Love and Other Man-Made Disasters

by Nicola Doherty

A contemporary teen romance by Irish author, Nicola Doherty, about facing your fears and falling in love. A story with humour and heart, this book is perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Holly Smale and Stephanie Perkins.

Juno is scared of a lot of things. Climate change, urban foxes, zombies - the usual. So when she goes on a skiing holiday with her mum's adrenaline-mad new husband and his tearaway twins, she doesn't hold much hope of surviving. Then she meets Boy. Gruff, hairy and thrill-seeking, he's everything Juno doesn't like. Or is he? Juno's about to discover there's nothing more scary than falling in love.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary

240 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2016

About the author

Hi, I'm Nicola.

I grew up in Monkstown, Co. Dublin and studied English at Trinity College, Dublin and at Oxford. I worked in publishing for several years before writing my first book The Out of Office Girl.

Since then I've written four more books - If I Could Turn Back Time and Girls on Tour for adults, and Love and Other Man-Made Disasters and Lola Offline which are YA romances.

These days, reading comes much more easily to me than writing. I have to have a book on the go at all times. I mostly read on my Kindle but I also love to use the library (when there's not a pandemic on).

Reviews

[Anniebananie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5 Sterne

Tolle fluffige Geschichte für die Weihnachtszeit. Auch wenn das Buch eigentlich um die Osterzeit herum spielt und nicht zur Weihnachtszeit, kommt die totale Weihnachtsstimmung auf, da das Setting mit Österreich sehr gut gewählt ist. Klar war die Geschichte nicht die aller tiefschürfenste, da auch für eine jüngere Zielgruppe gedacht, dennoch fand ich es für diese Jahreszeit genau richtig. Es hatte nicht zu viel Drama und kam auch recht unschuldig daher. Unsere Protagonistin Juno fand ich sehr sympathisch und unterhaltsam, den Love-Interest fand ich hingegen leider etwas farblos. Gut gemacht fand ich auch, dass der Fokus nicht bloß auf der Love-Story lag, sondern auch darauf seine Ängste zu überwinden (von denen Juno reichlich und auch reichlich skurrile hat), über sich selbst hinauszuwachsen und Freundschaft.
Der Schreibstil war angenehm und absolut angemessen, wenn auch recht simpel, so doch sehr schnell zu lesen und ich musste teilweise wirklich über Juno und ihre Gedanken schmunzeln. Das Buch hat mir auf jeden Fall dieses 3. Adventswochenende versüßt, es hätte auch gerne noch mehr Seiten haben dürfen.

[Katharina | katharia · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5 Sterne
Da das Buch eher für eine jüngere Zielgruppe als mich ist, war es für mich natürlich was anderes, als hätte ich es mit 14 gelesen. Für die Zielgruppe passt es von der Handlung perfekt, aber für mich war es manchmal ein bisschen zu „kindisch“ oder melodramatisch. Auch die Message, die noch vermittelt wird, ist super. Der Schreibstil war wirklich gut und man kann das Buch sehr schnell lesen. Schade nur, dass es nicht während Weihnachten spielt 😪

[Sophie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.

Love and Other Man-Made Disasters is about Juno, a girl who's scared of just about everything. Now that her mam has remarried, she's on her way to Austria, to spend her Easter holidays skiing with her new step-family. Suffice to say, she's not looking forward to it. Really, she could be spending that time much better by revising for her A-Levels, but no, she's in hell. There's so many dangerous things that could happen on a skiing holiday, so she's snuck some revision into her suitcase, and is planning on getting out of skiing as much as possible. It's only when she meets Boy, one of the ski instructors that she decides it might not all be so bad.

I don't know how I feel about this book, to be honest. I never really felt connected with the story, and it wasn't the most interesting. Juno was a nice character, and I could understand her panic at missing out on prime revision time, because the run up to A-Levels is really stressful, when your whole future basically depends on a few exams. I also could understand that she wasn't too keen on being forced to spend time with her new family, especially when her new twin step-brothers are little rascals.

The romance, though, seemed ridiculous. I understood the connection between Boy and Juno, both everything else just felt rushed, and so unrealistic. Something happens later in the book, and Juno decides to stay in Austria, without her family, for at least a week, to be with Boy, and just completely disregards her upcoming exams. Honestly, it was a complete 180 on how she was in the beginning. That was the nail in the coffin for me, and if I hadn't been close to the end, and had nothing else with me to read on my journey, I wouldn't have finished it.

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend this one, but I do know that some people enjoyed the book, so maybe it was just me.

