Bookishly Ever After Book Review

Bookishly Ever After by: Isabel Bandiera

  *Thank you Spencer Hill Press for sending me an advanced copy of Bookishly Ever After in exchange for a honest review.*

  Bookishly Ever After is based on a high school student, Phoebe Martin, that is a total book nerd like all of us. She'd rather stay in her room and snuggle up with a good book rather than hang out with her friends and gossip about the new fashion trends. She's also an amazing knitter and an archer. After finding out that Dev, who plays the clarinet, has a major crush on her, she turns to her favorite female protagonists for confidence and style to win Dev over. But, what if her plan fails? At least she can go back to all her fictional boyfriends, right?

   I really enjoyed reading a book about a character I have so much in common with. The struggle of not having enough money to buy the release, the anticipation of a new release, and reading you favorite scene from your favorite book over and over and over again are just some of the traits we share. The way Isabel wrote her character made it very easy to get to know them and choose a favorite. :) 

  I only wish the the romance wouldn't have taken that long to develop. You could tell Phoebe and Dev really liked each other, but it didn't become official that they wanted to be together until the middle of the book. Then, it was just back and forth, "Does he like me, does he not?". The chemistry was always there, it was just never spotted.

  What made the book sparkle just a bit more was the excerpts from Phoebe's favorite books. Taking a little break from Bookishly and hopping into just one or two snippets of a new book was quite refreshing. I slowly became attached to those books and I'm a little sad that they don't exist in real life. :(

 Overall, Bookishly Ever After is a light contemporary that's perfect to read at any time of year and will give you a look at the inside of a fellow fangirl's mind. 

Star rating: 4/5 stars

-Savannah @abookowl ig