Dean

DNF AT pg. 220

Good grief this book was tedious.

Olivie sure loves to write dialogue — I found almost 90% of this whole book was pure dialogue of characters and very little in descriptive passages; and because of this overall felt very uneventful with what felt like everyone was just standing around talking and bickering the whole time.

See original review here: www.weebitwordy.blog/i-was-born-for-this/

Well this was a whirlwind of a read if I do say so myself! When I first picked this book up, I had my doubts, having not read anything previously by Alice Oseman, I wasn't sure what I was diving into. Part of me was really expecting a default YA girl meets boy, they fall in love with each other after some struggles and they live happily ever after. That, my friends, was not the case at all. While there were some love triangles happening, this was not your cliche YA read–and I LOVED IT!

cough sorry about that little outburst there... now where was I...

If you're looking for something to appeal to your millennial heart, then you've come to the right place, because this little number just defied all odds and threw everything in there from the main character being a hijab wearing Muslim to having one of the band members trans and the other being gay. Never have I read a book with so many ‘outcasts' that have been thrown into one setting, and have it all seem like normal everyday life:

Like. It. Should. Be!

cough sorry again... I don't know what it is about this book...

What appealed to me the most about the book is that we didn't just get fan-girl Angel's POV of the whole events in this book, but we also saw things from band front man Jimmy's POV, and his struggles with mental health dealing with fame and his adoring fans. Throughout the book we see Jimmy's mental health slowly get worse, which leads to the incidents where Jimmy and Angel meet–in the most unorthodox ways. I will admit that I was expecting there to be a little love story between the two when they eventually meet, but in fact it's quite the opposite, as Angel ends up literally becoming Jimmy's guardian angel.

As well as all this we deal with a few other things in the book, the love triangle between the three band members, as well as a girlfriend who is kept a secret to avoid the lime light; internet friends meeting IRL for the very first time as well as all the social awkwardness and anxieties which go along with it; and lastly, my favourite, the tried and tested quote which really is the fruition of the whole book: Never meet your idols.

Overall, I think it's safe to say I thoroughly enjoyed this book, considering I devoured it in only two sittings, and got surprisingly passionate about the whole thing (really don't know where that came from). I Was Born for This is available from May 3rd, and I hope you get your hands on a copy and enjoy it just as much as I did.

My New Morning Routine

After watching one or two people's videos about the Miracle Morning, I downloaded the book straight away, and have just finished my 1st week of MM, while reading the book, my eyes were truly opened, and now I feel like I'm not just getting up going to work coming home going to bed and repeating the same boring cycle over and over again.

Didn't finish, exactly. Read halfway through, until realised this was the second in a series. Might return after reading first book. Good book, regardless. Characters were difficult, because they have already been introduced in previous book. Apart from characters, from what I read, the story was good! Recommend to fans of suspense/thrillers and mysteries with a supernatural twist.