[Inkfae · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't usually read contemporary novels, but I had to pick this one up just because the author was Irish (yes, I have a real obsession with Ireland). At first, I thought it was going to be one of these fluffy and cheesy reads but I actually really enjoyed it.
I really liked the main character and the love interest. I think they were smart and realistic and I liked the fact that they weren't all over each other all the time.
The story never felt flat, which made this book a real page-turner.
I really recommend this book.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are just some of the things I'm afraid of.
1. Climate change.
2. World War Three.
3. Terrorist attacks.
4. Getting cancer and dying.
5. Getting cancer and dying without ever falling in love. I'm pretty sure that if I get cancer, there won't be a gorgeous guy with one leg in my support group.
6. My hair getting caught in a bus or car door and strangling me.
7. Being kidnapped and murdered by a serial killer and buried in someone's back garden.
8. Failing all my A levels. Or doing badly and it all goes wrong from there and I can't get a job and have to live at home for ever –wherever home is.
9. Civilisation breaking down and me dying because I don't know the right berries to eat.
10. Zombies. Obviously they don't exist, but still.
11. Skiing and other dangerous sports.
12. Urban foxes. They know how to get inside houses, and there was one on the news that mugged a man for his quiche.
13. My parents getting divorced and Mum remarrying.
14. Mum marrying a man who makes us go skiing with his twins.

So far only 13 and 14 have actually happened.

Juno's Mum and Dad have divorced and her Mum remarried someone who is the complete opposite to her Dad, and she doesn't really understand why. Especially when he suggests a family holiday, and it's not something Juno really wants.

This is the first book I have read by Nicola, so I had no idea what to really expect from her writing style. But as soon as I began reading I didn't need to worry about that. Juno reminds me of myself in certain ways, and I like how real and relatable she felt, especially with her siblings. The list as a first chapter lets you see exactly who Juno is, and also the type of person she is, and I instantly liked her.

Love and Other Man-Made Disasters follows Juno and her family as they take a skiing trip as a family, and quickly enroll the children in ski school, where embarrassingly the younger boys do so much better than Juno herself....but I completely understood her thought process on this one. As the days go on Juno finds herself falling for her ski instructor, someone who she didn't expect to like. But as her holiday draws to a close the unexpected happens, and Juno finds herself feeling lost and abandoned.

I really like the writing style of Nicola, she made it easy to love and hate the characters, to feel part of the story, and also portray the beauty of the ski slopes and the environment, so much so I really wanted to be there (for the snow, not the skiing). I liked that although Juno is a person who wouldn't usually take risks, she actually steps outside of her comfort zone, and we see a lot of firsts through her eyes. I mostly liked the dynamics of her new family, although I think her Step-Father could have been a bit more thoughtful of her likes and dislikes.

Love and Other Man-Made Disasters was a book that had me hooked, and I only put it down for the few hours of sleep I had. I found it easy to fall into the pages and I had to see how it all ended.

Final Verdict
Love and Other Man-Made Disasters was a book I really enjoyed, and I definitely need to check out the rest of Nicola's other books.

[Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a big fan of Nicola Doherty’s romantic comedy novels and was really excited to hear her new book was going to be a contemporary teen romance because Nicola’s style of writing felt like the perfect match for that genre. And it was! Love and Other Man-Made Disasters is a really refreshing read – fun and warm and simply a really sweet little page-turner.

Juno is a worrier. The world is a scary place and she stresses about all the scary things to the level she struggles to enjoy a life outside of studying for her A Levels. Which means a skiing holiday with her mum, her new stepdad Ed and his two eight year old twin boys is Juno’s idea of an absolute nightmare.

I loved Juno’s character straight away. She had something about her that made her genuine but also a bit more likeable than many other fictional teen characters. Maybe it was because she wasn’t keen on her new stepdad, didn’t like their new living arrangements, didn’t like being dragged away from her studies or her friends and yet still didn’t feel the need to kick off and strop for the whole book. It was just lovely to read from her perspective and I found myself really rooting for her and enjoying seeing the growth of her character throughout the book.

This book gave me all the warm fuzzies! It was sweet, really sweet and the story was so endearing. Juno might have a lot of worries but as she approaches her skiing holiday, she’s blissfully unaware that falling in love might become one of them too. But then she meets Boy, the beardy skiing instructor and there is that something about him, as much as she doesn’t want to admit it.

