Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover - Book Review

I started off my reading with Maybe Someday as the first book I have read in 2018, so an applaud for myself for finally going back into reading.
Hoover's my favourite author so I was quite hyped to read this book as many other readers suggested and recommended it to me. Undoubtedly, Hoover's exceptional writing style and her ability to capture the reader into her world with her words was still the same, I was not very blown away by the whole plot or even the ending.
The story is about a 22 year old girl, Sydney, who lives with her two room-mates. Her best friend, Tori, and her boyfriend, Hunter. On the night of her 22nd birthday Sydney discovers that she was being cheated on because of which she ends up homeless and moves into the apartment of her neighbour Ridge, who's a guitarist. The story then progresses about their relationship as they both seem to be extremely intimidated by each other and all circumstances that keep them apart.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy reading the book but the ending was quite predictable. Maybe the whole time I was into the book, I was comparing it with Hoover's other novels that I have read and loved. One thing that I absolutely loved about this novel was the soundtrack that came with it and I think it was very unique and the composition of the songs was outstanding.

This was my favourite one out of the entire soundtrack which was called "Maybe Someday": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcQnA4RvOzM

Anyway, the book was 3.5 stars out of 5 for me. I definitely recommend it to other readers to grab this book and give it a read as you'll love it, as did I, but I guess I just expected a little bit more.

“Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective. -Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday

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Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia - Book Review

5/5 stars
Genre: YA contemporary

I have only one word for this book: INCREDIBLE.
This book is basically about a girl named Eliza who has created the comic Monstrous Sea online, and is a sensation on the online world. However, nobody really knows her true identity  but is known as LadyConstellation. She suffers from an anxiety and has an issue while trying to interact with real people outside the internet world.
Eliza has no interest in making friends at school because she thinks she has enough friends online who read and are fans of her comic book. The story progresses on when she meets a new boy Wallace Warland who is a fan of Monstrous Sea himself and writes the most famous fanfiction about it. A quick connection sparks between the two while they uncover each others secrets, pasts and true passion.

This book was slightly slow paced in the beginning but once I was emerged into it, I could not stop reading. The character development was flawless and within a few pages I was so attached to them. Wallace's character was probably my most favourite as he too did have slight issues with anxiety and he would write down notes to interact with Eliza at certain points. Zappia had also included excerpts from Eliza's comic books and her illustrations which just added a bonus to the already fascinating story. I do not want to write more about it because I don't want to give away much about the story.
Eliza and Her Monsters is perfect for the fans of Fangirl but in my opinion I enjoyed reading this book a lot more than reading Fangirl.

"You found me in a constellation."