Over You

by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

[Suz @ Bookish Revelations]

Over You was such a fun, light-hearted, fast read that was incredibly relatable from the start. It's a wonderful go-to summer read, when you're just lounging around and wanting something that isn't heavy handed and is equal parts engaging and entertaining. This book quenches all those thirsts for cute charming reads. It's the perfect post-break-up book, with all of Max's advice on how to get over the guys that break your heart. The characters are likable and easy to connect with, the plot is entertaining, and there's a lightness to it that makes it kind of hard to put down.

Max is such a sassy heroine with a lot of personality and oodles of original creativity. It was super easy to connect with her, in such a relatable way. She's bright, incredibly caring, and always willing to help anyone out with as much advice as she can dispense to them. Unfortunately, when it comes to taking her own advice, she finds it's a bit more difficult than sharing it with other's. She's in love with Hugo. Perfect Hugo, except in reality, he's not perfect by any means. He's not even that likable at all, really. The best thing that he could have done for Max was probably breaking up with her, even though it hurt her enough to cause her to drop out of her old school and move to a new city.

There she starts up her own business helping other's to get over their exes, meets Ben, and starts realizing things about herself that she hadn't noticed before. The only thing that niggles at me, is the fact that Max thought she had to move to a new city in order to get away from the guy who broke her heart. Overall, I absolutely loved the positive girl power spin that Emma McLaughlin manage to write. It was such a wonderfully written story full of friendship, self-discovery, heartbreak, and love. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys young adult contemporary's that will pull and tug at your heart the way this one did mine.