I also loved Boy’s character. He offered something different to the typical teen love interest and I really felt like I knew and could buy into his character. Over the course of this novel, Nicola really made me feel connected and invested in the story and all of the main characters as they were developed really well. Boy was a fascinating one and his character struck a chord with me and oh how I wanted a happy ending for him…

Love and Other Man-Made Disasters was a heart-warming story and had all the components I love to see in a novel of this genre. It’s a really entertaining book with a cute story and a focus on friendship and family too, with plenty of funny moments as well which I’ve always loved in Nicola’s writing. Some of my favourite moments included the character of Tara who was a bit of a disaster but in the nicest way possible – she really made me laugh every time she was involved in the story. Ed’s twins Henry and Josh also contributed to some of the funniest moments in this book – they were adorable yet at the same time high maintenance little gits too!

This book is fairly short and its quick chapters make the entire read fly by. One more chapter was never enough. Reading it, I did think a few times that the pacing might be too quick for everything to be satisfyingly developed and resolved. But of course I’m not the writer and when I finished the book I realised Nicola had her timing and pacing spot on. Everything just worked beautifully and the ending felt fitting and “right” for the characters involved – I adored this book from the first page to the last and can’t wait to read Nicola’s next YA novel!

[Rachel Gilbey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm the first to admit that I don't tend to read YA books, or anything aimed at the younger market, and often when I do take the plunge, I find myself thinking that I am the wrong audience for them. I am delighted to say that I had none of those reservations while reading Love and Other Man-Made Disasters, which is a great story of young love, and learning not to be scared.

I will also admit that I was laughing at the first couple of pages, which is Juno's huge list of things she is scared of, most of which are out of her control. She is a real worrier and can't think of much worse than the family ski holiday that is about to start. Her mother has recently remarried and she now has twin 8 year old step-brothers, and a step-dad to contend with, while all she wants to do is study for her A-Levels in the Easter holidays.

However within a day or two in Austria, the differences are really noticeable in Juno, and she starts to gain in confidence which is wonderful to see. As Juno's attitude changes, as does the level of description we get about the small village they are taking their holiday in, and in amongst learning how to ski, I also was treated to what its like to be a chalet girl, thanks to Tara who is only slightly older than Juno.

There is also Boy (at least that is how he wants to be known) who is a ski instructor, and is just the right side of odd. As he and Juno are thrown together for various reasons and various intervals, there is some great banter, that shows the growing feelings between them.

I wasn't too keen on Juno's family initially, the mother is probably the reason that Juno is so scared of things as she also errs on the cautious side, as well as very over protective. The way Juno is treated made me wonder if she was really 17, as she was at times treated at though she was 12. Her step-father doesn't appear to want her around either, which is a shame for the new family dynamic.

What a lovely and fast book to read, was a pleasant easy read perfect for a lazy afternoon.

Love and Other Man-Made Disasters is a wonderfully sweet romance, that is definitely suitable for young adults (personally I would have enjoyed it equally when I was about 13 too!), and that I think readers of chick lit generally would like. At no point did I feel too old to read this which was a concern, and I can see why Nicola Doherty is now writing for this audience, as she is brilliant at it. I am already looking forward to her next book.

Thank you to Orion Children's Books and Netgalley for this review copy. This was my honest opinion.

[Elle · Rating 1 out of 5]

Juno is scared of a lot of things. Climate change, urban foxes, zombies - the usual. So when she goes on a skiing holiday with her mum’s adrenaline-mad new husband and his tearaway twins, she doesn’t hold much hope of surviving. Then she meets Boy. Gruff, hairy and thrill-seeking, he’s everything Juno doesn’t like. Or is he?

I went into Love and Other Man-Made Disasters expecting a story about a girl with an anxiety disorder expanding her comfort zone and finding romance along the way. Instead, I got a story about a girl whose neurodivergence is largely ignored once the story gets going, and a awkwardly written love story between two characters with so little chemistry it felt like even the author didn’t want them to end up together.

Love and Other Man-Made Disasters had some good ideas behind it. I liked that the book is set in a skiing resort - it’s such a classic setting for a teen contemporary romance. Unfortunately, the majority of Doherty’s novel was too implausible for my liking. Little things, like Juno somehow getting a job at the ski lodge she’s a guest at with no interview, training or CRB check, just didn’t make any sense. Juno also does abysmally on her first day but faces no repercussions, she’s told by her teachers NOT to study for her imminent exams, and her anxiety disorder - which seriously affects her everyday life in the first few chapters - is magically cured by the end… by love, or friendship or something. On the surface, Love and Other Man-Made Disasters is a kind of bland but readable romance. But it’s also one of the most thoughtless portrayals of mental illness I’ve ever read, and for that reason, I really don’t recommend it.

