Queen B’s Decree: It’s only been a few days since I read this, but I’m struggling to remember anything really relevant about it.
Up Close & Personal wasn’t necessarily bad, and I do believe the narrators did a great job. I think I just didn’t connect to the characters. Silas is a journalist and even after spending so much time with Jo, he was still so suspicious of her and her motives…at the halfway mark of the book. He kept thinking she had a secret. And of course she does! She’s an adult human, you are not entitled to every event of her life.
I did like Jo, and I really appreciated the mental health representation. I love that by the end of the book, Jo is so much more open with her friends (her found family!) and is learning to love herself and support her own boundaries.
I know this is a debut, and I hope to read more from this author in the future.
Book: Up Close & Personal by Ana Holguin
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Plot Devices/Tropes: secrets