Book Review: P.S. I Like You by Kasie West

11/2/2017

SYNOPSIS

Signed, sealed, delivered . . .

While spacing out in Chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk, and added a message to her. Intrigue!...

Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters -- sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she's kind of falling for this letter writer. Only who is he? As Lily attempts to unravel the mystery, and juggle school, friends, crushes, and her crazy family, she discovers that matters of the heart can't always be spelled out . . .

Synopsis from Indigo.ca

PERSONAL REVIEW

Yup, I read another Kasie West because once you get a taste of adorable happy-ever-afters, you just need to have more. And that’s what this was; an adorable book that I had a fun time reading.

What I Liked:

Who Wouldn’t Want An Anonymous Pen Pal?: I loved this idea. It would’ve been so fun to have a unknown pen pal in my science or math class when I was in high school (I did not do well in those classes); someone to just talk to without having to worry about them being judgemental or rude about it. I obviously love the romance of it all, so take this all with a grain of salt, but I thought this was an adorable idea and loved seeing it develop.

Yes, It’s An Overused Plot, But That’s Why It’s Popular: Of course the classic they-hate-each-other-and-then-fall-in-love plot is overused, but it’s used so often because it’s such a good one (if done properly). In this case, even after figuring out who they are each writing too, both Lily and Cade are unable to stop writing the letters. And it’s fun to read about them trying to out how to talk and interact with each other without revealing to much about themselves.

Pretty Cool Characters: I liked Lily and Cade. I love that Lily is exactly the person she wants to be and doesn’t work about dressing or acting exactly like everyone else. She’s quirky and weird and hilarious and I’m jealous that I’m not more like her. To quote the book, they “balance each other out” and that’s awesome.

I’m noticing that all of these books have very trivial “fight” scenes between the characters. In this case, neither character is to blame for the embarrassing moment that happens, but we have to awkwardly wait for them to “move past it”. But I just thought it was forced and awkward and wish it was skipped.

Once again, this book had a very abrupt ending. I’m wondering if that’s just the way that West likes to end her books? I still don’t love it because it feels like there should be a chance for us to actually read about the characters in their relationships, but I guess it’s just something I’ll have to live with.

FINAL REVIEW: 3.5/5