Doherty’s novel is a short, fast read, and some parts of it were enjoyable. If you’re the kind of reader who’s willing to turn a blind eye to overused rom-com cliches and illogical plot devices, you might still like it. Unfortunately I’m not that reader, and this book wasn’t for me.

Many thanks to Hachette Children’s Group for providing a copy of Love and Other Man-Made Disasters. The opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Publisher: Indigo
Rating: 1 star | ★✰✰✰✰
Review initially posted at Paperback'd Reviews

[Claire (Book Blog Bird) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was quite a sweet book about a girl who worries a bit too much than is good for her and is forced to go on a dangerous skiing holiday with her mum and stepdad.

Firstly, I want to say that I did actually enjoy this book, but unfortunately I think it suffered a little because of my own expectations. When I heard that Juno was a compulsive worrier, I kind of assumed that the story would be an investigation into what life is like living with generalised anxiety disorder, or something similar. Instead, Juno is just a bit vaguely worried about nuclear war/zombie apocalypse/environmental disaster etc. Her worries don't rule her world, she's just a bit, you know, concerned.

Her various worries are looked at at the beginning of the story, but then they're kind of skated over until the end. They certainly don't stop her from sleeping or functioning or having a pretty awesome skiing holiday! I would have found this book a lot more gripping if it had been a bit tenser, maybe showed how irrational worries can affect people's lives or delved into mental illness a bit.

As it was, this was a fairly lightweight book, but perfectly enjoyable. Juno was pretty cool and had some amusing adventures. Boy was okay (although we never got to hear the origin of his odd name!) but because he and Juno only knew each other for a few days, I never really got a full sense of who he was. The rest of the chalet girls were fine as a background cast and I have to say that I really want to go skiing now. I'd never been keen before, but it sounds great!

I'd say this is worth a read and probably good as a holiday book.

I received a copy of Love and Other Man-Made Disasters in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Nicola Doherty, Hachette and Netgalley.

[Heather A · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received a copy from Netgalley.

I snagged a copy of this one from my Hatchette Children’s auto approval at some point last year. It’s a cute light hearted contemporary, easy and quick to read, but only okay for me. There was nothing particularly outstanding about it.

It wasn’t a bad book by any means, just a little bland for my tastes.

It tells the story of 17 year old Juno who’s on a skiing trip with her family, her mum and mum’s second husband and her two annoying twin step brothers. Juno’s very nervous and seems to be freaked out about everything. She’d much rather spend her holiday at home with books and studying but her mum has decided she spends too much time studying and needs to get out into the real world. Juno would rather be anything else.

After a disaster at beginners skiing mum gets her private lessons from a good looking instructor who appears to be around Juno’s age nick-named Boy. The bulk of the story is Juno and Boy getting to know each other and become something more than friends. They have some nice snarky banter between them, Juno struggles with developing feelings for a romance that will probably go nowhere. At the same time she finds herself making friends with Tara, the young woman assigned to look after their cabin – cooking and cleaning, etc.

The novel deals with Juno’s worry at the increase of adventure in her life as she makes new friends and has new experiences at the same time dealing with her mum and her added new family. It had some fairly good emotional depth. Juno was a likeable enough character and the family interaction was quite believable.

Boy just irritated me, that name for one thing drove me up the wall. I’m guessing it was meant to be cute, but it was really just annoying. He wasn’t a bad character either, just had stupid name. You do actually learn his real name right at the end of the book and considering you can understand why he would have a nickname. But I didn’t like the nickname and that sort of sapped my enjoyment of the story whenever Boy was in the scene.

A quick contemporary read. Only okay for me. Not something I would read again.

[Kira · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5☆

[Stace · Rating 5 out of 5]

17 year old Juno has just arrived at the family holiday from hell, well that’s what she thinks it’s going to be like. Her family comprising of her mum, Siobhan, Step-Father Ed and his eight year old, annoying twin boys are supposed to be having a fun week in Austria, skiing.

There is a teeny-tiny problem though. Juno can’t ski and what’s more, she doesn’t want to learn to ski either. You see, Juno is afraid of anything that has the potential to do her harm or kill her – and I mean anything, including World War Three, climate change, oh and a zombie apocalypse!

Because of her lack of skiing ability, Juno is sent to ski school. She was hoping for a classroom full of people, but no, ski school is actually physically learning to ski. Even ski school is too much for her, and after some persuading, she agrees to attend one-on-one skiing lessons.

