Love from A to Z

4.5 Used the same “something and something” writing convention as her first book, in this case to divide everything into Marvels and Oddities, but it worked much better here. Her characters and dialogue, plot, and style have all improved and jelled together. This book was really well done and the epilogue felt right and earned. It was a chaste romance but with a central focus of activism and speaking out against injustice while also thinking deliberately about making choices that feel right to you within your own culture. Think this will have a wide audience after booktalks and adding it to the potential BOB books list!

This book (for me) is a 2.5★ but it needs a Shoutout.

A shoutout and a hands-down for two things:
· One: the muslin point of view from a muslin author. And its rawness. Like, the slap in the face of reality it gives you.
· Two: the let's be all equal feminist tone.

the marvels of creation and the oddities of existence.

While I was reading...
This dam book is making me sad. Like the fault in our stars sad.
And why? This is a YA for god's sake.
Or maybe, both narrators are making me feel that way.

During and after finishing the book...
I'm Brazilian. Which means that we don't have a face. Nor a culture defined. But we have a ”way” of demonstrating our true nationality. And we suffer tons of prejudices.

Adam and Zayneb being completely mixtures from different nationalities had an instant affinity connection with me. And that's one of the reasons I need to read more about it.

• I have a crush on Islamic religion and muslin religion and Arabic culture in general. Obviously, I have a crush on the beautiful part of it, not the laws against woman rights, nor the extremist and terrorist part of it.
Although, I'm aware that my love for it is linked to my the need on having a more solid and culture-based life on my own.

· And let's have a moment to appreciate that cover, with those insanely attractive people.

Emma P é mais sensata do que ela. Pronto, falei