A review by bumblebee
What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter

3.0

This was an enjoyable read and an interesting look into the world of book blogging. I liked the characters (I'm especially fond of Ollie, the younger brother) and I liked that each of the main cast had complexity to them, that wasn't necessarily related to the plot.

My main point of criticism, and the reason for the lower rating is that I feel like the final resolution came too late into the story. Halle keeps her book blogger identity a secret for a much too long time, and though I feel like her internal reasoning is well portrayed through her obvious anxiety, it made me dislike her more and more as the book went on. I think I would have enjoyed this more if she'd confessed her double identity earlier on in the story. As it stands, I'm not certain if she's really redeemed herself to the reader at the end. (The resolution isn't given much room to breathe, as it comes in the final few pages of the book.)

One thing I'm glad about is that she eventually goes to therapy for her anxiety, but it's really only mentioned near the end of the book, and I wish that, too, had been earlier on in the story.