This is where she meets Boy, yes that’s his name, or ‘The Gruffalo’. There is just something about him that is drawing her to him. Will this be Juno’s first holiday romance, and will she ever be able to stay upright on those ski’s?

Love and Other Man-Made disasters is Nicola Doherty’s first attempt at writing a YA book and what a perfect attempt this is. Now although I don’t quite fit into the YA age group, I still love YA books, and this book was thrilling and moreish.

The plot is well thought-out and keeps you interested from beginning to end. The characters were just adorable and easy to fall in love with, even her pain in the backside step-brothers, and the vividly described scenery had me longing to be wandering in the thick snow.

Juno is a lovely young girl, with a good head on her shoulders. She is wise, although a little cautious. She made me laugh out loud with her views on the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ that is going to happen in the future.

Boy, okay it’s not his real name, but the name the staff know him by (he won’t tell anyone his real name), is a quiet young man who likes to be alone. He is the complete opposite of Juno, in that he is a daredevil and likes to be frightened. He wants to climb Mount Everest and is saving every penny so he can achieve his dream. He was super moody at first, but as he and Juno got to know each other better, he let his defences down and you see a softer side to him.

A fantastic book by Nicola, that was a complete page-turner and young adults and grown-ups alike will surely enjoy every minute of it.

Reviewed by Stacey at Whispering Stories Book Blog

[Zili · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received a copy from the publisher (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review!

Love and Other Man-Made Disasters was a bit of an assortment of things for me. Juno's almost droll outlook and wisdom made me smile, but I wasn't a fan of the pacing and I didn't really get Boy as a BBF.

As someone who has spent a couple of years as a Seasonaire and a large chunk of my life on family snowboarding holidays, I enjoyed all the skier/boarder references. I've lived the chalet lifestyle and also been the winter holiday guest, so I appreciated the many winter holiday insights.

Juno is a worrier. This is an intentional part of Juno's charm. For some reason she reminded me of Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but in a teenage girl kinda way.

I emphasised with Juno's need to find something to cling onto when faced with uncertainty. Her home life has dramatically changed and she's facing the big transition from finishing high school to starting University. The events in the book show her faced with the reality of growing up and having to fend for herself. It's a sort of test run, featuring a hot young ski instructor. Having spent one very hectic Christmas in the French Alps writing my dissertation I liked how she sneakily took her homework with her and fell in love with the slopes.

I'm a big fan of coming of ages stories but I felt a little disconnected with the characters and story in general at times. I think this may have been because certain elements felt a little convent and hurried, whilst others a bit unrealistic. What I felt was the most accurately portrayed was Juno's worry about her new situation and the awkwardness of first romances.

Overall I enjoyed the story and the moments of nostalgia it invoked, however I would have liked a little more character engagement and development.

3 - 3.5 Stars in my Sky!

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to Hachette Children's Group and NetGalley.)

“I wish I was, literally, anywhere but here.”

This was a YA contemporary romance story, about a girl who worried about everything.

Juno was an okay character, and I could see why she would worry about things like zombie apocalypses, and planes crashing. She did step out of her comfort zone and attempt skiing though, which was pretty brave of her.

The storyline in this was about Juno going skiing with her mother, step-father, and step-brothers, and meeting a boy called ‘Boy’ (we never find out his real name), and we got a bit of romance happening between them which was quite sweet. We did get a bit of a twist also, which made things a bit more interesting, and Juno really did go out of her way to be there for Boy when he needed her.

The ending to this was okay, and we did get a happily ever after.



6.25 out of 10

[Shannon ✨ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really, REALLY wanted to love this book. I was so ready for a light, cute contemporary that would give me loads of feels. Unfortunately, this wasn't that book. The storyline spans over a short period of time, making the romance seemed rushed and way too insta-lovey. Overall, this was a bit of a disappointment so I don't think I'll be reading any more novels by Nicola Doherty.

Click here to read my full review.

[mylittlebookpalace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Handlung:Für Juno ist das Leben ein einziges Risiko: Klimawandel, frei laufende Füchse, Zombies – das nächste Desaster wartet quasi um die Ecke. Als Juno von ihrer frisch zusammengewürfelten Patchwork-Familie zu einem Skiurlaub in den Alpen verdonnert wird, schätzt sie ihre Überlebenschancen gleich null ein. Das ändert sich erst recht nicht, als sie Boy trifft, den jungen Skilehrer: ruppig, waghalsig, abenteuerlustig. Überhaupt nicht ihr Typ. Oder etwa doch? Sich zu verlieben, merkt Juno bald, ist das größte Risiko von allen …

Orte: Diese Buch spielt in einem Winter und Ski-hotel in den Alpen. Ich fand diesen ort sehr schön, da ich mittlerweile wieder richtig Lust auf den Schnee und die Lichterketten habe:) Ich habe mich in diesem Buch richtig wohl gefühlt und es hat mir gefallen Juno und Boy so zu begleiten.

