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Obviously, as an obsessive reader, I had to read Bookishly Ever After. Like Phoebe, my life would be much more interesting with a paranormal love interest in it. But also like Phoebe, I’m stuck in the real world. Alas. However, Phoebe manages to bring her favorite heroines out of the pages and into herself, by channeling their confidence to catch the eye of her crush!

Bookishly Ever After was super cute. I adored Phoebe and her uber-bookishness. She learned archery and how to knit because of books. That’s pretty hardcore, even if her friends think it’s dorky. The love interest, Dev, is also super adorable. He’s not the hot bad boy. He’s in band with Phoebe and enjoys Bollywood films. And he asks her for book suggestions! Too bad that Phoebe has her eye on Kris who looks like her current favorite book boyfriend, and it takes an epic makeover from her best friend to make him notice her.

The one thing that kind of bothered me about Bookishly Ever After was that the beginning feels a bit repetitive. It’s a lot of Phoebe reading, channeling the heroine, running into Dev, attempting to flirt, going back to bookish Phoebe, and then doing it all again. Then there was her best friend constantly breaking up and getting back together with her foreign exchange student boyfriend. I just wanted to get on with it! The first two thirds cover a few months, but then the last third is only a few days when Phoebe, Dev, and Kris are counselors at a camp. I liked that part a lot better.

Overall, Bookishly Ever After was a super adorable read. It’s pure fluff, which is a-okay with me! It does have excerpts from Phoebe’s current reads, which were fun additions.


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Bookishly Ever After Isabel Bandeira Books Reviews

Rating 3 1/2 stars

1 star for the cover, another for the cute romance between Phoebe and Dev, and another for engaging writing. The half is just to give it almost 4 stars. The cussing got on my nerves, and I didn't find the "f" bomb necessary. This is not a Middle Grade book, but for high schoolers. There is some innuendo, but thankfully the romance you read about goes no further than kissing.
Honestly, the first time I saw how long this book was, I doubted I would be interested, but once I began it, I ended up liking it more than I thought!
Recommended for 14 years and older who enjoy YA Contemporary Romance.
Review

Phoebe is a booknerd. A sit in line for hours for a book launch, read during lunch period, book boyfriend loving, endless TBR possessing, bookworm. She's also a junior in high school and just figuring out this whole dating thing and what better way to navigate love than with your favorite book characters on your side? When Phoebe's friend Em decides to try and set her up with mutual friend Dev, complete with a makeover and endless opportunities for embarrassment, Pheobe turns to her favorite female heroes for advice. And, some results may be disastrous.

I really had no doubt that I would enjoy this book. It's a light fluffy contemporary with a main character who is as obsessed with fictional characters as I am, what's not to like? Seriously, I couldn't find much, this review may verge into gushing territory...

Bookishly Ever After is the perfect book for anyone who wants something fun and fast, that will make you smile and think "oh my god, me too!" and, if you're like me, get secondhand embarrassment a few times.

I really enjoyed this one. I mean, as a book lover. you can't not connect with Pheobe. I loved her so much. She really grows a lot throughout too. The author perfectly describes being a book lover, Pheobe would be reading and it would explain how she just got sucked into a book or that tingly sensation you get when you're favorite characters are about to kiss and I would literally just be thinking "me too!". Honestly, she was kind of stupid sometimes but I understood the things she acted stupid about. I just really connected with her because she's also super shy and I've always been that girl, you know?

Secondary character wise, yes please! SO MANY amazing side characters. You have Pheobe's group of friends, Em, Grace, and Alec. You have Dev (friend and love interest), who is definitely swoon worthy (he reads YA books to impress her!). And Trixie (Phoebe's sister) and Leia (Grace's girlfriend). They're all awesome and unique. Em was my favorite but also, I felt at some points she was a bitch and I didn't understand why, almost like the author didn't even mean to write her that way, maybe? And altogether I would've liked a little more of each character.

Dev irritated me only because he (and Em and Grace) constantly acted and talked about how Pheobe read too much and she should be living and all this. I loved Pheobe though, because she just kept being herself. Readings and knitting and loving her life the way she wanted to. But it was strange because at one point it was like he got it then he was almost being mean and snobbish about it??? I don't know, maybe I'm reading too much into it.

Plot wise, I guess you could say there wasn't much of one besides Pheobe trying to "seduce" Dev? I didn't really notice it while reading though, I was enjoying it so much.

The only real downside for me really was the passages of her favorite books. They're interspaced between chapters and have little notes Pheobe left for herself and everything. They kind of just bored me. I guess it was something cool to include but I found myself skipping most of them.

OVERALL I LOVED this book and highly recommend it!

Would I Recommend This? Yes.
To whom? Booknerds who love YA contemporary. Yes, all of you, read it!
Will I read more from this author(or series)? 100% yes
Obviously, as an obsessive reader, I had to read Bookishly Ever After. Like Phoebe, my life would be much more interesting with a paranormal love interest in it. But also like Phoebe, I’m stuck in the real world. Alas. However, Phoebe manages to bring her favorite heroines out of the pages and into herself, by channeling their confidence to catch the eye of her crush!

Bookishly Ever After was super cute. I adored Phoebe and her uber-bookishness. She learned archery and how to knit because of books. That’s pretty hardcore, even if her friends think it’s dorky. The love interest, Dev, is also super adorable. He’s not the hot bad boy. He’s in band with Phoebe and enjoys Bollywood films. And he asks her for book suggestions! Too bad that Phoebe has her eye on Kris who looks like her current favorite book boyfriend, and it takes an epic makeover from her best friend to make him notice her.

The one thing that kind of bothered me about Bookishly Ever After was that the beginning feels a bit repetitive. It’s a lot of Phoebe reading, channeling the heroine, running into Dev, attempting to flirt, going back to bookish Phoebe, and then doing it all again. Then there was her best friend constantly breaking up and getting back together with her foreign exchange student boyfriend. I just wanted to get on with it! The first two thirds cover a few months, but then the last third is only a few days when Phoebe, Dev, and Kris are counselors at a camp. I liked that part a lot better.

Overall, Bookishly Ever After was a super adorable read. It’s pure fluff, which is a-okay with me! It does have excerpts from Phoebe’s current reads, which were fun additions.