No, Balloon Doggy Bookends are also eye-catching pieces of fun home décor. They not only prevent books from falling over – any old pair of bookends can do that too so that’s just boring. Oh, don’t worry! There is a magnificent Plan B gift for every book nerd that you know: Balloon Doggy Bookends! Nothing you can come up with is going to be good enough. That’s because bibliophiles are excessively critical about the books they read. Which may seem easy enough but in fact isn’t at all. I love Ashley’s style of writing, so I will definitely be back for more from her.You know what’s virtually impossible? – Buying gifts for booklovers! They only like books, those nerds. This feels like a lot of criticism compared to my normal reviews. Thank you to the narrators for clear diction! I enjoyed the audio production and would give it five stars. I’m glad I had an audio copy, since I was able to bump it up to 3x and fly through. Weston died at about 85% of the way into the audiobook, so there was a LOT of buildup and not many scenes after the climax. Since religion played such a big part in the sex scenes, I was surprised it wasn’t applied to tragedy as well. I would have liked to see more of the “after”: how Anna dealt with and moved on from Weston’s death. My last thought is spoiler-related, so if you’ve read Full Flight and want to read this paragraph, head to the blog. I would have loved to see more between Anna and her sister–especially for them to repair their relationship and get closer. My favorite scene of the whole book was when her sister helped initiate a conversation between Weston and Anna’s disapproving parents, so that they could see that Weston wasn’t like the rumors. The messages are likely to harm more than help.Īnna has a contentious relationship with her little sister. I wouldn’t recommend this to any teen with religious trauma or raised in purity culture. If Anna had addressed it and had some character growth about realizing that sex is normal and healthy, it probably wouldn’t have stood out so much to me. I don’t think the religious angle added anything to the story. In Full Flight, the religious trauma was mentioned and then kind of brushed under the rug. They both had the same amount of religious/purity talk, but in Never Saw You Coming the MC was able to address how purity culture had damaged her and she was able to overcome it. While talking to a friend, I compared Full Flight to Never Saw You Coming. Purity talk is something that needs to show up in content warnings. I wasn’t expecting this book to get quite so religious. The story was enjoyable overall, but I think it would have had a bigger impact had it not been spoiled. It definitely took away a lot of the shock value that seemed to make this book what it was for other readers. Unfortunately, I waited too long and the book was accidentally spoiled for me, so I knew exactly what happened and when. I didn’t listen right away, because I knew I’d need a box of tissues and that I should listen to it in the privacy of my apartment, if it was going to be anything like her previous book. I absolutely adored Amelia Unabridged, so I was extremely excited to see Ashley’s new book show up on NetGalley. With the marching contest nearing, and the two falling hard for one another, the unthinkable happens, and Anna is left grappling for a way forward without Weston. But as he helps her with the duet, and she sees the smile he seems to save just for her, she can’t help but feel like she’s helping him with something too.Īfter her strict parents find out she’s been secretly seeing him and keep them apart, together they learn what it truly means to fight for something they love. When she’s assigned a duet with mellophone player Weston Ryan, the boy her small-minded town thinks of as nothing but trouble, she’s equal parts thrilled and intimidated. And for new saxophonist Anna James, it’s her first chance to prove herself as the great musician she’s trying hard to be. Everyone else in the tiny town of Enfield, Texas calls fall football season, but for the forty-three members of the Fighting Enfield Marching Band, it’s contest season.
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