A review by adelevarley
Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

4.0

HOW IS THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT EMMA MILLS WRITES ABOUT LITERALLY THE HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO?!? I WENT TO AN ALL-GIRLS SCHOOL THAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM AN ALL-BOYS SCHOOL AND WE HAD DANCES TOGETHER. WE ALSO HAD A FOREST IN BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS. ALSO WE DID A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM FOR OUR SCHOOL PLAY MY JUNIOR YEAR AND I PLAYED EGEUS. SO THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS IMAGINING GIDEON TO LOOK LIKE THE GUY WHO PLAYED OUR OBERON. IN THIS SAME PLAY I THREW ONE OF THE FAIRIES’ MAGIC GOURDS (AKA MY CHOIR TEACHER’S MUSICAL WOODEN GOURD THING) AT SOMEONE AND IT FELL ON THE FLOOR AND BROKE AND THEN THE DIRECTOR YELLED AT EVERYONE. YIKES. ALSO GIDEON’S PERSONALITY IS EERILY SIMILAR TO MINE. DID EMMA MILLS GROW UP WHERE I DID? DID SHE PEER INSIDE OF MY HEAD AND TAKE THIS INFORMATION OUT OF IT???

Anyways, this was really cute and pretty good. Also so so uncanny. I am unsettled, and for this reason I am only giving this 4/5 stars.