December 2022 GN's/Novellas/Manga/Poetry BOTM - Whiteout, by Dhonielle Clayton

[Alaina]

Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of interwoven narratives, Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance—by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times bestseller Blackout!

As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life. But will they be able to make it happen, in spite of the storm?

No one is prepared for this whiteout. But then, we can’t always prepare for the magical moments that change everything.

From the bestselling, award-winning, all-star authors who brought us Blackout—Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon—comes another novel of Black teen love, each relationship within as unique and sparkling as Southern snowflakes.

**This BOTM thread will be open until January 5th @ Midnight (in your time zone)**

[Kira]

Read this one!

Chapter 1-2: (view spoiler)[The book started out strong with Stevie and Sola’s story. Stevie is kinda quirky and somewhat ditzy but good at heart. In Kaz and Porsha’s story though I was annoyed by Porsha througout tbh. Her always forgetting about Kaz’s holidays was NOT cute but the most selfish a person can possibly be. I did not wish for them to end up together (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 3-4: (view spoiler)[Stevie is rushing against time trying to plan and execute this grand gensture! I hope she makes it. ER and Van’s love story seemed a bit, probably more than a bit, a tale of insecurity to me. I mean they couldn’t even talk to each other openly. Maybe that’s just how teenage relationships work but it sure was weird from my pov (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 5-6: (view spoiler)[I do feel like Sola expecting a big gesture is a bit of a handful but teenagers 🙅🏽
Omari and Jordyn’s story was kinda cute and a bit more mature than the other two which is why I enjoyed it immensely. Mostly because they actually talked in the car, it made me happy (although i still don’t understand how literally a year went by and they didn’t talk about the kiss at all🫤) (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 7-9: (view spoiler)[awwww to Jimi and Teo’s story, it was very sweet indeed but I don’t have many thoughts for it.
Stevie’s surprise for Sola is finally coming together and I am pumped for all these people to unite at the stadium and pull of this grand romantic gesture (hide spoiler)]

Finished: (view spoiler)[That was a pretty cute end and i liked all the friends together even if some of the romances were straight up corny. Ava and Mason’s breakup and patchup story was classic teenage stuff which I enjoyed some but mostly found ridiculous (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

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