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A review by brittanica_bold
The Hoodie Girl by Yuen Wright
3.0
I came across The Hoodie Girl while browsing through B&N with my best friend. On a whim, he saw the cover and picked up the book declaring that he would be buying it for me given my longtime love of hiding in my hoodies.
I am that woman who wears hoodies in the middle of summer. Yes, I know I have a problem. I’ve had this problem for over 20 years, it’s not going away anytime soon…at least I rotate my hoodies, doesn’t that count for something? Actually, that may be worse because that means I have a “collection” of hoodies, like some would collect stamps…or bugs…or who knows what else…
Aaaaanyway, this book was an enjoyable read for me above just being able to relate to the main character and her love of comfy attire. If you enjoy the writing styles of Alex Light and Jennifer Dugan, you will likely enjoy this Watty Awards winner.
What I liked about the book:
1. As mentioned many times before, I’m a sucker for the nerd-girl/jock-guy trope. Besides this being right up my alley in this regard, the characters were fairly complex for a young adult romance novel. Both Wren and Asher had a lot of family baggage bogging them down on top of their other issues in the story. I appreciated them being more than carbon copies of every other high school nerd girl and jock guy.
2. I am Wren. There is no way around it. As a recovering perfectionist, former valedictorian, book loving, hoodie wearing, snarky as shit, stress case, I have never felt more seen than I did reading this book. All she needed was imposter syndrome for me to feel fully violated with the accuracy.
3. I loved Asher’s little sister, Everly, and I’m super excited to see she got her own spin off with her “husband” Mason!
What didn’t do it for me:
1. The writing style worked enough but was not my favorite. It was definitely a debut novel, given there were some tangents I didn’t understand why they were included, there were parts where it felt there were inside jokes we were never let in on, and there were a lot of side conversations we never got to understand. There were quite a few times I was sure I had skipped pages when flipping because of this.
2. I didn’t really understand Asher’s fascination with Wren. Ultimately, he explained what drew him to her, but for the first 75% of the book or so, it just didn’t make a whole lot of sense.
3 stars!
I am that woman who wears hoodies in the middle of summer. Yes, I know I have a problem. I’ve had this problem for over 20 years, it’s not going away anytime soon…at least I rotate my hoodies, doesn’t that count for something? Actually, that may be worse because that means I have a “collection” of hoodies, like some would collect stamps…or bugs…or who knows what else…
Aaaaanyway, this book was an enjoyable read for me above just being able to relate to the main character and her love of comfy attire. If you enjoy the writing styles of Alex Light and Jennifer Dugan, you will likely enjoy this Watty Awards winner.
What I liked about the book:
1. As mentioned many times before, I’m a sucker for the nerd-girl/jock-guy trope. Besides this being right up my alley in this regard, the characters were fairly complex for a young adult romance novel. Both Wren and Asher had a lot of family baggage bogging them down on top of their other issues in the story. I appreciated them being more than carbon copies of every other high school nerd girl and jock guy.
2. I am Wren. There is no way around it. As a recovering perfectionist, former valedictorian, book loving, hoodie wearing, snarky as shit, stress case, I have never felt more seen than I did reading this book. All she needed was imposter syndrome for me to feel fully violated with the accuracy.
3. I loved Asher’s little sister, Everly, and I’m super excited to see she got her own spin off with her “husband” Mason!
What didn’t do it for me:
1. The writing style worked enough but was not my favorite. It was definitely a debut novel, given there were some tangents I didn’t understand why they were included, there were parts where it felt there were inside jokes we were never let in on, and there were a lot of side conversations we never got to understand. There were quite a few times I was sure I had skipped pages when flipping because of this.
2. I didn’t really understand Asher’s fascination with Wren. Ultimately, he explained what drew him to her, but for the first 75% of the book or so, it just didn’t make a whole lot of sense.
3 stars!