throughout the book and had a lot of fun. The romance scenes were so cute and it’ll be fun having a hit of a fangirl with bookclub about it.