Personen: Kommen wir auch gleich schon zu den Personen. Ich mochte Juno von der ersten Sekunde sehr sehr gerne, da ich ihr ziemlich ähnel und es witzig war einen Charakter, der so ähnlich ist auch mal von Außen zu beobachte. Boy dagegen mochte ich erst in der Hälfte des Buches, da er mir am Anfang des Buches einfach nicht gefallen hat.

Gestaltung: Ich mag das Cover sehr gerne und es passt auch sehr gut zu dem Buch und den Inhalt des Buchs. Auch die Kapitelgestaltung war sehr schlicht nund schön gehalten. Hier gibt es ein großen Pluspunkt.

Schreibstil: Auch am Schreibstil habe ich nichts aus zusetzten gehabt. Ich mochte ihn sehr gerne und ich konnte das Buch sehr schnell und unkompliziert lesen. Es waren ein paar schöne Dialoge eingebaut und auch sonst hat es mir sehr gut gefallen.

Geschichte: Mir hat die Story an sich sehr gut gefallen und die Grundidee hat mich angesprochen, allerdings bin ich mit der Umsetzung nicht ganz so zufrieden, vor allem der letzte Teil des Buches hat mir nicht wirklich gefallen und auch das Ende mochte ich nicht wirklich. Den Anfang mochte ich eigentlich noch sehr gerne, aber danach ist es mir auch einfach zu schnell gegangen und zu viele Sachen sind auf ein mal passiert.

Fazit: Grundsätzlich hat mir das Buch sehr gut gefallen. Ich mochte einen Teil der Personen, die Orte, den Schreibstil, die Handlung an sich und auch die Gestaltung hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Allerdings mochte ich einen der Hauptcharaktere erst in der Mitte des Buches und vor allem das Ende des Buches hat mir nicht wirklich gefallen. Trotzdem mochte ich das Buch und ich gebe 3,5 von 5 Sternen. Hier nochmal ein großes Dankeschön an den Verlag für die Bereitstellung des Rezensionsexemplares.

[Malak Mezi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I already had a hard time rating this so I don't really know how to express why I feel like something's missing in the story, like, maybe the relationship between Juno and Boy felt a little rushed, or maybe Juno's character development, I just felt SOMETHING was rushed. Or maybe it was just that I read through it too quickly. If that's the case, I apologize for rating it poorly #IHaveNoFreakingIdeaWhatElseToSay

[Supinder · Rating 2 out of 5]

A breezy and light read; the book follows Juno as she holidays with her family in a Ski resort in the Austrian alps. The protagonist starts of the novel as a fearful 17 year old obsessing about A Levels and ends with her taking a chance on "love". The dialog is undeveloped, the motivations behind the main character actors are not satisfactorily explored.

[Hui · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ngl I just found this book okay-ish.

I just didn't really connect or was even interested in any of the characters, especially Juno and Boy but I did like the family side in this book which was really heartwarming.

[Nicola · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this back in 2019 and can still remember how much I didn't like it. There was barely anything to it from what I can remember, the ending was fairly poor, and I just didn't like the plot in general.

[Sas · Rating 3 out of 5]

a really cute, easy read about facing your fears, trying new things, and the new friends and loves you can meet along the way.

[Maia Hill-McKenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was amazing! Not only was it about skiing, it was about the man who doesn't quite fit in! Finished it in 3 days, I only put it down for school.

[Andrea Athos · Rating 3 out of 5]

what happened to the cat?!?!? 😭

[Sarah Bücherwurm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Am Anfang war es nicht so spannend aber so ungefähr nach der Hälfte würde es dann spannend. Das Ende war auch super. Würde mich freuen, wenn es einen zweiten Band davon geben würde.

[isabelle x · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book but I wish she hadn’t taken Boy back 😭🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[Enjy Ramadan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was OK.

[Jessica Mahoney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy read, well written but no depth at all

[Sammee (I Want to Read That) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Sara Atef · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it so so so much, it'll always be one of my favorites novels!!!!!

[Violet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being scared is normal. Boy shows Juno just that, and in the end changes her life forever.