ethannku's review
4.0
3.5 rounded up. Thank you PenguinTeen for an eARC of this book! All opinions are my own.
Ava's grandmother has the ability to pass on blessings to her female descendants, but in order to receive their blessings, they have to be present for her death. Ava gets caught in a storm and a fender bender the night of her grandmother's death, and she thinks that's the end of it until her grandmother's ghost appears. Turns out her grandmother did send out the blessing, but it hit someone else: the boy she got into the fender bender with. To get the blessing back she must form a genuine bond with him, or her grandmother will spend the rest of eternity stuck as a ghost.
I was torn between giving this book 3 or 4 stars, so I settled on 3.5. I thought this book was cute, but parts of it felt juvenile and abrupt. Rion, the love interest, doesn't feel like a fleshed out character, just someone who acts however the author wants him to based on what Ava, the mc's, needs to do. His twin brother, Achilles, also goes through the most rushed character development I've ever read, but I still understood where he was coming from and why he acted the way he did earlier in the book. The two sisters, Carmen and Viviana, were definitely the best characters in this book. I loved their relationship with Ava, they really made me feel like an only-child haha. The grandmother, or Nana, was also a really sweet character, and even her ghost/saint sidekick was pretty nice.
Overall, this book was a cute and quick read, not serious enough to require a huge time commitment, but grounded enough with its messages.
Ava's grandmother has the ability to pass on blessings to her female descendants, but in order to receive their blessings, they have to be present for her death. Ava gets caught in a storm and a fender bender the night of her grandmother's death, and she thinks that's the end of it until her grandmother's ghost appears. Turns out her grandmother did send out the blessing, but it hit someone else: the boy she got into the fender bender with. To get the blessing back she must form a genuine bond with him, or her grandmother will spend the rest of eternity stuck as a ghost.
I was torn between giving this book 3 or 4 stars, so I settled on 3.5. I thought this book was cute, but parts of it felt juvenile and abrupt. Rion, the love interest, doesn't feel like a fleshed out character, just someone who acts however the author wants him to based on what Ava, the mc's, needs to do. His twin brother, Achilles, also goes through the most rushed character development I've ever read, but I still understood where he was coming from and why he acted the way he did earlier in the book. The two sisters, Carmen and Viviana, were definitely the best characters in this book. I loved their relationship with Ava, they really made me feel like an only-child haha. The grandmother, or Nana, was also a really sweet character, and even her ghost/saint sidekick was pretty nice.
Overall, this book was a cute and quick read, not serious enough to require a huge time commitment, but grounded enough with its messages.
elizabethtagg's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars! The story was cute and well thought out, if a bit predictable at times. I am no longer, shall we say, the prime target audience for this book, so I don't know if I am truly the best judge of the merits of this book. I would have liked it a lot more when I was about 13 or so. It was still a fun palette cleanser for sure!
*P.S. If a boy gave me a nickname based on how many teeth I show while smiling, I think I would run far, far away.
*P.S. If a boy gave me a nickname based on how many teeth I show while smiling, I think I would run far, far away.
ascher3's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
florrr12's review
5.0
ahhh the emotions I felt throughout this book were absolutely amazing!! I'm truly happy for Rion and Ava, they deserve nothing but the best. this book is probably in my top 10 favorite books I've read this year so far! this book quite literally pulls at your heartstrings and keeps you hooked while you read it, not once did I want to put this book down and I wish I could've read it in one sitting. I literally gasped when you find out Achilles had a twin!! and how they're both polar opposites of one another, I'm also glad we were able to find out who was Marry Me Guy and got to see their happy ending at the very end. I enjoyed how the author not only talked a bit about constellations but also added two greek gods (Achilles and Athena). I thought for the first half that Achilles was her guy and I literally was so confused cause this book doesn't look like a enemies-to-lovers, and would you look at that I was right!!
bealibrary's review
4.0
4.5 stars
I have to admit that I only bought this book because the hardcover version was 4 euros on Amazon
I have to admit that I only bought this book because the hardcover version was 4 euros on Amazon
share_the_book_dragon's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
carolina98's review
5.0
yall i was not expecting to like this book as much as i did but rion and ava were so cute and the whole past/present connections ugh my heart.
Meteors, Stars, 8:51 , Collision
abarn21's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
caroiline's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25