Title: Boomerang Boyfriend
Author: Chris Cannon
Series: The Boyfriend Chronicles
Genre: Young Adult, Romance
Publish Date: September 11, 2017
Pages: 210
Ages: Teen
Rating: ✭✭✭
In
any teen drama you need a few things. Family conflict, emotionally charged
kids, and some average problems that seem like totally so much worse. This book
hits all key items for this teen drama where the little sisters bestfriend and
the older brother start to fall for each other. This is one of those taboo teen
things. You don't fall for your bestfriends brother or sister. It can just
become too awkward. Even just being regular friends can be tough if the
siblings are just little kids. I've seen it happen with my brother and his
girlfriend, they broke up and not only broke each others heart but also our
little sisters.
The
characters were interesting in this book because they weren't made to sound so
overly dramatic that teens tend to be. Jack is a mostly content kid who from
time to time deals with his grief over his father and grandfather by lashing
out at those closest to him. Delia is Jack's little sister Zoe's best friend.
She's an artsy type that pretty much lives at Jack and Zoe's house because her
parents are always away working nights. So she is mostly alone.
I
did receive a free e-copy of this book from the publisher so my review is going
to be based off that.
This
was a nice story to read, but I do feel like there are some things that could
be improved upon. One thing is the scene changes feel clunky and snapped into
place. For an example Jack was upset at one point and he just walks off. He
doesn't notice anyone else around him. It's like Jack "blah blah…"
and he walks away. There's was nothing like "he noticed the sad look his
mother gave him as he turned away" or anything like that. As an adult
reader I can assume because of the mothers feelings being expressed in other
scenes of the book but I feel like things like that could have added so much
more to the story.
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