A review by bookishmillennial
Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
General disclaimer if you've read other reviews by me and are noticing a pattern: You're correct that I don't really give starred reviews, I feel like a peasant and don't like leaving them and most often, I will only leave them if I vehemently despised a book. Thus, no stars doesn't indicate that the book wasn't worthy of any starred system. It just means I enjoy most books for what they are, & I extract lessons from them all, even if the lesson is that I'm a ho for the smut, or confronting my own mommy/daddy issues lol. Everyone's reading experiences are subjective, so I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Happy reading! Find me on Instagram: @bookish.millennial

Read this if you appreciate reading about:
  • a super hot grown man's bisexual awakening
  • precious honeys in recovery and trying their gods damn best 
  • complicated parent-child dynamics
  • a kindergarten teacher finding their love story! THANK GOODNESS FOR OUR TEACHERS YALL! 
  • separated parents lovingly co-parenting
  • teasing through text messages
  • *love interest moves across the country to new/smaller town for a fresh start* (Portland, Maine is considered a smaller town, right? Apologies from this SF Bay Area baby) 
  • first-person POV of a sweet, goofy, awkward main character (I ~*~adore~*~ you, Marvin)
  • delicious smutty scenes (imho, a solid 3/5 on the steam scale)
  • coming of age/self love/acceptance journey of adults! Late 20s to 30s year olds have coming of age journeys too! 

I loved this book so much and highly recommend it to anyone who loves fluffy, sweet, smutty romcoms. Marvin + Olan stan forever and ever. <3

Honorable mention to Jill who was hilarious and provided such tender levity during Marvin's bouts of anxiety. Next honorable mention to Gonzo the cat because I'm that dog mom & am obsessed with your pets, yeah yeah yeah hahaha. Last honorable mention to Illona for being the most understanding, emotionally intelligent kindergartener ever and I stan her. Actually, okay ~*~this~*~ is the last honorable mention to Isabelle for being the kindest ex I've ever met in a book. May all exes aspire to be as lovely as her. 

Thank you to the author for providing an eARC -- I will continue to read anything you write & am grateful for this story! 
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