A review by shelvesofstarlight
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
5.0
I am always a fan of a YA contemporary focused on best friendship and theatre and so I was obviously going to love this book with all of my heart.
The characters were all well written and I just loved how they were all so committed to theatre and their friendship group. As a sort of theatre kid myself, I related to this and it made me quite nostalgic for my theatre days. Kate and Andy were such lovely main characters and I just loved Kate so much because our personalities are quite close and omg I was basically her in school (minus the communal crushes haha). I loved Matt and Noah and Ryan too and I loved how they plated into the story and supported Kate throughout the events of the book and her life prior.
The plot was wonderful and just so perfect for this YA contemporary because it was just so well-paced. I did predict how things would end near the start but that didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book at all. In fact, it might have made me enjoy it more as I saw my predictions play out! As I have already said I adored the theatre aspect and I just thought it was so great to see how that was so central (even the chapter titles were called scenes). The third act conflict was well thought out and didn't drag on too long which was great. And the ending was just super sweet as well!
The writing was brilliant, it was light and funny and just so wonderful. You could see Kate's thought process through the way the book was written and I just loved that. It really felt like it was a sixteen/seventeen-year-old narrating the story with the colloquial style of wiring. Just a wonderful book through and through.
I was kindly provided with a copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
The characters were all well written and I just loved how they were all so committed to theatre and their friendship group. As a sort of theatre kid myself, I related to this and it made me quite nostalgic for my theatre days. Kate and Andy were such lovely main characters and I just loved Kate so much because our personalities are quite close and omg I was basically her in school (minus the communal crushes haha). I loved Matt and Noah and Ryan too and I loved how they plated into the story and supported Kate throughout the events of the book and her life prior.
The plot was wonderful and just so perfect for this YA contemporary because it was just so well-paced. I did predict how things would end near the start but that didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book at all. In fact, it might have made me enjoy it more as I saw my predictions play out! As I have already said I adored the theatre aspect and I just thought it was so great to see how that was so central (even the chapter titles were called scenes). The third act conflict was well thought out and didn't drag on too long which was great. And the ending was just super sweet as well!
The writing was brilliant, it was light and funny and just so wonderful. You could see Kate's thought process through the way the book was written and I just loved that. It really felt like it was a sixteen/seventeen-year-old narrating the story with the colloquial style of wiring. Just a wonderful book through and through.
I was kindly provided with a copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.