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And We Call It Love Review

And We Call It LoveTitle: And We Call It Love
Author: Amanda Vink
Genre: Poetry, Young Adult, Contemporary
Trigger Warning: Abuse

Rating: 4 stars

Release Date: June 1, 2019

Synopsis

A hi-lo verse novel about best friends Clare and Zari. They write music together, go everywhere together, and they know everything about the other. At least they did before Zari started dating Dion. The more Zari falls for Dion, the less she has time for anything else. At first, Clare chalks it up to a new and exciting relationship, and she tries to be happy for her friend despite her loneliness. When Zari starts to show up to school with half-hidden bruises, Clare knows there's something darker about this relationship that has to be stopped.

Review

A special thank you to Netgalley and West 44 Books for a free advance digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

This verse novel follows the friendship of two girls despite the barriers that get in their way, such as boys, class, and family. Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was not anything particularly out there or exciting, but it definitely worked well within the format, especially with the shifting point of views where one girl would have a few poems before it would shift to the other girl. The poetry itself was well written and overall enjoyable to read.

The girls and the issues felt real and relatable, especially the helplessness and not knowing what the right thing to do was, an endless teenage struggle. There was so much characterization within this story, even more than I typically expect to have within a verse novel. Clare and Zari felt very real and I understood their motivations and the decisions that they ended up making very well.

I thought it was going to be very circularly and an amazing ending and then the book just kept on going. The ending just felt off to me. I get that it was supposed to be shocking, but after that was dealt with, it just kept going and I wasn't pleased with how the ending was written. It was just too long and while the shock was cool, no point after that really worked within the context of the story. I just wished that this story had concluded in a way that fit better.

It was an awesome poem to read though. Definitely enjoyable and worth it. The girls are really adorable as friends and I ship Clare and Wilson so much. Definitely worth the read.


Seriously though, what are your favorite verse novels? I love them so much and while I thought I would get tired of the format, I just haven't.

Is there YA verse fantasy? That would be an amazing genre and definitely something that I would read.

Sorry for the sudden stop in posts. I've been feeling unmotivated, but I'm trying to work on that.

Thanks for reading!
Alyssa
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