The Fascinators

Whoa. Another quick read! Took me about 4 days to get through and oh boy did it go fast! I absolutely loved this book all the way from the start. From the characters to the somewhat simple, yet interesting main plot, I had fun.

Unlikes in the book I read prior to The Fasctinators, I loved the ending. Not only it was just outright adorable, it had the guts not to give an exactly happy ending to every character. I wish to leave this as ambiguous as possible, but it stunned me that a YA book did that.

Sadly that one star missing to make it a 5/5 is not there because of how quick the ending is. There is a minor time-skip (it is so minor I can barely justify calling it that), which felt like could have been left out. The chapters of the finale were also quite short and could have been a bit expanded upon. Some might feel this way about the final chapter/the ending. I don't. There is one thing that isn't explained, but I understood the character's reasoning fine. The final scene is fantastic, but I understand that some may feel it should be longer.

Truly other than that The Fascinators was a great read. The LGBT theme was adorable (the memory of my teenage-self fell in love with Sam so quickly). I also liked how it dealt with religion, but I'd rather not expand on that point for spoiler reasons and for “this is really not a debate I wish to start” reasons.

Overall The Fasctinators succeeded in fascinating me from cover to cover. I wholeheartedly recommended it!