the falling in love montage by ciara smyth

Maybe my English teacher has gotten to my head, but it just seemed a little off kilter and not exactly necessary. I think there was only really one thing that irked me when reading, was the occasional instances of addressing the reader. She doesn’t want to fall in love, because she doesn’t think that it’ll be worth it if she just forgets it all and she struggles with deciding on what direction she wants to take her life after the summer. I’m not a huge fan of the “parent is dating someone new and the main character is insufferable about it” trope, but I appreciate how this storyline plays a huge role in Saoirse’s beliefs. Her mother has dementia, and Saoirse has to grapple with the fact that even though she loves her dad, it doesn’t seem that he loves her or her mother enough. There’s something about YA contemporary that is just so unbelievably comforting to me, let alone sapphic contemporary, which amplifies this feeling tremendously.Īn important subplot to take note of revolves around Saoirse’s family. I’ll admit that this came at the absolute best time because I’ve recently been going down a sapphic summer high school spiral, which serves to make me feel almost uncomfortably introspective and really giddy at the same time. I’ve been dying to get my hands on this for at least half a year now and I definitely wasn’t disappointed in the slightest. This probably was probably my most anticipated 2020 release. My heart is just so incredibly warm and fuzzy right now- the perfect feeling when I’ve just finished an incredible contemporary. The only problem is that no plan in the way of feelings is foolproof, least of all when they’re recreating scenes straight out of movies of people falling in love.

She can’t seem to resist, though, when she meets Ruby, so she hatches a deal to have the perfect romcom falling in love montage, and sets the rule for herself that nothing real can be involved in their relationship, which they plan to end when they part ways at the end of the summer, no strings attached, no heartbreak. Saoirse doesn’t believe in love, or at least she doesn’t have time for it and the heartbreak it inevitably brings in her life. The Falling In Love Montage by Ciara Smyth - My Rating: 5/5 stars

The falling in love montage by ciara smyth