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My New Crush Gave to Me by Shani Petroff
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it was ok
bookshelves: arcs, published-2017, young-adult, ya-romance, holiday, netgalley, read-2017

I received this ARC from Netgalley - as always, thank you Netgalley.

2/2.5 Moose. moosemoose

I probably should have held off on reading another Christmas-y YA book, but what can you do. I fought with myself the entire book on whether or not I would DNF it, but honestly, it's a quick read. It's rather predictable - I wasn't expecting it not to be, and part of my issues could be my own single, black cold scrooge like heart.

I just couldn't get on board with the main character. I get the neurotic, needing to plan everything and the anxiety that comes when it's not. However, Charlie never grows or learns that maybe it's okay to not be as structured and neurotic, or that she might need to get help for it. The character isn't immature....she's simply flat. And what's funny is she is quiet possibly the most well rounded character.

For example, at some point she realizes that she's read a bakery order wrong. Her best friend doesn't really get mad at her, no one sits her down to try to get her to figure out that maybe her obsessing over this guy is causing her to overload herself. It's just......flat and boring.

I get the need for the perfect for you boyfriend, I get the desire to win and being one track minded. I can almost forgive the fact that she doesn't really make any of the Secret Santa gifts or even try, but pawns it off on JD(??) But there's really.....no action in this book. There is a gossip queen who hates the main character, and that doesn't play into the story at all.

I know that if this had been a Hallmark holiday movie, I would have watched it multiple times, and I shouldn't hold a holiday book to a higher standard. But maybe I would have had an actual attachment to the main character.
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Reading Progress

August 29, 2017 – Started Reading
August 29, 2017 – Shelved as: to-read
August 29, 2017 – Shelved
August 29, 2017 – Shelved as: arcs
August 29, 2017 – Shelved as: published-2017
August 29, 2017 – Shelved as: young-adult
August 29, 2017 – Shelved as: ya-romance
August 29, 2017 – Shelved as: holiday
August 29, 2017 – Shelved as: netgalley
August 30, 2017 – Shelved as: read-2017
August 30, 2017 – Finished Reading

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