A review by readabookorfive
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
4.0
I have always enjoyed Becky Albertali’s books, they’re not my favourite books of all time or anything but they’re always fun and this was no different! It was an easy to read rom com that made me smile quite a few times!
What I will say and I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing, this felt like a mix of Simon and Upside, the characters and the story felt like a similar mix of them which isn’t a bad thing, take a formula that works and all that!
I really enjoyed the cast of characters! Especially Noah, an absolute sunshine but I really liked Kate, Ryan, Matt, Brady and Raina and Anderson and they were all fun to read about!
I liked the relationships explored here too, I will say, I think Kate and Anderson’s friendship could be seen as toxic in some parts and the way they talked about Matt like they owned him was kinda gross in some parts. ALSO one of my absolute pet hates in books is the “let’s use their sexuality as a plot twist” trope I hate it, it’s gross and fact it was used here I hate it. Anyway, also my main OTP for Kate got together which was great I shipped them for their first interaction but I felt in the end their getting together was a bit rushed but I still really loved them as a couple.
The ending as a whole was a little bit rushed for me but overall, I really enjoyed this story and I’m looking forward to seeing what Albertali does next!!
What I will say and I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing, this felt like a mix of Simon and Upside, the characters and the story felt like a similar mix of them which isn’t a bad thing, take a formula that works and all that!
I really enjoyed the cast of characters! Especially Noah, an absolute sunshine but I really liked Kate, Ryan, Matt, Brady and Raina and Anderson and they were all fun to read about!
I liked the relationships explored here too, I will say, I think Kate and Anderson’s friendship could be seen as toxic in some parts and the way they talked about Matt like they owned him was kinda gross in some parts. ALSO one of my absolute pet hates in books is the “let’s use their sexuality as a plot twist” trope I hate it, it’s gross and fact it was used here I hate it. Anyway, also my main OTP for Kate got together which was great I shipped them for their first interaction but I felt in the end their getting together was a bit rushed but I still really loved them as a couple.
The ending as a whole was a little bit rushed for me but overall, I really enjoyed this story and I’m looking forward to seeing what Albertali does next!!