Member Review
Review by
Sara B, Reviewer
Schuss by E. J. Noyes.
Thank you Netgalley and Bella books for an e-book arc for an unbiased review.
This is the first book I've read by EJ Noyes, although it is an author I've seen around. This is a YA book, and reading it you can tell immediately it is aimed very much at the late teens, early 20's age bracket.
There is the expected teenage drama, some light angst, and ultimately romance.
The story is told from different POVs.
Overall this story works as it is supposed to. My biggest gripe was the need to reflect too often on 'what if this messes up our friendship' that went on to begin with. It would've been more frustrating had it been drawn out more, but I still felt it was tedious after a while.
I did like that once they had got past the friendship worries, they didn't fall straight into a harmonious relationship. No matter how well you know someone, it takes time to further that process of relationship change. That means it can have the odd bump, and the story reflected that, without being overly dramatic.
I also liked the other relationships through the story, not least Stacey and Gemma's mothers. It brought in a solid storyline outside of just Stacey and Gemma.
We could easily have a sequel to this book. In fact in some ways, I feel it would be an ideal story to continue, to see where they go, how they continue to handle aspects of their lives.
Overall, this book does exactly what it sets out to do. But for the initial reasoning on possibly losing the friendship, that dragged just a little too much for me, I would give it 5 stars. So a solid 4/5 stars 🌟
Thank you Netgalley and Bella books for an e-book arc for an unbiased review.
This is the first book I've read by EJ Noyes, although it is an author I've seen around. This is a YA book, and reading it you can tell immediately it is aimed very much at the late teens, early 20's age bracket.
There is the expected teenage drama, some light angst, and ultimately romance.
The story is told from different POVs.
Overall this story works as it is supposed to. My biggest gripe was the need to reflect too often on 'what if this messes up our friendship' that went on to begin with. It would've been more frustrating had it been drawn out more, but I still felt it was tedious after a while.
I did like that once they had got past the friendship worries, they didn't fall straight into a harmonious relationship. No matter how well you know someone, it takes time to further that process of relationship change. That means it can have the odd bump, and the story reflected that, without being overly dramatic.
I also liked the other relationships through the story, not least Stacey and Gemma's mothers. It brought in a solid storyline outside of just Stacey and Gemma.
We could easily have a sequel to this book. In fact in some ways, I feel it would be an ideal story to continue, to see where they go, how they continue to handle aspects of their lives.
Overall, this book does exactly what it sets out to do. But for the initial reasoning on possibly losing the friendship, that dragged just a little too much for me, I would give it 5 stars. So a solid 4/5 stars 🌟
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