Good Morning Sweet Friends :)
I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you've taken the time to drop on by The Preppy Book Princess today for another book review.
I used to read a lot of young adult fiction. It was my favorite genre, and I read hundreds and hundreds of titles within this genre. Now I probably only read a few in the course of an entire year, and that's mainly because the content in these books now is absolutely atrocious!
One author who, except for one or two exceptions, continues to keep her books fairly clean is Kasie West.
She's always been one of my all time favorite authors, and I still have a few of her books sitting on my shelf I have yet to get to.
It seemed like the perfect time to change that, so I decided to dive right in and give this one a chance.
Keep reading to find out if it was a success or another disappointment.
Love, Life and the List by Kasie West:
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: December 26th, 2017
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Contemporary
Series: Love, Life and the List
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with anxiety. And now she’s been rejected from an art show because her work “has no heart.” So when she gets another opportunity to show her paintings, Abby isn’t going to take any chances.
Which is where the list comes in.
Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list, she’ll become the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being.
But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn’t as straightforward as it seems . . . and that maybe—just maybe—she can’t change her art if she isn’t first willing to change herself.
(synopsis from goodreads)
My Review:
Love, Life and the List has been sitting on my TBR shelf ever since it first released all the way back in 2017. Kasie West has long been one of my favorites within the YA contemporary genre, and yet there was still a few of her titles I had never gotten around to reading.
I absolutely adored her earlier stories, and found myself quite disappointed when I picked up one of her more recent releases, Places We've Never Been. I'm happy to say that this particular title definitely felt more like her original novels, and while I wouldn't say it ended up being a favorite, it was sweet and heartwarming while still staying pretty squeaky clean, and diving into some deeper topics like mental illness.
What I personally found refreshing about this one was that I actually didn't hate the love triangle, and I ended up not being able to tell which direction the author was going to take with the conclusion. That made it more of a fun surprise, and I love when an author is able to keep me guessing like that.
I'm usually personally not a fan of protagonists being the "artsy" type, as it usually just doesn't work for me, but I truly adored Abby, especially the sweet relationship she has with her grandpa and her determined heart to help those around her.
All in all, not my favorite by Kasie West, but an adorable story nonetheless that I could definitely see myself rereading in the future.
Final Rating: 4/5.
Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)
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