Song This Book Reminds Me Of – willow by Taylor Swift

Synopsis in a Sentence – Ani Abrams lives in a town based on feminist ideals, but now the Vag Vandal is running around intent on tearing it all down and Ani is intent on stopping them.

Book Review

Thanks to NetGalley and Raglan Books for the advanced reader’s copy.

Y’all this book.

First and foremost, I really enjoyed the mystery of this book. I thought that the idea of a city founded by women and initially serving as a safe haven where women were independent and could be business owners was a strong backbone for a story that’s essentially about feminism gone wrong. True feminism is about being inclusive and providing equal opportunity for all people. This whole plot really hinges on women who weaponize feminism to reduce other women and men. This is the part of the book I enjoyed and as YA book, it carries a good message for younger people.

The main issues I had were with Nick the main love interest is basically a piece of paper. A hot piece of paper with no words on it because he has no personality. The only thing I know is his parents are rich, he has a job, and he likes Dr. Who. There are no reasons why the two characters get together.

The other thing I didn’t like was the relationship between Ev and Ani. Ev raised her and has been in her life since she was a baby, and yet there is no maternal relationship really until the end of the book. If there had been a single conversation about Ev not wanting to be a mom, but enjoying being in Ani’s life, I may have found this more believable. The way it’s written makes it seem like Ev is like anti being a mom or acting maternal because she’s not her bio mom. Idk the whole thing was weird and messy.

3 out of 5 stars