3 stars
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David Yoon has crafted another adorably cheesy rom-com perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins or Sandhya Menon, though not his best work, it's still worth the read.
This book is unapologetically cheesy and cliché, so if that’s not your cup of tea, it probably isn’t the right read for you. But if you like the cheesy rom-com tropes, I 10/10 think you should pick it up.
Super Fake Love Song was one of my most anticipated releases of fall 2020, and it fell just short of living up to my expectations. I think on it’s own it’s a good book, but Frankly in Love is just ELITE, and so there was really no way SFLS could have held up.
I wasn’t Sunny’s biggest fan. I’m not sure why. He was fine, I just never really connected to him. Cirrus felt very underdeveloped too, although I did really like her character, I just think she needed more. We know only surface level things that felt like they were written to be deep, yet we know very little about her wants, dreams, what she enjoys to do… She had so much potential, but fell flat. I feel like that happened with almost every character. Gray was the only character that I saw as well-developed. The novel revolved too much about Sunny and his melodrama. It got old at times. I wanted so much more of Cirrus, Jamal, Milo, Gunner. The characters felt flat. It was neither a plot-driven or character-driven novel. It felt more like a drama-and-teen-angst-driven novel, which isn’t something I enjoy. It’s realistic, yes, but it can be annoying when not done right, and this just wasn’t done quite right.
In the end, it was good. It had problems, but Sunny and Cirrus’s romance was cute, and if you like angsty teen rom-coms, definitely check this out.
I received a free arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own! 😊
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David Yoon has crafted another adorably cheesy rom-com perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins or Sandhya Menon, though not his best work, it's still worth the read.
This book is unapologetically cheesy and cliché, so if that’s not your cup of tea, it probably isn’t the right read for you. But if you like the cheesy rom-com tropes, I 10/10 think you should pick it up.
Super Fake Love Song was one of my most anticipated releases of fall 2020, and it fell just short of living up to my expectations. I think on it’s own it’s a good book, but Frankly in Love is just ELITE, and so there was really no way SFLS could have held up.
I wasn’t Sunny’s biggest fan. I’m not sure why. He was fine, I just never really connected to him. Cirrus felt very underdeveloped too, although I did really like her character, I just think she needed more. We know only surface level things that felt like they were written to be deep, yet we know very little about her wants, dreams, what she enjoys to do… She had so much potential, but fell flat. I feel like that happened with almost every character. Gray was the only character that I saw as well-developed. The novel revolved too much about Sunny and his melodrama. It got old at times. I wanted so much more of Cirrus, Jamal, Milo, Gunner. The characters felt flat. It was neither a plot-driven or character-driven novel. It felt more like a drama-and-teen-angst-driven novel, which isn’t something I enjoy. It’s realistic, yes, but it can be annoying when not done right, and this just wasn’t done quite right.
In the end, it was good. It had problems, but Sunny and Cirrus’s romance was cute, and if you like angsty teen rom-coms, definitely check this out.
I received a free arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own! 😊