P. S. I
Like You by Kasie
West is a young adult contemporary romance. This book is about high schooler Lily
who has a big family, loves music and hates chemistry. During her chemistry
class, she is spacing and ends up writing the first few lines of lyrics from
one of her favorite bands on the desk. The next day she finds someone has
written the next line under hers. So begins an anonymous pen pal friendship.
Unraveling the identity of who her pen pal is and what effect that will have in
the other areas of her life (friendship, family, etc.) fill her days.
I gave this
book a 4.5 out of 5 stars. I really
liked this book. Just like the first Kasie West book I read, I almost couldn’t
put this down I was so hooked. The characters were fun, interesting and very
well written. The plot was a modern, young adult twist on the old movie “You’ve
Got Mail” (which I adored). It was so funny and entertaining. I felt quite the
range of emotions along with the characters: from anger to annoyance, to glee,
to excitement and excessive nerves. It was a wonderful ride.
I also
appreciated her love of music. Even though her style was different than mine, a
music lover is still a music lover. And being a musician myself, I was
impressed with her abilities (especially being self-taught/ youtube taught) and
could empathize with many of her situations.
The only
thing that bothered me is that I could see what the author was going to do from
a mile away, and I was begging her up to the moment it happened that she would
go a different route. Yet, even though she took the obvious path (and the one I
didn’t want), I was totally okay with it by the end of the book. With the
backwards perspective I am thrilled with how it was done and how the story
turned out.
This was
such a fun hate to love story. There was some minor sexual content (hugging,
kissing, etc.), but it wasn’t too descriptive and never went beyond making out.
After
reading this, I think I have found a new author that I really want to read more
books from (one who might become a new favorite author).
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