[New post] ARC Review: Never Ever Getting Back Together
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It's finally Friday, the weekend is upon us. I have some chores to do tomorrow, but aside from that I want to focus on reading and finishing some books, so that I can write their reviews and schedule my posts for next week both here and on Instagram. I need to buy myself an agenda to plan my content for 2023, because it's getting harder and harder keeping everything straight, especially now that I am also working and making TikToks.
Today, we are here — with this God awful banner, I am sorry — to talk about one of my most anticipated releases of the year, Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales, which I've had on my TBR ever since it was titled The One That Got Away.
Disclaimer I received an e-ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review via Edelweiss+; this does not affect my rating nor my opinions in any way. Everything you'll find in this review is what I actually think and it wasn't influenced by anyone. Thank you so much to the publisher and Edelweiss+ for the chance to read this book in advance.
About the book Title: Never Ever Getting Back Together Author: Sophie Gonzales Publisher: Wednesday Books Publication date: 29 November 2022 Pages: 384
Plot, as stated on Goodreads When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen year old girls—one bent on revenge, the other open to rekindling romance—get tangled up in an unexpected twist when they fall for each other instead in Never Ever Getting Back Together by nationally and internationally-bestselling and Indie Next Pick author Sophie Gonzales. It's been two years since Maya's ex-boyfriend cheated on her, and she still can't escape him: his sister married the crown prince of a minor European country and he captured hearts as her charming younger brother. If the world only knew the real Jordy, the manipulative liar who broke Maya's heart. Skye Kaplan was always cautious with her heart until Jordy said all the right things and earned her trust. Now his face is all over the media and Skye is still wondering why he stopped calling. When Maya and Skye are invited to star on the reality dating show Second-Chance Romance, they're whisked away to a beautiful mansion—along with four more of Jordy's exes— to compete for his affections while the whole world watches. Skye wonders if she and Jordy can recapture the spark she knows they had, but Maya has other plans: exposing Jordy and getting revenge. As they navigate the competition, Skye and Maya discover that their real happily ever after is nothing they could have scripted.
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Review Sophie Gonzales (when writing solo) is a guarantee. This book had everything I like in contemporary books: fake royalty, reality TV, smash the patriarchy vibes and sapphic yearning. What more could I want from life? Just murder, but this wasn't the book for it.
Even if it wasn't a perfect book, I think the messiness was fitting with the story and I really enjoyed my time reading this. It was as messy and as entertaining as some of my favourite reality TV shows are, which I think perfectly encapsulates the story and the characters.
I really liked both Maya and Skye, my only issue — which will maybe be fixed before the book comes out, who knows — was that sometimes their POVs felt a bit too similar writingwise. They are two very distinct people and when Skye is talking about Maya and viceversa you can definitely tell, but sometimes their narrating voices overalapped a bit.
The plot was really engaging as well, if a bit predictable. The reality aspect was really well handled, as far as I am concerned. I have watched my fair amount of Drag Race seasons and interviews to know how this things go in real life and I think Sophie Gonzales nailed it.
Also, the fake royalty aspect reminded me a lot of The Princess Diaries, which was a favourite book of mine when I was little, so I loved that as well. I hated Jordy, but he was really well portrayed as being just outside of the royal circle, yet exploiting their fame.
As I was saying, Jordy was a little shit and I hated him with all my heart. However, that was the point of the book, so bravo, miss Gonzales, you did a great job at making him super believable, a lot of men are this shitty and manipulative. I hate them as well.
The writing style was as good as always with Sophie Gonzales' books: just the right amount of funny and serious when and where it was needed. In the aknowledgements the author said that in the beginning the story was just full of rage towards men (relatable) and the humour came after a little while. I think she did such an amazing job at it and I can say this book will feel very real to a lot of people, despite the fakeness of reality TV.
I would highly recommend this book, as well as all the other Sophie Gonzales' books. Except If This Gets Out, that she has written with Cale Dietrich and I absolutely hated. Her solo books, however, are some of my favourite queer contemporaries, and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with next, since her plot are usually quite original!
This is going to be all for today, I'll talk to you soon with a new review.
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