Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute (Joy Revolution)

by Talia Hibbert

Hardcover, 2023

Status

Available

Call number

813.00

Genres

Publication

Joy Revolution (2023), 336 pages

Description

Romance. Humor (Fiction.) Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors�??and each other. Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He�??s a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine. Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption�??yet, she�??s still not cool enough for the popular kids�?? table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that�??s how Celine sees it.) These days, there�??s nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she�??s surprised to find Brad right beside her. Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship? This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of the glos… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member bibliovermis

I enjoyed Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters books and was excited to read this one, her first foray into young adult romance. It was extremely sweet, a lot of fun, and the adorable characters had outstanding chemistry. The YA themes of discovering yourself during a major transitional period, and

dealing with family pressure while you make decisions about your future were very well handled. In fact reading this inspired me to immediately read 10 other Talia Hibbert romance novels! I hope she writes more YA in the future, it definitely scratches a different itch.

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LibraryThing member Bodagirl

"Unfairly cute" definitely describes this book. I've been meaning to read something from Hibbert for awhile, when this popped up in my Libby app. I didn't clock the ya from the cover, but a break from spice isn't a bad thing. I do think the miscommunication trope ws handled, plus I think it works a

lot better with younger characters than with adults. Loved the two narrators.

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LibraryThing member Madison_Fairbanks

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert.
YA romance. Diverse. Some romcom elements.
Celine and Bradley used to be friends back in grade school. But they grew apart, not for the reason Celine believes but other issues. Bradley is a star football player and Celine is a self proclaimed

nerd and conspiracy social content writer. The two decide to attend the Breakspeare Enrichment program together which turns into an outdoor survival competition. They actually work well together as they compete and hash out old problems. But they are very competitive so it’s a race to see who will win.

Incudes some emotional issues. Celine has decided she wants to be a lawyer to prove to her ghosted father that’s she’s capable and smart enough to basically do his job.

I enjoyed Celine and Bradley getting to know each other and revealing more of their home issues, deepening the friendships and compassion for the other.
The competition was an interesting take on team work.

I received this book at a publisher event

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LibraryThing member greeniezona

I found this to be an absolutely delightful cotton candy puff of a novel. I adored both of these characters right away and was rooting for how obviously deeply into each other they were even at their peak-nemesis era. Like, there were definitely legit hurt feelings on both sides that needed to be

addressed and forgiven, but they were so clearly looking for any reasonable excuse to do so. And the banter! THE BANTER! And the book somehow felt steamy despite there being literally nothing but kissing on the page?

And while I loved both of them, special call out to Celine, who thinks of herself as mean and petty, but you gets to recognize and develop her empathy and people skills over the course of the book. Okay, but also to Brad, and his self-management skills he has learned to deal with his OCD coming in handy as a real strength over and over.

Anyway, this was unfairly cute! I loved it!

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