Monday, December 2, 2024

Never Ever Getting Back Together

              


Title: Never Ever Getting Back Together
Author: Sophie Gonzales
Published: Wednesday Books, November 29, 2022
Pages: 392
Genre: LGBTQ YA Romance

It’s been two years since Maya's ex-boyfriend cheated on her, and she still can’t escape him: his sister married the crown prince of a minor European country and he captured hearts as her charming younger brother. If the world only knew the real Jordy, the manipulative liar who broke Maya’s heart.

Skye Kaplan was always cautious with her heart until Jordy said all the right things and earned her trust. Now his face is all over the media and Skye is still wondering why he stopped calling.

When Maya and Skye are invited to star on the reality dating show Second-Chance Romance, they’re whisked away to a beautiful mansion—along with four more of Jordy’s exes— to compete for his affections while the whole world watches. Skye wonders if she and Jordy can recapture the spark she knows they had, but Maya has other plans: exposing Jordy and getting revenge. As they navigate the competition, Skye and Maya discover that their real happily ever after is nothing they could have scripted.

I love reality television in the worst way. I struggled with the concept for this book though. It felt like this book about a sapphic romance barely passed the Bechdel test. Now, two girls who share an ex getting together is very on brand for a sapphic love story. So there is that. And ultimately, I finished this book. The antics were really cute. But the way that these girls were willing to accept his baloney stories and think he's genuine is such crap. So good on Maya for going through with it to get some petty revenge. He deserved it, that's for sure.

Ratings
Stars: 3/5
Spice: 1/5

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