A review by pagesofglory22
The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters
5.0
Can I give a book a million stars?
So this might just be a contender for my favourite book of 2020 so far. It was perfect. PERFECT. I could literally not find a single thing wrong with it. I might ramble a bit in this review because I have SO MANY THOUGHTS so just stick it out, okay?
We'll start with the plot. Wes works at a bookstore with his friends, including Nico, his best friend and crush. It's the summer between high school and college, and Wes feels trapped in that awkward stage of his life where he's not a kid anymore, but also not ready to be an adult. It feels like everyone has their life planned out, except for him. The only thing that he has planned out is that it's his last chance to tell Nico how he feels before Nico goes away to Stanford.
The characters: You guys. YOU GUYS. They stole my heart. I just wanted to crawl into the book and join their banter. And there was SO. MUCH. REPRESENTATION. Ahhhhhhhhhhh I love diverse books so much!!!!
General thoughts: I'll reiterate - this book is perfect. I laughed, I cried, I felt all the emotions the human body is capable of feeling.
(e-ARC provided by Edelweiss and publisher in exchange for an honest review)
So this might just be a contender for my favourite book of 2020 so far. It was perfect. PERFECT. I could literally not find a single thing wrong with it. I might ramble a bit in this review because I have SO MANY THOUGHTS so just stick it out, okay?
We'll start with the plot. Wes works at a bookstore with his friends, including Nico, his best friend and crush. It's the summer between high school and college, and Wes feels trapped in that awkward stage of his life where he's not a kid anymore, but also not ready to be an adult. It feels like everyone has their life planned out, except for him. The only thing that he has planned out is that it's his last chance to tell Nico how he feels before Nico goes away to Stanford.
The characters: You guys. YOU GUYS. They stole my heart. I just wanted to crawl into the book and join their banter. And there was SO. MUCH. REPRESENTATION. Ahhhhhhhhhhh I love diverse books so much!!!!
General thoughts: I'll reiterate - this book is perfect. I laughed, I cried, I felt all the emotions the human body is capable of feeling.
(e-ARC provided by Edelweiss and publisher in exchange for an honest review)